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Research Coordination Core
EPA Grant Number: R827353C015Subproject: this is subproject number 015 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R827353
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: EPA Harvard Center for Ambient Particle Health Effects
Center Director: Koutrakis, Petros
Title: Research Coordination Core
Investigators: Dockery, Douglas W. , Koutrakis, Petros , Speizer, Frank E.
Institution: Harvard University
EPA Project Officer: Stacey Katz/Gail Robarge,
Project Period: June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005 (Extended to May 31, 2006)
RFA: Airborne Particulate Matter (PM) Centers (1999)
Research Category: Particulate Matter
Description:
Objective:The Research Coordination Core was responsible for defining, coordinating, and integrating all research conducted as part of the Center and was led by Dr. Dockery. A key aspect of the Center was its intention to have an ongoing and continual evaluation of research needs and priorities. To achieve this goal, the Center included a rigorous and multi-phased research coordination and evaluation process, which was developed based on our experience from over twenty years of multi-disciplinary collaborations in air pollution health effects. This coordination and evaluation process drew upon experts from a wide range of disciplines at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Medical School, as well as experts from outside agencies, universities, and other organizations that provided focused and timely responses to current and evolving questions about airborne particulate matter (PM). Specifically, experts from six internal and external groups contributed to the research coordination and evaluation process and determined the direction and coordination of PM research that was conducted at the Center. These groups included: the National Research Council (NRC), the External Science Advisory Committee, the consortium of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Airborne Particulate Matter Centers, the Working Group on PM Exposures and Health Effects, the Working Group on Research Strategy Evaluation, and the Steering Committee at the center at Harvard. Their contributions to the research coordination and evaluation process are described below.
Publications and Presentations:Publications have been submitted on this subproject: View all 10 publications for this subproject | View all 149 publications for this center
Journal Articles:Journal Articles have been submitted on this subproject: View all 10 journal articles for this subproject | View all 148 journal articles for this center
Progress and Final Reports:
Final Report
Main Center Abstract and Reports:
R827353 EPA Harvard Center for Ambient Particle Health Effects
Subprojects under this Center:
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R827353C001 Assessing Human Exposures to Particulate and Gaseous Air Pollutants
R827353C002 Quantifying Exposure Error and its Effect on Epidemiological
Studies
R827353C003 St. Louis Bus, Steubenville and Atlanta Studies
R827353C004 Examining Conditions That Predispose Towards
Acute Adverse Effects of Particulate Exposures
R827353C005 Assessing Life-Shortening Associated with Exposure to
Particulate Matter
R827353C006 Investigating Chronic Effects of Exposure to Particulate
Matter
R827353C007 Determining the Effects of Particle Characteristics on Respiratory Health of Children
R827353C008 Differentiating the Roles of Particle Size, Particle Composition,
and Gaseous Co-Pollutants on Cardiac Ischemia
R827353C009 Assessing Deposition of Ambient Particles in the Lung
R827353C010 Relating Changes in Blood Viscosity, Other Clotting Parameters,
Heart Rate, and Heart Rate Variability to Particulate and Criteria Gas Exposures
R827353C011 Studies of Oxidant Mechanisms
R827353C012 Modeling Relationships Between Mobile Source Particle Emissions and Population Exposures
R827353C013 Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic Emissions of Source Aerosols (TERESA) Study
R827353C014 Identifying the Physical and Chemical Properties of Particulate Matter Responsible for the Observed Adverse Health Effects
R827353C015 Research Coordination Core
R827353C016 Analytical and Facilities Core
R827353C017 Technology Development and Transfer Core