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Centers of Excellence in Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research - 2003
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) share the common objective of fostering research that will ultimately reduce the extent of adverse human health effects occurring as a consequence of exposure to hazardous environmental agents. The agencies recognize that these health impacts can be particularly detrimental for children due to pronounced differences in nature and extent of environmental exposure as well as in functional development when compared to adults. Accordingly, Centers have been established that will conduct multidisciplinary basic and applied research in combination with community-based research projects on environmental threats to children's health and translate those research findings to public policy, community needs, and information for the health care community and for the general public.
The purpose of the Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research in this program is to:
- Provide for multidisciplinary interactions among basic, clinical, and behavioral scientists interested in establishing outstanding, state-of-the-art research programs addressing environmental contributions to children's health and disease.
- Support a coordinated program of research/prevention Centers pursuing high quality research in environmental aspects of children's disease, with the ultimate goal of facilitating and accelerating translation of basic science knowledge into clinical applications or intervention strategies that can be used to reduce the incidence of environmentally related diseases in childhood.
- Develop fully coordinated programs that incorporate exposure assessment and health effects research with development and validation of risk management and health prevention strategies.
- Encourage the translation and application of research findings to the prevention and clinical decision making arenas and give information to the communities and policy makers that most need it to protect children's health.
- Establish a national network that fosters communication, innovation, and research excellence with the ultimate goal of reducing the burden of morbidity among children as a result of exposure to harmful environmental agents.
This is the 3rd group of Children's Center projects funded by the U.S. EPA (ORD) and NIEHS. Previously funded projects were in 2001 and 1998. 2001 Centers of Excellence in Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research website.
Mount Sinai Center for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research.Harvard Center for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention ResearchUniversity of Washington Center for Child Environmental Health Risks ResearchColumbia Center for Children’s Environmental HealthUSC Center for Children’s Environmental HealthUniversity of California Berkeley Center for Children’s Environmental Health ResearchJohns Hopkins Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment