This $500,000 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program (CFDA 66.509), aims to elucidate the policy-making process for mitigating environmental exposures and elevate resident voices regarding legacy pollutants and ongoing contaminants that result in negative health outcomes in the Commerce City-North Denver neighborhoods. The key objectives are to: (1) develop models of the cumulative health burden experienced by marginalized communities and (2) facilitate roundtables for residents to engage the state and local policy-making process regarding environmental exposures, promote their concerns, and develop solutions with public and private agencies. The University of Illinois will receive a $347,608 subaward to provide data and analysis support. The project period runs from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2028 and is led by Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division.
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