Public Interest Partners

Building a Coalition of Grassroots Advocacy Organizations that Support Environmental Health Research

The NIEHS director and his staff meet periodically with the Public Interest Partners to seek input and improve communications with communities and organizations directly affected by the mission and the research of the NIEHS.

Public Interest Partner members represent:

• disease and patient advocacy groups for diseases such as asthma and other lung diseases, breast cancer, prostate cancer, Parkinson's Disease, birth defects, autism, lupus, and others
• at-risk groups who may be particularly susceptible to environmental effects such as children, women, and under-served communities
• environmentalist groups

Working with the Public Interest Partners allows the NIEHS to learn more about the priorities of these organizations, and helps to shape the institute’s research agenda. In turn, these organizations learn about the NIEHS research enterprise and about the other partner organizations. As a group, the Public Interest Partners are a powerful voice for environmental health issues.

Contact

NIEHS Public Interest Partners

• Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics(http://www.aanma.org/)
• Alliance for Healthy Homes(http://www.afhh.org/)
• ALS Association(http://www.alsa.org/)
• Alzheimer's Association(http://www.alz.org/)
• American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association(http://www.aarda.org/)
• American Cancer Society(http://www.cancer.org/)
• American College of Preventive Medicine(http://www.acpm.org/)
• American Lung Association(http://www.lungusa.org/)
• American Osteopathic Association(http://www.osteopathic.org/)
• American Public Health Association(http://www.apha.org/)
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses(http://www.awhonn.org/)
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (http://www.aafa.org/)
• Birth Defects Research for Children(http://www.birthdefects.org/)
• Brigham & Women's Hospital(http://www.brighamandwomens.org/)
• Children's Environmental Health Network(http://www.cehn.org/)
• Children's Health Environmental Coalition(http://www.checnet.org/)
• Communities for a Better Environment(http://www.cbecal.org/)
• Consortium for Oceanographic Research & Education(http://www.coreocean.org/)
• Cure Autism Now(http://www.cureautismnow.org/)
• DES Action(http://www.desaction.org/)
• Environment and Energy Study Institute(http://www.eesi.org/)
• Environmental Defense(http://www.environmentaldefense.org/)
• Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition(http://www.hbcac.org/)
• Learning Disabilities Association(http://www.ldanatl.org/)
• Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.(http://www.lupus.org/)
• National Breast Cancer Coalition(http://www.natlbcc.org/)
• National Center for Environmental Health Strategies (marylamielle@ncehs.org) (email)
• National Environmental Education Training Foundation(http://www.neetf.org/)
• National Prostate Cancer Coalition (http://www.fightprostatecancer.org/)
• Natural Resources Defense Council(http://www.nrdc.org/)
• Parkinson's Action Network(http://www.parkinsonsaction.org/)
• Physicians for Social Responsibility(http://www.psr.org/)
• Platelet Disorder Support Association(http://www.pdsa.org/)
• Society for Women's Health Research(http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/)
• West Harlem Environmental Action (http://www.weact.org/)
• West Islip Breast Cancer Coalition(http://www.wibcc.org/)
• World Wildlife Fund(http://www.worldwildlife.org/)

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Related Resources

• Recent Input from Partners (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/community/docs/partners-comments.pdf)   (46 KB)
• Public Interest Group's Contribution to the Future of Environmental Health Research (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/community/docs/2005essay.pdf)   (252 KB)
  Lisa M. Greenhill, from Goehl TJ, ed. 2005. Essays on The Future of Environmental Health Research: A Tribute to Dr. Kenneth Olden. Research Triangle Park, NC:Environmental Health Perspectives/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
• Director's Council of Public Representatives (COPR) (http://copr.nih.gov/)
  A federal advisory committee made up of members of the public, who advise the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director on issues related to public participation in NIH activities, outreach efforts, and other matters of public interest.
• NIH Public Trust Initiative (PTI) (http://publictrust.nih.gov/)
  The mission of this initiative is is to enable the public to understand and to have full confidence in the research that NIH conducts and supports across the country and throughout the world.
• Get Involved at NIH (http://getinvolved.nih.gov/)
  A Web site of information about public activities and events, and opportunities to provide feedback to the NIH.

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