Project Grant K99ES038215

Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under its Environmental Health program (CFDA 93.113), awarded a K99/R00 Career Development Grant of $118,206 to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with an award date of May 5, 2026 and completion date of April 30, 2028. This grant supports research investigating the association between prenatal environmental stressors and pediatric cancer incidence. The project delivers robust epidemiological estimates by examining individual and combined environmental exposures—including particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, temperature, humidity, wildfire smoke, fungal spores, and radon—using linked cancer and birth registries from New Jersey and Taiwan along with high-resolution environmental exposure data and novel machine learning methodologies.

The K99 phase of this award specifically provides comprehensive research training and career development to the investigator through coursework, mentorship, and directed study in four key areas: pediatric cancer epidemiology and etiology, atmospheric and radiation exposure sciences, environmental mixtures analysis, and big data analytics. This funding mechanism addresses a critical research gap in understanding the combined impact of multiple environmental exposures on pediatric cancer development, a leading cause of disease-related deaths in children, while building the research capacity of an early-career investigator in environmental health epidemiology.