Grantee Research Project Results

Institution Information
Name:	Harvard University
Dept:
Center:	Michigan Center for the Environment and Childrens Health
EPA Region:	1
Street Address:	1350 Massachusetts Ave Rm 458
City:	Cambridge
State:	MA
Zip Code:	02138

Associated Project Details for: Harvard University

149 Projects listed for this institution:
Grant Number	Grant Title	Project Type	Project Period
R824834C001	Air Toxics Exposures Among Teenagers in New York City and Los Angeles - A Columbia-Harvard Study (TEACH)	Center	December 1, 1997 through December 31, 2000
R824834C002	Cardiopulmonary Response to Particulate Exposure	Center	July 1, 1999 through December 31, 2000
R827353	Ambient Particle Health Effects: Exposure, Susceptibility, and Mechanisms	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C001	Assessing Human Exposures to Particulate and Gaseous Air Pollutants	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C002	Quantifying Exposure Error and its Effect on Epidemiological Studies	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C003	St. Louis Bus, Steubenville and Atlanta Studies	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C004	Examining Conditions That Predispose Towards Acute Adverse Effects of Particulate Exposures	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C005	Assessing Life-Shortening Associated with Exposure to Particulate Matter	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C006	Investigating Chronic Effects of Exposure to Particulate Matter	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C007	Determining the Effects of Particle Characteristics on Respiratory Health of Children	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C008	Differentiating the Roles of Particle Size, Particle Composition, and Gaseous Co-Pollutants on Cardiac Ischemia	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C009	Assessing Deposition of Ambient Particles in the Lung	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C010	Relating Changes in Blood Viscosity, Other Clotting Parameters, Heart Rate, and Heart Rate Variability to Particulate and Criteria Gas Exposures	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C011	Studies of Oxidant Mechanisms	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C012	Modeling Relationships Between Mobile Source Particle Emissions and Population Exposures	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C013	Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic Emissions of Source Aerosols (TERESA) Study	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C014	Identifying the Physical and Chemical Properties of Particulate Matter Responsible for the Observed Adverse Health Effects	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C015	Research Coordination Core	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C016	Analytical and Facilities Core	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R827353C017	Technology Development and Transfer Core	Center	June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2005
R828112C047	Effect of Nitrogen Dioxide on Bacterial Respiratory infectionin Mice	Center	April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2005
R828112C058	Nitrogen Dioxide and Respiratory Illness in Children	Center
R828112C063	Development of Personal Ozone Samplers: Three Approaches	Center
R828112C065X	An Innovative Approach to Analyzing Multiple Experimental Outcomes: A Case Study of Rats Exposed to Ozone	Center	April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2005
R828112C068II	An Investigation of DNA Damage in the Lungs of Rats Exposed to Diesel Exhaust	Center	April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2005
R828112C083	Daily Changes in Oxygen Saturation and Pulse Rate Associated with Particulate Air Pollution and Barometric Pressure	Center	April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2005
R828112C091	Effects of Concentrated Ambient Particles on the Cardiac and Pulmonary Systems of Dogs	Center	April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2005
R828112C106	Effects on Mice of Exposure to Ozone and Ambient Particle Pollution	Center	April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2005
R828678C001	Air Toxics Exposures Among Teenagers in New York City and Los Angeles—A Columbia-Harvard Study (TEACH)	Center	January 1, 1997 through January 31, 2005
R828678C002	Cardiopulmonary Effects of Metal-Containing Particulate Exposure	Center	January 1, 1999 through January 31, 2004
R829402C001	Detection of a Recovery in Stratospheric and Total Ozone	Center	March 12, 2002 through March 11, 2007
R831725	Metal Mixtures and Children’s Health	Center	June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2009
R831725C001	Metals, Nutrition, and Stress in Child Development	Center	June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2009
R831725C002	Exposure Assessment of Children and Metals in Mining Waste: Composition, Environmental Transport, and Exposure Patterns	Center	June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2009
R831725C003	Manganese, Iron, Cadmium, and Lead Transport from the Environment to Critical Organs During Gestation and Early Development in a Rat Model	Center	June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2009
R831725C004	Metals Neurotoxicity Research Project	Center	June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2009
R832416	Harvard Particle Center	Center	October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2010
R832416C001	Cardiovascular Responses in the Normative Aging Study: Exploring the Pathways of Particle Toxicity	Center	October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2010
R832416C002	Cardiovascular Toxicity of Concentrated Ambient Fine, Ultrafine and Coarse Particles in Controlled Human Exposures	Center	October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2010
R832416C003	Assessing Toxicity of Local and Transported Particles Using Animal Models Exposed to CAPs	Center	October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2010
R832416C004	Cardiovascular Effects of Mobile Source Exposures: Effects of Particles and Gaseous Co-pollutants	Center	October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2010
R832416C005	Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic Emission Source Aerosol (TERESA): Investigation of Vehicular Emissions	Center	October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2010
R834513	Center for Children’s Environmental Health and DiseasePreventionResearch (P01) (joint EPA and NIEHS) - CHAMACOS	Center	August 1, 2009 through July 31, 2014
R834515	Endotoxin Exposure and Asthma in Children	Center	June 22, 2010 through June 21, 2015
R834515C001	Endotoxin Exposure and Asthma in Children	Center	June 22, 2010 through June 21, 2015
R834515C002	Environmental Determinants of Early Host Response to RSV	Center	June 22, 2010 through June 21, 2015
R834515C003	Environmental Determinants of Host Defense	Center	September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2014
R834593	Novel Methods to Assess Effects of Bisphenol A (BPA) & Phthalates on Child Development	Center	February 15, 2010 through February 14, 2014
R834593C001	Prenatal Exposure to BPA/Phthalates: Infant Physical and Behavioral Development	Center	February 15, 2010 through February 14, 2014
R834593C002	Adolescent Exposure to BPA/Phthalates Cognitive and Behavioral Development	Center	February 15, 2010 through February 14, 2014
R834593C003	Mechanisms of In Utero BPA Exposure on Fetal Gonad Development	Center	February 15, 2010 through February 14, 2014
R834593C004	Effects of Bisphenol A on the Developing Cortex	Center	February 15, 2010 through February 14, 2014
R834596	Berkeley/Stanford Children’s Environmental Health Center	Center	May 7, 2010 through May 6, 2013
R834596C001	Effect of Multi-Level Environmental Exposure on Birth Outcomes	Center	May 7, 2010 through May 6, 2013
R834596C003	Ambient Pollutant/Bioaerosol Effects on Treg Function	Center	May 7, 2010 through May 6, 2013
R834677C152	Evaluating Heterogeneity in Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution Using Land-Use Regression and Constrained Factor Analysis	Center	April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2015
R834677C158	Air Toxics Exposure from Vehicle Emissions at a U.S. Border Crossing: Buffalo Peace Bridge Study	Center	April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2015
R834798	Air Pollution Mixtures: Health Effects Across Life Stages	Center	January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015
R834798C001	Relative Toxicity of Air Pollution Mixtures	Center	January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015
R834798C002	Cognitive Decline, Cardiovascular Changes, and Biological Aging in Response to Air Pollution	Center	January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015
R834798C003	Identifying the Cognitive and Vascular Effects of Air Pollution Sources and Mixtures in the Framingham Offspring and Third Generation Cohorts	Center	January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015
R834798C004	Longitudinal Effects of Multiple Pollutants on Child Growth, Blood Pressure and Cognition	Center	January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015
R834798C005	A National Study to Assess Susceptibility, Vulnerability, and Effect Modification of Air Pollution Health Risks	Center	January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015
R836156	Center for Research on Environmental and Social Stressors in Housing across the Life Course	Center	July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020
R836156C001	Multi-Exposure Epidemiology across the Life Course	Center	July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020
R836156C002	Exposure Disparities Related to Resident Behavior and Housing Characteristics	Center	July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020
F07C30542	Green Chemistry as a Case Study for a Framework for the Successful Implementation of Innovation for Sustainable Development	Fellowship	January 1, 2007 through January 1, 2010
F13B10155	Improved Understanding of North American Background Ozone	Fellowship	August 1, 2014 through August 1, 2016
F13B21473	Modeling Participation in Payments for Ecosystem Services Programs: A Discrete Choice Model of Participation in REDD+	Fellowship	August 1, 2014 through August 1, 2016
F13D10739	Exposure and Risk Assessment of Perfluoroalkylated Compounds	Fellowship	August 1, 2014 through August 1, 2016
F13F41293	An Assessment of Energy Efficiency Information Provision: Financial, Energy and Environmental Impacts of City Benchmarking Mandates	Fellowship	September 2, 2014 through September 2, 2016
F5B10209	Mercury Rising and Falling: Exploring Mercury Cycling through Atmosphere and Biosphere	Fellowship	September 1, 2005 through September 1, 2008
F6B10699	A Global Model of Atmospheric Mercury Chemistry, Emissions, and Deposition: Improvements Through Inverse Modeling of Atmospheric Observations	Fellowship	September 1, 2006 through August 31, 2009
FP916335	Surface Ion Mobility and Deliquescence of NaCl Particles	Fellowship	January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2006
FP916386	Effects of Host Specialization on Local Adaptation and Speciation in a Hyperdiverse Genus of Phytophagous Tropical Rain Forest Beetles (Coleoptera: Hispinae)	Fellowship	January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004
FP916900	Metal Mixtures and Children’s Neurodevelopment	Fellowship	October 1, 2007 through October 1, 2010
FP916983	Emission Reductions Aimed at Improving Air Quality: Unintended Climatic Consequences and the Effect of Climate Change on their Success	Fellowship	September 1, 2008 through September 1, 2010
FP917345	Effect of Exposure Measurement Error in Air Pollution Studies: Two Case Studies	Fellowship	September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2014
FP917365	Constraints on California and Arctic Methane Emissions Using a Regional Lagrangian Model and Aircraft-Based Measurements During the CalNex and HIPP O Campaigns	Fellowship	August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2014
U914977	Policy Analysis Exercise	Fellowship	January 1, 1996 through January 1, 1998
U915347	Characterization of Sources of Indoor Particles Using Novel Sampling Techniques	Fellowship	September 1, 1998 through September 1, 2001
U915427	Dry Woodland Phenology: Carbon Storage as Endogenous Control of Leaf Flush	Fellowship	September 1, 1998 through September 1, 2001
U915428	Life History Strategies of Consistently Sparse Tropical Tree Species	Fellowship	September 16, 1998 through September 1, 2001
U915561	Information Value of the Children's Chemical Evaluation Programs	Fellowship	September 1, 1999 through August 1, 2002
U915660	The Role of Chemical Mimicry in the Ecology and Evolution of Symbioses Between Lycaenid Butterfly Caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)	Fellowship	May 1, 1999 through May 1, 2003
U915726	Addressing Protection of the Great Apes in West and Central Africa through Participatory Methods and International Legislation	Fellowship	August 6, 2002
U915760	Three Essays on the Economics of the Environment, Energy and Externalities	Fellowship	September 1, 2000 through August 28, 2003
U915815	Phylogeny of Acoustic Orthoptera and the Effects of Microhabitats on Acoustic Phenotypes	Fellowship	January 1, 2003
U915830	An Assessment of Environmental Policy	Fellowship	January 1, 2003
U915847	Sapwood Senescence: A Program of Cell Death Leading to the Formation of Heartwood in Large Woody Stems	Fellowship	August 1, 2000 through August 1, 2003
U915981	Evolution of Defense Chemistry in Alliaria petiolata Since Introduction Into North America	Fellowship	January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2004
U916143	Cavity-Enhanced Spectroscopy for In Situ Measurements and Atmospheric Monitoring of Tropospheric Pollutants	Fellowship	January 1, 2003 through January 1, 2006
U916145	The Kinetic Study of Environmentally Important Stratospheric and Tropospheric Chlorine Reactions Over Atmospheric Temperatures and Pressures	Fellowship	January 1, 2003 through January 1, 2006
U916172	Characterization of Methanotroph Diversity and Population Response in a Freshwater Lake Upon Exposure to Benzene	Fellowship	January 1, 2003 through January 1, 2006
R824096	Human Influence on Ozone in the Tropical Troposphere: An Interpretation of Observations Using a Global Three-dimensional Model	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1998
R824757	Statistical Methods for Non-Cancer Risk Assessment	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1998
R824790	Cellular Mechanisms of Pulmonary Inflammation by Environmental Particles	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1998
R824796	A Study of Ozone Concentration Gradients in Large Buildings, Including an Examination of Indoor Chemistry, Ventilation, Occupant Health Effects and Effects on HVAC Systems	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1998
R824797	Bioaerosols, Health, and Productivity in a Large Office Building	Grant	October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1998
R825220	Biogeochemical Control of Heavy Metal Speciation and Bioavailability in Contaminated Marine Sediments	Grant	December 2, 1996 through December 1, 2001
R825242	Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Mortality Associated with Exposure to Concentrated Particulate Urban Air Toxics	Grant	October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1999
R825258	The Chemical Kinetics and Mechanisms of Hydrocarbons Contributing to Ozone Production in the Atmosphere	Grant	November 25, 1996 through November 24, 1999
R825265	Ultrafine Particles in Urban and Respiratory Health Among Children with Respiratory Symptoms	Grant	December 2, 1996 through December 1, 1999
R825267	Development of Population-Based Particle Exposure Models for Human Health Risk Assessment	Grant	December 2, 1996 through December 1, 1999
R825269	Development of a Semi-Continuous Monitor for Determination of Trace Elements and Heavy Metals in Ambient Aerosol Particles	Grant	November 15, 1996 through November 14, 1999
R825270	Development and Evaluation of a Novel Sampling Method to Determine the Phase Partitioning of Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds	Grant	December 1, 1996 through November 30, 1999
R825312	Valuation of Risks to Human Health Insensitivity to Magnitude?	Grant	October 15, 1996 through October 14, 1999
R825336	Development and Validation of a Novel Technique to Measure Ambient Particle Properties: Bound Water, Mass Density, and Mean Diameter	Grant	December 1, 1996 through November 30, 1999
R825359	Carcinogen Induced Deletions in the Mouse	Grant	December 2, 1996 through December 1, 1999
R825818	Genetic Susceptibility to the Effects of Aromatic Solvents on Reproductive Health	Grant	February 1, 1998 through January 31, 2001
R826245	The Relative Associations of Transition Metals and Sources of Fine Particulate Matter to Increased Daily Mortality	Grant	January 14, 1998 through January 13, 2000
R826373	Investigations of Factors Determining the Occurrence of Ozone and Fine Particles in Northeastern USA	Grant	April 15, 1998 through April 14, 2003
R826779	Particulate Air Pollution and Initiation of Asthma	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2001
R826780	Cardiovascular Vulnerability to Particulate Pollution	Grant	October 1, 1998 through September 30, 2001
R827110	A Genetic Test for Vulnerability to Inbreeding Depression in Right Whales and Elephant Seals	Grant	May 5, 1999 through May 4, 2001
R827201	Development of Zero Emission Hexavalent Chromium Plating Process	Grant	April 26, 1999 through March 31, 2001
R827447	Mechanisms of Age-dependent Ozone Induced Airway Dysfunction	Grant	July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2002
R828036	Mycobacterium avium Complex in Drinking Water: Detection, Distribution, and Routes of Exposure	Grant	January 1, 2003
R829437	Dioxins, Male Pubertal Development and Testis Function	Grant	December 1, 2001 through November 30, 2005
R829689	Regulating Pollution Through Information Disclosure: Facility Response to the Toxics Release Inventory	Grant	July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2005
R829690	Compliance and Beyond: Strategic Government-Industry Interactions in Environmental Policy and Performance	Grant	July 1, 2002 through September 30, 2004
R830758	Children's Vulnerability to Environmental Immunotoxicant Exposure	Grant	May 5, 2003 through May 4, 2006
R830821	Contingent Valuation for Ecological and Noncancer Effects within an Integrated Human Health and Ecological Risk Framework	Grant	September 1, 2003 through August 31, 2006
R830824	Value of Reducing Children's Mortality Risk: Effects of Latency and Disease Type	Grant	March 1, 2003 through February 28, 2005
R830838	Cardiovascular Responses to Particulate Exposure	Grant	May 5, 2003 through May 4, 2006
R830959	Application of a Unified Aerosol-Chemistry-Climate GCM to Understand the Effects of Changing Climate and Global Anthropogenic Emissions on U.S. Air Quality	Grant	January 1, 2003 through January 1, 2005
R831593	Valuing Morbidity Using Willingness to Pay and Health Utility Measures	Grant	January 15, 2005 through January 14, 2007
R831917	Regional Cardiac Blood Flow with Air Particle Exposure	Grant	August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2006
R832158	Bayesian and Adjoint Inverse Model Analysis of PM Sources in the United States Using Observations from Surface, Aircraft, and Satellite Platforms	Grant	January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2007
R832275	Investigation of the Effects of Changing Climate on Fires and the Consequences for U.S. Air Quality, Using a Hierarchy of Chemistry and Climate Models	Grant	April 1, 2005 through March 31, 2008
R832752	Heat-related Hospital Admissions Among the Elderly: Community, Socio-economic and Medical Determinants of Vulnerability and Economic Impacts	Grant	January 1, 2006 through December 1, 2009
R833370	Global Change and Air Pollution (GCAP) Phase 2: Implications for U.S. Air Quality and Mercury Deposition of Multiple Climate and Global Emission Scenarios for 2000-2050	Grant	May 1, 2007 through April 30, 2011
R833622	Statistical Models for Estimating the Health Impact of Air Quality Regulations	Grant	July 1, 2007 through September 30, 2010
R833667	Integrated Uncertainty Analysis to Support Effective Environmental Decision-Making	Grant	October 1, 2007 through September 1, 2009
R833740	Cardiovascular Effects of Urban and Rural Coarse Particulate Matter in Obese and Lean Adults	Grant	March 1, 2008 through February 28, 2011
R833863	Spatial temporal analysis of health effects associated with sources and speciation of fine PM	Grant	December 1, 2008 through November 30, 2012
R834279	Air Pollution, Health and Economic Impacts of Global Change Policy andFuture Technologies: An Integrated Model Analysis	Grant	September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2012
R834282	Investigation of the Effects of Changing Climate on Fires and the Consequences for U.S. Air Quality, Phase 2.	Grant	November 1, 2009 through October 31, 2012
R834359	Predicting Regional Allergy Hotspots in Future Climate Scenarios – Putting the Where & When on Wheezing	Grant	September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2013
R834576	Community Stressors and Susceptibility to Air Pollution in Urban Asthma	Grant	March 1, 2011 through February 28, 2015
R834788	PFOA Concentration in Serum Collected 1991-2008 and Related Health Effects	Grant	February 1, 2011 through January 31, 2013
R834894	The Effect of Air Pollution Control on Life Expectancy in the United States: A Population-Based Analysis of Major Metropolitan Areas	Grant	July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013
R834900	Are Diabetics and the Neurologically Impaired at Increased Risk from Air Pollutant Exposures? A National Analysis	Grant	April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2014
R835755	Assessing the Potential Impact of Global Warming on Indoor Air Quality and Human Health in Two US Cities: Boston, MA and Atlanta, GA	Grant	November 1, 2014 through October 31, 2017
R835795	Integrated Modeling Approaches to Support Systems-Based Ecological Risk Assessment	Grant	June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2017
R835875	Effects of Changes in Climate and Land Use on U.S. Dust and Wildfire Particulate Matter	Grant	January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2018
R840014	Improving chemical mechanisms for regional/global models in support of US air quality management: application to the GEOS-Chem model	Grant	August 1, 2020 through July 31, 2023
SU831826	Civic Stormwater Gardens: An Ecological Solution for Cities with CSOs	Grant	September 30, 2004 through May 30, 2005
SU834746	Solsource 3-In-1: Providing Clean Energy to the Poorest 2.5 Billion at a Price They Can Afford	Grant	August 15, 2010 through August 14, 2012

8 Additional Projects listed as performed at this location:948

R834515	Endotoxin Exposure and Asthma in Children	Center	June 22, 2010 through June 21, 2015
R835872	Regional Air Pollution Mixtures: The past and future impacts of emissions controls and climate change on air quality and health	Center	December 1, 2015 through November 30, 2020
R835872C001	Project 1: Regional Air Pollution Mixtures: The Past and Future Impacts of Emission Controls and Climate Change on Air Quality and Health	Center	December 1, 2015 through November 30, 2020
R835872C002	Project 2: Air Pollutant Mixtures in Eastern Massachusetts: Spatial Multi-resolution Analysis of Trends, Effects of Modifiable Factors, Climate and Particle-induced Mortality	Center	December 1, 2015 through November 30, 2020
R835872C003	Project 3: Causal Estimates of Effects of Regional and National Pollution Mixtures on Health: Providing Tools for Policy Makers	Center	December 1, 2015 through November 30, 2020
R835872C004	A Causal Inference Framework to Support Policy Decisions by Evaluating the Effectiveness of Past Air Pollution Control Strategies for the Entire United States	Center	December 1, 2015 through November 30, 2020
R835872C005	Project 5: Projecting and Quantifying Future Changes in Socioeconomic Drivers of Air Pollution and its Health-Related Impacts	Center	December 1, 2015 through November 30, 2020
R829437	Dioxins, Male Pubertal Development and Testis Function	Grant	December 1, 2001 through November 30, 2005

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