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Project List

Project #: 2016-1407

Pediatric Inner-City Environmental Exposures at School and Home and Asthma Study

PI(s): Wanda Phipatanakul, MD, Boston Childrens Hospital

Lab Hub(s): Minnesota CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub,Mount Sinai CHEAR Network Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2016-1431

Sex-Specific Omics Profiles Related to Toxicant Exposures in Children

PI(s): Wei Perng, PhD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Lab Hub(s): M-CHEAR: Michigan Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2016-1432

Micronutrient deficiencies, environmental exposures and severe malaria: Risk factors for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in Ugandan children

PI(s): Chandy C. John, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory,Mount Sinai CHEAR Network Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2016-1438

Internal Metabolomic Biomarker Exposome and Developmental Disorders (IMBEDD)

PI(s): Rebecca J. Schmidt, PhD, University of California Davis

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory

Project #: 2017-2121

The Dynamics of Exposure, Phthalates and Asthma in a Randomized Trial (DEPART)

PI(s): Catherine Karr, MD, PhD, University of Washington

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai CHEAR Network Laboratory Hub,Mount Sinai HHEAR Targeted Lab Hub

Project #: 2017-1977

Microbial and metabolic variations mediate the influence of childhood and adolescent EDC and trace element exposure on breast density.

PI(s): Karin Michels, PhD, University of California Los Angeles

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory,Mount Sinai CHEAR Network Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2017-1762

Biological Responses to Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Ill Children: Inflammatory Processes and Oral Metabolomic Profiles

PI(s): Melinda Mahabee-Gittens, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory,Minnesota CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub

Project #: 2017-1593

Role of environmental toxicants in modulating disease severity in children with NAFLD

PI(s): Ajay Jain, MD, Saint Louis University

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory

Project #: 2017-1967

Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluroalkyl Substances (PFAS), Protein Biomarkers, Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in a 3-year Cohort of Low-Income Latino Children with Overweight and Obesity from the Stanford GOALS Randomized Controlled Trial

PI(s): Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH, Stanford University

Lab Hub(s): Minnesota CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub

Project #: 2017-1729

Air Pollution, Placenta Function, and Birth Outcomes in Los Angeles

PI(s): Beate Ritz, MD, PhD, University of California Los Angeles

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory

Project #: 2017-1945

Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES)

PI(s): Carrie Breton, ScD, University of Southern California

Lab Hub(s): M-CHEAR: Michigan Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2017-1598

Evaluation of Environmental Exposures in TEDDY

PI(s): Jefferey Krischer, PhD, University of South Florida

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai CHEAR Network Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2018-2539

Perfluoroalkyl substances and lipid composition in human milk

PI(s): Megan Romano, PhD., Geisel Dartmouth School of Medicine

Lab Hub(s): M-CHEAR: Michigan Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource Laboratory Hub,Mount Sinai CHEAR Network Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2018-2532

Environmental Toxins in Early Life: Shaping Health and Disease in Childhood

PI(s): Jessica Lasky-Su, ScD, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Lab Hub(s): M-CHEAR: Michigan Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource Laboratory Hub,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Project #: 2016-1449

Environmental phenols and pesticide levels in relationship to autism

PI(s): Deborah Bennett, PhD, University of California Davis

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory

Project #: 2018-2517_ 2020-3131

Childhood Exposures, Epigenetic and Transcriptomic Responses in the Syracuse Lead Study

PI(s): Kestutis Bendinskas, PhD, SUNY Oswego

Lab Hub(s): Wadsworth Center's Children's Health Exposure Assessment Resource (WCCHEAR)

Project #: 2016-1448

Metabolomics Linking Air Pollution, Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

PI(s): Frank Gilliland, MD, University of Southern California

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory

Project #: 2017-1982

Domestic Indoor PM and Childhood Asthma Morbidity (DISCOVER Study)

PI(s): Lesliam Quiros-Alcala, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Lab Hub(s): M-CHEAR: Michigan Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2018-2273

First Trimester Exposures: Influence on Birth Outcomes and Markers of Biological Response

PI(s): Jaclyn Goodrich, PhD, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Lab Hub(s): M-CHEAR: Michigan Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2018-1599

Pesticides, Perfluorinated compounds and the development of adolescents in agricultural communities.

PI(s): Jose Ricardo Suarez, MD, PhD, University of California San Diego

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory,Minnesota CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub

Project #: 2016-1450

Denver Asthma Panel Study-CHEAR Ancillary Study

PI(s): Andrew Liu, MD, Children's Hospital Colorado

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory,Minnesota CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub

Project #: 2016-1534

A Nested Case-Control Study of Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates and Psychosocial Stress: Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and the Mediating Role of Placental Function

PI(s): Pam Factor-Litvak, PhD, Columbia University

Lab Hub(s): M-CHEAR: Michigan Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2016-34

Relating Metals Exposure to Birth and Early Childhood Outcomes via the Metabotype of Cord Blood

PI(s): David Christiani, MD, MPH, Harvard School of Public Health

Lab Hub(s): RTI CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub

Project #: 2016-1461

ECHO ReCHARGE Study - Environmental Exposures

PI(s): Irva Hertz-Picciotto, PhD, University of California Davis

Lab Hub(s): Wadsworth Center's Children's Health Exposure Assessment Resource (WCCHEAR)

Project #: 2016-1523

Validation of Detailed Maternal Cigarette Smoke Exposure Self Reporting by Cotinine Analysis

PI(s): Margaret Karagas, PhD, Geisel Dartmouth School of Medicine

Lab Hub(s): Minnesota CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub

Project #: 2018-2254

Exposure to metals in pregnant women and the impact on fetal development and birth outcomes in Suriname

PI(s): Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH, Tulane University

Lab Hub(s): RTI CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub,Wadsworth HHEAR Targeted Analysis Laboratory

Project #: 2017-1740

Mitochondrial DNA biomarkers of prenatal metal mixture exposure: intergenerational inheritance and infant growth

PI(s): Andres Cardenas, PhD, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai CHEAR Network Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2018-2537

Phthalates and childhood obesity in a racially, ethnically and geographically diverse cohort.

PI(s): Kelly Hunt, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina

Lab Hub(s): M-CHEAR: Michigan Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2017-1839

Zika Virus Congenital Health Outcomes and the Impact of Maternal Environmental Exposures

PI(s): Jose Cordero, MD, MPH, University of Georgia; Michael Welton, PhD, University of Georgia;

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai CHEAR Network Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2017-1962

SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth (SEARCH)

PI(s): Elizabeth Jensen, PhD, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory

Project #: 2017-1863

Investigating Overweight/Obesity and Poor Diet as Susceptibility Factors for Secondhand Smoke in Childhood Asthma

PI(s): Meredith McCormack, MD, Johns Hopkins University

Lab Hub(s): M-CHEAR: Michigan Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource Laboratory Hub,Minnesota CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub

Project #: 2018-2512

The Role of Environmental Endocrine Disruptors on the Health of Inner City Children

PI(s): Lesliam Quiros-Alcala, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Lab Hub(s): M-CHEAR: Michigan Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource Laboratory Hub

Project #: 2020-00496

Environmental links to immune disruption and chronic disease

PI(s): Peggy Reynolds, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Targeted Lab Hub

Project #: 2018-2120

The impact of tobacco smoke exposure and environmental exposures on the pulmonary microbiome and outcomes of critically ill children

PI(s): Peter Mourani, MD, University of Colorado Denver

Lab Hub(s): The National Exposure Assessment Laboratory at Emory,Minnesota CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub

Project #: 2020-00838

Endocrine Disrupting Compound Exposures in High-Risk Children and Asthma-related Health Outcomes

PI(s): Medina Jackson-Browne, PhD, Boston Childrens Hospital

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Untargeted Lab Hub,Mount Sinai HHEAR Targeted Lab Hub

Project #: 2021-01123

Repeated urinary VOC and PAH metabolites during pregnancy in the context of the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study.

PI(s): Alison Lee, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Lab Hub(s): Minnesota HHEAR Targeted Analysis Laboratory,North Carolina HHEAR Untargeted Analysis Laboratory

Project #: 2021-00862

Exposure to household dust toxins, urinary biomarkers and childhood lung function

PI(s): Maria Jose Rosa, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Lab Hub(s): Duke HHEAR Environmental Analysis Laboratory,Minnesota HHEAR Targeted Analysis Laboratory

Project #: 2023-01553

Maternal urinary fluoride exposure and behavioral outcomes in children

PI(s): Susan Schantz, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Project #: HHEAR

HHEAR

Project #: 2022-01361

The role of longitudinal phthalate and phenol exposures on children’s neurodevelopment and adiposity.

PI(s): Stephanie Engel, UNC Chapel Hill

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Targeted Lab Hub

Project #: 2020-00815

SELF Plasma Untargeted Metabolomics and Urinary Phenol (Core) and Phthalate Analytes

PI(s): Ganesa Wegienka, PhD, Henry Ford Health System

Lab Hub(s): Minnesota CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub,Mount Sinai HHEAR Untargeted Lab Hub

Project #: 2021-01026

Association of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) with ectopic fat in South Asians

PI(s): Michele La Merrill, PhD, MPH, University of California Davis

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Targeted Lab Hub

Project #: 2021-00987

Longitudinal analysis of environmental exposures in pregnancy

PI(s): Melissa Suter, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Untargeted Lab Hub,Mount Sinai HHEAR Targeted Lab Hub

Project #: 2021-01010

PFAS exposures and risk of bladder, kidney and pancreatic cancer in the Multiethnic Cohort

PI(s): Loic Le Marchand, MD, PhD, University of Hawaii

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Untargeted Lab Hub

Project #: 2021-01103

A prospective study of per- and poly-fluorinated substances (PFAS) and risk of pancreatic cancer in the NYU Women's Health Study

PI(s): Fen Wu, PhD, NYU School of Medicine

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Targeted Lab Hub

Project #: 2022-01367

Exploring associations between biomarkers of environmental chemical exposure and rheumatic disease outcomes within a predominately African American Lupus cohort

PI(s): John Pearce, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina

Project #: 2022-01431

Assessment of childhood exposure to flame retardants (FRs), phthalates, pesticides, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) via handwipes

PI(s): Kathryn Crawford, Dr. , Middlebury College

Project #: 2022-01432

METabolome-wide Association Study of the of Asian Women and their Offspring’s Development and Environmental Exposures (META SAWASDEE)

PI(s): Donghai Liang, Emory University School of Medicine

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Targeted Lab Hub,North Carolina HHEAR Untargeted Analysis Laboratory

Project #: 2022-01504

The Role of Rare Earth Elements Exposure and the Risk for Clinical and Subclinical Cardiometabolic Outcomes

PI(s): Katherine James, PhD, University of Colorado Denver

Project #: 2020-00487

Environmental Exposure and Breast Cancer Outcomes across the Spectrum of Absolute Breast Cancer Risk

PI(s): Mary Beth Terry, PhD, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University

Project #: 2020-00835

Perinatal exposure to household dust toxins on child respiratory outcomes

PI(s): Sonali Bose, MD, MPH, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Lab Hub(s): Duke HHEAR Environmental Analysis Laboratory

Project #: 2020-00606

Environmental exposure driven myosteatosis and associated metabolic disease

PI(s): Iva Miljkovic, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Lab Hub(s): Wadsworth Center's Children's Health Exposure Assessment Resource (WCCHEAR)

Project #: 2020-00652

Early environmental determinants of child lung health in a South African birth cohort study.

PI(s): Heather Zar, MD, PhD, University of Cape Town

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Targeted Lab Hub

Project #: 2020-00605

Role of environmental toxicants in obesity-related cardiovascular disease

PI(s): Noyan Gokce, MD, Boston Medical Center

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Untargeted Lab Hub,Wadsworth HHEAR Targeted Analysis Laboratory

Project #: 2020-00500

The role of PFAS exposures in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in the Multiethnic Cohort

PI(s): Veronica Setiawan, PhD, University of Southern California

Lab Hub(s): Mount Sinai HHEAR Targeted Lab Hub