Children's Environmental Health
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Children's Environmental Health

Chemical exposure has become an unavoidable reality of 21st century living. Expectant parents understandably worry about their exposure to certain toxicants and the potential health risks they may present to pregnancy and the health of the developing fetus.

Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) is dedicated to contributing to the body of science that enhances our ability to understand and resolve the inherently complex problems generated by environmental exposures during fetal development.

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Environmental Health In the News

Predicting Later-Life Outcomes of Early-Life Exposures

09 Oct 2012 12:13 pm

In utero exposure of the fetus to a stressor can lead to disease in later life. Epigenetic mechanisms are likely mediators of later-life expression of early-life events.  Read the full article in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Asking the Right Questions: How Early-Life Exposures Influence Later Development of Disease

09 Oct 2012 12:10 pm

Prenatal and early-life environmental insults ranging from malnutrition to toxic exposures can tilt the odds toward development of adverse health effects decades later. Read the full article in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Open Rank Faculty Position: Molecular Toxicology/Environmental Carcinogenesis

05 Sep 2012 8:24 am

Applications with outstanding research accomplishments are invited for an open rank faculty position (tenure-track Assistant Professor, tenured Associate or Full Professor) in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine...

CEH Seminar: Friday, January 27, 2012

20 Dec 2011 9:32 am

“Couch Potatoes may be created in the womb, not the dinner table,” presented by Dr. Rebecca Simmons, Center for Research on Reproduction and Women’s Health, University of Pennsylvania Health System. When:...

Harmful exposure? What is the safety professional’s role in protecting workers’ reproductive health?

11 Oct 2011 4:36 pm

Marcella Remer Thompson, an environmental health state agency liaison for the Brown University Superfund Research Program, speaks about this potentially serious public health problem. Safety+Health.

No harm to mice testes from BPA exposure in utero

11 Oct 2011 4:35 pm

Bisphenol A (BPA), a common component of plastic used in many consumer products, has recently become infamous – and banned in some places – because it can mimic natural estrogen in the body. A new study led by Mary Hixon,...

Symposium: Epigenetics and Fetal Origins of Health and Disease

07 Sep 2011 10:31 am

When: Monday, October 3, 2011 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Where: Warren E. Alpert School of Medicine (Room 270), 222 Richmond Street, Providence, Rhode Island Agenda: “Welcome and Introductions,” Kim Boekelheide, Director,...

Seminar Series 2011-2012

30 Aug 2011 3:00 pm

Dr. Joshua Hamilton, Chief Academic and Scientific Officer, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), will launch our seminar series. The title of his talk is “Arsenic as a significant environmental health threat during fetal...

Toxic chemicals in pregnant women? A Q&A with Sarah Janssen

18 Mar 2011 10:39 am

This January, a study by the University of California San Francisco confirmed that pregnant women carry multiple chemicals in their bodies that can be passed onto their fetus. Published in Environmental Health Perspectives,...

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