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This consortium of epidemiologists,
statisticians, chemists, toxicologists, and molecular
biologists collaborate to create an interdisciplinary
approach to the study and advancement of research
in environmental health. The Center is organized
into an Administrative
Core, four Research
Cores, three Facility
Cores and the Community
Outreach and Education Program Core.
The Center primarily focuses on the application
of epidemiologic methods to study the effects
of the environment on human health, and how personal
factors modify response, especially with regard
to the multiethnic populations of California and
the Pacific Rim. |
Center studies have included
improved approaches for assessing exposure to
automobile exhaust, toxicologic assessment of
toxic air contaminants, and the measurement of
particles of all sizes. In one major study, Center
investigators are studying 6,000 children living
in Southern California who breathe some of the
most polluted air in the United States. |
The Center’s successful
interdisciplinary research among investigators
has been key to the development of other environmental
health centers and projects in the past five years
involving collaboration between USC and UCLA faculty,
including the Southern California Particle Center
and Supersite, directed by Dr. John Froines and
based at UCLA and recent NIEHS funding of a new
program project: “Genetics, Air
Pollution, and Respiratory Effects in Children,”
directed by Dr. John Peters. |
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