Dear Study Participants,

We are enthusiastic to kick-off our quarterly e-newsletter this September. Our objectives are to keep you informed about our studies, COVID-19 updates, resources and environmental health events. To keep you up to date, please inform your research worker of new phone numbers, home address and email address changes. Thank you for your participation!
BACK TO SCHOOL
REGRESO A CLASES
We at the Center share the feelings of excitement and anxiety that come with the start of this new school year. As we return back to school, let's keep in mind that our best defense against Covid-19, and the Delta variant is getting vaccinated and continuing mask wearing even if vaccinated. In addition, remember to follow the other prevention recommendations: social distancing, get tested if you are exposed to COVID-19, eat well, stay active, and sleep well. Please know that Center research workers and staff are available to assist you with other services and resources.

Please find multi-lingual information links below.


NYC Health - My Vaccine Record (Access your child's vaccination record for school through NYC's City Wide Immunization Registry, CIR. Obtenga el registro de vacunas de sus hijos/-as por el CIR de NYC)
Join the CCCEH Youth Council-EHJ ADVOCATES
Únase al Consejo Juvenil de CCCEH-
Los Defensores de la Salud y Justicia Ambiental

March 2020, CCCEH successfully launched the youth advisory board: “Environmental Health and Justice (EHJ) Advocates”. Members are cohort youth ages 17-23 that have participated in CCCEH research since they were in the womb. They have contributed to our scientific findings over their entire lives and now, as young adults, have the unique opportunity to learn about the impact of the research they contributed to and to provide feedback and guidance to translate knowledge to action in their own communities.

Thus far, EHJ Advocates have: conducted children's environmental health workshops, developed their social media sites, have participated in focus groups, distributed surveys, developed a PSA for Earth Day 2021, and serve as members of our Community Advisory Board and Stakeholder Board, (CASB) and more. In addition to group activities, we have internship opportunities with high school or college credit available.

Join EHJ Advocates this Fall 2021
We meet Wednesdays at 3:30-5:00 on Zoom
Contact:
  • Anabel Cole: 646.883.0322
  • Didi Diaz: 347.931.2622
Contact Your CCCEH Research Worker
CONTACTE A SU CCCEH TRABAJADORA DE INVESTIGACION
Anabel Cole: 646.883.0322

Catherine Tobón: 347-266-9132

Daniela Ramirez: 646.874.4852

Diurka (Didi) Diaz: 347.931.2622

Gladys Badia: 917.891.1306

Judy Ramirez: 917.891.0992

Lehyla Calero: 917.912.0496

Natalie Buchinsky: 917.612.3879
 
Health Bucks are here! Pick a up a few from your research worker at your next visit.
Report Back
Air Pollution Wrist Band Study
Reporte del Estudio de Pulseras que
Monitorean la Contaminación del Aire
While pregnant study participants wore a wristband for 2 days. We analyzed the wristbands for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These are found in fossil fuels like oil and coal. When these fuels evaporate or are burned, PAHs enter the air. Burning wood, grasses, candles or tobacco will also release PAHs. Some PAHs are air pollutants.

We do not know how much of a chemical is needed to cause health effects. Therefore, the findings shows the chemicals that were found, it does not mean that the participants in the study or their children will suffer poor health effects. We are collecting this information to get a better idea of what types of chemicals people in upper Manhattan and the Bronx, members of our cohort, may be exposed to. 

• We detected 52 out of the 63 PAHs we looked for in this study.
• An average of 15 chemicals were detected in each wristband. The lowest was 5 chemicals in a wristband and the highest was 37 chemicals in a wristband.
• Out of the 63 PAHs we tested, 10 were found in over half of the study participants.

We can compare this data to other studies using the wristband. These 10 most common PAHs that we saw in New York are also seen commonly in wristbands worn by people in Ohio and Oregon. En Español
 
CCCEH Publications
Publicaciones de CCCEH

“This study adds to a growing body of literature showing the deleterious health effects of prenatal exposure to air pollution on child health outcomes, including academic achievement,” says co-author Julie Herbstman, PhD, CCCEH Director and associate professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia Mailman School. “Reducing levels of air pollution may prevent these adverse outcomes and lead to improvements in children’s academic achievement.”

Results of the study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving Medical Center are published in the journal Environmental Research.

A NEW RESEARCH STUDY FINDS THAT TELOMERES SHORTEN MOST RAPIDLY DURING EARLY CHILDHOOD, REPLICATING, FOR THE FIRST TIME, STUDIES DONE IN ANIMAL MODELS

“Given the importance of telomere length in cellular health and aging, it is critical to understand the dynamics of telomeres in childhood,” says senior author Julie Herbstman, PhD, Director of CCCEH and Associate Professor of Environmental Health Science at Columbia Mailman School. “

Telomeres are protective caps on DNA that shorten as we grow older. READ MORE 
CCCEH Child Cosmetic Study
CCCEH-Estudio de Cosméticos de Niños
Have Children 12 and under?
¿Tiene niños/-as de 12 años y menor?

Take the Survey
Tome la Encuesta

Share the link- Share the love
Comparta el enlace - Comparta el cariño


THANK YOU!!!
¡¡¡GRACIAS!!!
"Taking It to the Streets"
"El Pueblo Unido..."
COVID-19 has made things difficult but we at CCCEH continue to persevere. With our face masks and vaccinations, we have initiated outdoor study recruitment and community outreach activities. This July, research worker Daniela Ramirez with COTC interns, Zhiru Wang and Nephthalie Jerome engaged with over 35 individuals-recruiting pregnant women for our Fair Start Study, distributing over 100 Healthy Home Healthy Child educational materials and collected community views on concerning environmental issues for PSA development. We are excited to continue our community work through the Fall months. En Español
We are recruiting:

  • Pregnant women 30 weeks or less

  • Delivering at NYP hospital or Allen Pavillion

Thank you! 
For more information:
Vaccine Finder

  •  NY Presbyterian
Call: 646-838-0319
 Mon-Fri 9:00 am – 4:45 pm

  • EXCELSIOR PASS- secure, digital proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test results.
CONTINUE THESE PREVENTION PRACTICES EVEN AFTER YOU RECEIVE THE VACCINE
Julie Herbstman, PhD
Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health

Frederica P. Perera, DrPH, PhD
Director of Translational Research and Founding Director
Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health

Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health