5/18/2008
 
       
 
     
           
 
 
 
 
Overview
 
The Ports
 
Traffic and Health
 

The goal of our Center is to improve health by investigating environmental exposures, studying who might be most susceptible, and linking our research efforts with the communities we serve. Our Center scientists study cancer, respiratory disease and adverse reproductive outcomes, as well as develop new methods for designing studies and evaluate exposures.


 
Globalization is changing the landscape of Southern California.  As the volume of imported products from Asia skyrockets, the Ports keep growing, as do roads, rail facilities, and warehouses to accommodate more and more goods-filled containers.  Center Outreach Director Andrea Hricko describes some of the health and community impacts from these developments.
 

Children who live near a major highway are more likely to have asthma and respiratory diseases, and their lung development may also be stunted. Read about the latest studies on freeway exhaust and health, and
and get information about schools and homes.

           
 

The Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center (SCEHSC) was established in 1996 through funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Researchers and professionals from the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have collaborated to create an interdisciplinary approach to the study and advancement of research in environmental health. The SCEHSC primarily focuses on using epidemiologic methods to study effects of the environment on human health, especially with regard to the multiethnic populations of California and the Pacific Rim.

 
Center Newsletter
 
Genes linked to increased asthma risk
 
Exercise reduces breast cancer risk
 
Freeway exhaust affects lung development
 
 
New models and markers for pesticides and Parkinson's
 
Asthma risk soars for children who smoke
 
Study of twins and Multiple Sclerosis
 
Dogs and smog a bad mix for children with asthma
 
 
 
 
Center Annual Reports
 
Community Outreach & Education Program
 
 
 
 
Research Highlights
 
"A Breath of Air" -- documentary video