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NCER's mission is to support high-quality research by the nation's leading scientists and engineers that will improve EPA’s scientific basis for decisions on national environmental issues. NCER supports leading edge extramural research in exposure, effects, risk assessment, and risk management through competitions for STAR grants, fellowships, and research contracts under the Small Business Innovative Research Program. Learn More
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Linking Disease and Tropical Forest Destruction
Flu, West Nile virus, Lyme disease, anthrax, and leptospirosis are just a few of the common diseases that keep public health officials on the alert for outbreaks. While ecologists have known that deforestation is detrimental to many species, Dr. Gillespie's doctoral work as an EPA STAR fellow (2001-2004) was the first to link forest fragmentation with increased primate disease.
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Decline of the Akepa, a Native Hawaiian Honeycreeper
STAR grantees Leonard Freed and Rebecca Cann of the University of Hawaii at Manoa explored the reasons behind the decline of the Hawiian Akepa and determined that loss of habitat and introduction of new predators, competitors, and diseases has put them in danger.
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STAR Fellow Research Delivers Explosive Results
Jason Conder’s STAR-funded research on the toxicity of TNT in aquatic environments helped provide the missing information needed to understand the environmental risks associated with this chemical compound.
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Dawn Chorus: Can bird song identify environmental health?
The alarm clock just blared and you bury your head under the pillow. But not everyone goes back to sleep -- early risers are greeted by the “dawn chorus”. They enjoy the first birdsongs of morning and most don’t wonder about its ecological significance. But former STAR fellow Karl S. Berg did wonder and his research has produced significant results of use for environmental monitoring.
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STAR Fellow Studies the Impact of Nutrient Pollution on Marine Invasive Species
STAR fellow Heidi Weiskel is studying the relationship between increased terrestrial pollution entering the San Francisco bay and the rise in marine invasive species in the bay.
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EPA to partner with U.K. Funding Agencies to Launch Major Joint Research Effort on the Behaviour and Effects of Nanomaterials in the Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency in cooperation with the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council, the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the U.K. Environment Agency is in the process of finalising a major joint research effort to develop and validate predictive tools and similar conceptual models that predict exposure, bioavailability and effects of manufactured nanomaterials in the environment.
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Linking Disease and Tropical Forest DestructionFlu, West Nile virus, Lyme disease, anthrax, and leptospirosis are just a few of the common diseases that keep public health officials on the alert for outbreaks. While ecologists have known that deforestation is detrimental to many species, Dr. Gillespie's doctoral work as an EPA STAR fellow (2001-2004) was the first to link forest fragmentation with increased primate disease.
[Read More]
Decline of the Akepa, a Native Hawaiian HoneycreeperSTAR grantees Leonard Freed and Rebecca Cann of the University of Hawaii at Manoa explored the reasons behind the decline of the Hawiian Akepa and determined that loss of habitat and introduction of new predators, competitors, and diseases has put them in danger.
[Read More]
STAR Fellow Research Delivers Explosive ResultsJason Conder’s STAR-funded research on the toxicity of TNT in aquatic environments helped provide the missing information needed to understand the environmental risks associated with this chemical compound.
[Read More]
Dawn Chorus: Can bird song identify environmental health?The alarm clock just blared and you bury your head under the pillow. But not everyone goes back to sleep -- early risers are greeted by the “dawn chorus”. They enjoy the first birdsongs of morning and most don’t wonder about its ecological significance. But former STAR fellow Karl S. Berg did wonder and his research has produced significant results of use for environmental monitoring.
[Read More]
STAR Fellow Studies the Impact of Nutrient Pollution on Marine Invasive SpeciesSTAR fellow Heidi Weiskel is studying the relationship between increased terrestrial pollution entering the San Francisco bay and the rise in marine invasive species in the bay.
[Read More]
EPA to partner with U.K. Funding Agencies to Launch Major Joint Research Effort on the Behaviour and Effects of Nanomaterials in the EnvironmentThe Environmental Protection Agency in cooperation with the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council, the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the U.K. Environment Agency is in the process of finalising a major joint research effort to develop and validate predictive tools and similar conceptual models that predict exposure, bioavailability and effects of manufactured nanomaterials in the environment.
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Upcoming Events
- Remediation Technology Summit (REMTEC) 2009: The Future of Remediation Technology - March 5 - 9 2009
- 237th ACS National Meeting Symposium on Nanotechnology and the Environment: Emphasis on Green Nanotechnology - March 22 - 26 2009