This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program provides funding to support a research study conducted by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Health Sciences Division. The study aims to investigate the association between prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a type of air pollutant, and persistent irritability in early childhood. The $216,734 award will allow the principal investigator, Dr. Mariah Deserisy, to develop expertise in analyzing PAH effects using advanced epidemiological methods, assessing childhood irritability with developmentally sensitive tools, and applying network-based functional connectivity MRI data analysis. The overall goal is to better understand how environmental risk factors like air pollution may contribute to the manifestation of adolescent internalizing symptoms and anxiety/depressive disorders through their impact on functional brain connectivity.
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