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Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research

The Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities (EHD) Research program is a collaborative effort supported by the EPA, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) that encourages basic, biological, clinical, epidemiological, behavioral and/or social scientific investigations of disease conditions that are known to be a significant burden in low socioeconomic and health disparate populations. The EHD Centers support research efforts, mentoring, capacity building, research translation and information dissemination, and are designed to address program-specific research priorities.

Currently Funded Grantees: Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research

Learn more below about the EHD Centers' primary research priorities and key questions the centers are addressing related to health disparities.

Cumulative effects of multi-environmental, physical, and social stressors

Cumulative Effects
How do the cumulative effects of exposures to multiple environmental chemical contaminants combine with the effects of social stressors to affect health, and what is the role of genetics and epigenetics in relation to these exposures?

Differential exposures

Differential Exposures
How are different socioeconomic groups exposed differentially to environmental hazards and what are the drivers for such exposure scenarios?

Land use considerations and health disparities

Land Use Considerations
How do different land uses and land use decision-making processes contribute to environmental health disparities, and what approaches can communities take to reduce these impacts?

Built environment, housing, and transportation

Built environment, housing, and transportation
How does proximity to transportation infrastructure affect the levels and types of exposures? How does poverty contribute to indoor and outdoor air pollution in residential settings?

Environmental sustainability and health disparities

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How do sustainable approaches reduce disproportionate health burdens and build community resilience? How will improvements in environmental health literacy enable a sustainable lifestyle?

Engagement of affected community members/organizations in research

Engagement of affected community members/organizations in research
How can researchers provide culturally sensitive translation of findings to stakeholders, promote engagement with community members, and build capacity in environmental health literacy and risk prevention?

Current EHD Centers

  • University of Arizona
  • University of Southern California
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • University of New Mexico

Pilot EHD Centers
Learn more about the EPA-NIHMD Pilot EHD Centers of Excellence on Environment and Health Research, which pre-date the current centers.

  • Columbia University Medical Center
  • Georgia State University
  • Meharry Medical College
  • University of Kansas Medical Center
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • University of Michigan
  • University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
  • University of South Carolina at Columbia
  • The University of Texas at El Paso
  • Well Cornell Medical College

Health Disparities Featured Publications

  • The Pilot EPA-NIMHD Centers of Excellence on Environment and Health Disparities - A Summary of Accomplishments
    (94 pp, 3 MB, 11/2/2017)
  • Summary Report: 2017 Annual Grantees Meeting of the NIH-EPA Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research
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