UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility
COVID-19 Research Funding Opportunities:
The CEHS encourages proposals from researchers pursuing environmental susceptibility to COVID-19 through the Rapid Response mechanism. Responsive applications will address susceptible populations, including patients with environmental asthma or with exposure to ambient, occupational or environmental chemicals. In addition, the CEHS is a partner for the COVID-19 Gillings Innovation Labs (GILs).
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The theme of the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS) is translating interdisciplinary research on environmental health threats to improve public health in North Carolina.
The Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS) provides valuable services to CEHS members including assistance with study design, project management, IRB, sample analysis, and use of equipment for projects.
CEHS members share common interests in how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives.
The UNC-CEHS Community Engagement Core (CEC) enhances the environmental health literacy of public health professionals, community health workers and vulnerable populations, by increasing their understanding of the Center’s environmental health sciences research and empowering them to make informed decisions to reduce harmful environmental exposures in homes and communities.
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The mission of the Pilot Projects Program is to provide funds to support preliminary data collection or feasibility studies.
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Through work on three specific Research Focus Areas, the Center fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing together diverse combinations of basic, clinical and epidemiologic scientists to address emerging environmental health science issues.
The UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility has compiled a list of environmental health resources as part of the UNC community’s effort to provide relief and recovery to impacted communities.
CEHS Member Ilona Jaspers recently shared her research on the potential hazards of vaping and e-cigarettes with the Genetics and Environmental Mutagenesis Society of NC
In Iredell County from 1995 to 2016, the rate of thyroid cancer was more than double the expected rate for the entire state. Now, a new report released by the NC Thyroid Panel offers recommendations for the top-priority research needed to understand the alarming patterns and potential causes of thyroid cancer in the state.
The task force is a collaboration of local, state and federal health and housing agencies, organized by the CEHS Community Engagement Core (CEC), that looks for innovative ways protect vulnerable populations in the state.
