11/7/2009
 
Research Cores
 
Respiratory Effects
Cancer
Study Design
and Statistical Methodology
Exposure Assessment
Core Director:
John Peters
Co-Director:
Frank Gilliland
Core Members
Publication List
Goals & Objectives
Research Highlights
Future Research Initiatives
 
 
Respiratory Effects Research Core
 
Goals & Objectives
The two principal goals of the Respiratory Effects Research Core are 1) to understand how indoor and outdoor air pollution contribute to respiratory disease in humans and 2) to learn how host factors (genetic and other) influence the pathogenic process. To accomplish these two goals we have the objectives of applying the best exposure assessment, the most up-to-date biostatistical and study design approaches, the most sensitive endpoints of health effects in appropriate populations, and the evaluation of genetic and other host factors that potentially influence the response. A further goal of this core is to provide education to graduate students.