Grantee Research Project Results
Research Centers
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The chemicals, nutrients, and other factors developing children are exposed to in the womb can have lasting health impacts in later life. At this Children’s Center, scientists are seeking to understand how early exposure to chemicals such as lead, bisphenol A (BPA), and phthalates affects growth and sexual development during childhood and adolescence and the risk for diseases in adulthood. Children’s weight and the timing of their sexual development can affect their risk for diseases in adulthood, including diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers.
Researchers at this center are studying the health effect of early life exposures in a group of 200 adolescents who are part of a long term study, from before birth to the present, as their mothers are enrolled in the study while they were pregnant. The researchers strive to communicate their findings to scientists, local communities and the public so that their research may inform future research and public health efforts.
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Main Center Abstract and Reports:
CECEHDPR - University of Michigan
HSRC (1989) - Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic HSRC
Harvard Particle Center
The Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA)
- Original Abstract
- 2006 Progress Report
- 2007 Progress Report
- 2008 Progress Report
- 2009 Progress Report
- 2010 Progress Report
- Final Report
Perinatal Exposures, Epigenetics, Child Obesity & Sexual Maturation
Great Lakes Air Center for Integrative Environmental Research (GLACIER)
Water Environment and Reuse Foundation (WE&RF)'s National Center for Resource Recovery and Nutrient Management
- Original Abstract
- 2011 Progress Report
- 2012 Progress Report
- 2013 Progress Report
- 2014 Progress Report
- 2015 Progress Report
- 2016 Progress Report
- Final Report
Lifecourse Exposures & Diet: Epigenetics, Maturation & Metabolic Syndrome
- Original Abstract
- 2014 Progress Report
- 2015 Progress Report
- 2016 Progress Report
- 2017 Progress Report
- Final Report
SEARCH: Solutions to Energy, AiR, Climate, and Health
- Original Abstract
- 2013 Progress Report
- 2014 Progress Report
- 2015 Progress Report
- 2016 Progress Report
- 2017 Progress Report
- Final Report
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