This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program provides $216,734 to the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to support research on the effects of prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure on childhood irritability and brain connectivity. The award aims to test the hypothesis that prenatal PAH exposure is associated with persistent irritability...
This Project Grant award of $132,651 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) Federal Grant Program will support research investigating the relationship between prenatal and early-life air pollution exposure and pubertal development in girls and boys. The research will leverage data from over 8,000 mother-child pairs across 45 geographically diverse sites included in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes...
This $149,857 Project Grant, awarded on July 7, 2025 by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, supports research to investigate the role of inhaled particulate matter (PM) in exacerbating pulmonary vascular remodeling associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH). The research aims to define population-level associations between aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonism, plasma metabolites, and PH severity; determine if...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) awarded a $282,169 Project Grant under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program to The Ohio State University from August 10, 2024 to May 4, 2025. The grant supports research investigating the role of endogenous docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in resolving ozone-induced lung inflammation. Specifically, the project aims to: 1) examine how endogenous DHA synthesis in alveolar macrophages reduces ozone-induced pulmonary inflammation...
This Project Grant award for $448,383 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) federal grant program will fund research to determine the impact of maternal ingestion of cyanotoxins on the development and function of the stress axis in offspring. The primary objectives are to: 1) Determine if sub-chronic maternal exposure to the cyanotoxin microcystin-LR disrupts the development of brain regions that control the stress...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, supports research to define the neurotoxic and neurodevelopmental health risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The $546,350 award, effective January 13, 2025 through October 31, 2029, aims to characterize the mechanisms by which PFAS affect brain development and function. Key objectives include defining PFAS uptake...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, is supporting research to investigate the genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptive respiratory responses to air pollution, specifically ozone (O3) exposure. The $671,165 award, spanning January 1, 2025 to October 31, 2029, will enable researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to: Profile the transcriptomes and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health federal grant program (CFDA 93.113) will fund research at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) to investigate the use of maternal and offspring exercise as a means to mitigate the developmental neurotoxicity effects of prenatal exposure to benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), a known carcinogen and environmental pollutant. The $140,000 award, which runs from September 2023 to August...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program provides $419,011 to Emory University to develop innovative dimensionality reduction techniques for assessing the joint health effects of air pollution mixtures. The research aims to advance causal modeling approaches that preserve the relationships between air pollutants and health outcomes, in order to provide more accurate assessments of the public...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program, provides $224,900 to Emory University to investigate determinants of perinatal lead exposure and its association with preterm birth among the Atlanta African American Maternal Child Cohort. The 4-year project aims to: 1) test hypotheses about socioeconomic and environmental factors associated with higher maternal lead levels, 2) examine the...