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Dear Maricela,
We are excited to kick-off the new phase of Center’s National Institutes of Health, (NIH) Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes, (ECHO) 2 research grant in the coming year. We will continue to delve deeper into understanding toxic chemicals and harmful pollutants that compromise our children’s health.
In this last year, we have witnessed the enactment of environmental laws at the state and federal level and these gains are due in part to your support of children’s environmental health and justice, CEHJ. We are grateful for our partnerships and look forward to a fruitful new year and to more CEHJ wins.
Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season.
All of us at CCCEH of the Center’s
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CCCEH Research
*Important to note-The study findings represent how toxins and air pollution may affect the population as a whole, they do not tell us about the risk or effect for any individual study participant.
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Prenatal exposure to air pollution is associated with altered brain structure, function and metabolism in childhood
Prenatal exposure to air pollution disrupts cognitive, emotional, and behavioral development. The brain disturbances associated with prenatal air pollution are largely unknown. In this prospective cohort study, we estimated prenatal exposures to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and then assessed their associations with measures of brain anatomy, tissue microstructure, neurometabolites, and blood flow in 332 youth, 6–14 years old. We then assessed how the then assessed how those brain disturbances were associated with measures of intelligence, ADHD and anxiety symptoms, and socialization.
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Life satisfaction for adolescents with developmental and behavioral disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sherlock P, Mansolf M, Blackwell CK, Blair C, Cella D, Deoni S, Fry RC, Ganiban J, Gershon R, Herbstman JB, Lai JS, Leve LD, LeWinn KZ, Margolis AE, Miller EB, Neiderhiser JM, Oken E, O'Shea TM, Stanford JB, Zelazo PD; program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes. Life satisfaction for adolescents with developmental and behavioral disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatr Res. 2023 Oct 24. doi: 10.1038/s41390-023-02852-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37875726.
This study aimed to identify contextual factors associated with life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic for adolescents with mental, emotional, behavioral, and developmental (MEBD) disabilities.
Conclusion: Findings from this study highlight the importance of interventions aimed specifically at increasing adolescent social connectedness, family engagement, and access to medical support for adolescents with MEBD disabilities, particularly in the face of stressors, such as a global pandemic.
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Associations between mitochondrial biomarkers, urban residential exposures and childhood asthma outcomes over 6 months
Miller RL, Rivera J, Lichtiger L, Govindarajulu US, Jung KH, Lovinsky-Desir S, Perera F, Balcer Whaley S, Newman M, Grant TL, McCormack M, Perzanowski M, Matsui EC. Environ Res. 2023 Oct 9;239(Pt 1):117342. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117342. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37813137.
Exposures to indoor allergens and air pollution continue to perpetuate and exacerbate asthma, especially for minority children living in urban areas (Sadreameli et al., 2021; Jung et al., 2014, 2021; Commodore et al., 2020; Ahmed et al., 2020).
Determining biomarkers of these responses to exposures and evaluating whether they predict worse lung function or higher airway inflammation may help optimize environmental and medical approaches to childhood asthma.
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Community Outreach & Translation Core
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Partners in Action
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Dr. Lariah Edwards, and Anabel Cole, COTC Coordinator conducted a Toxics in Personal Care Products Workshop for adolescents. Eighteen young people attended, ages 12-17, hailing from the Northern Manhattan area schools, including CCCEH COTC's Community Advisory and Stakeholder Board partners: the Inwood Academy for Leadership and Children's Aid Society Salome Ureña Leadership Academy.
The session aims to 1) address deep-rooted cultural beliefs driving the use of toxic personal care and beauty products within an environmental health and justice framework, 2) educate youth about the dangers that toxic chemicals could pose to their health, and 3) provide tools for youth to make informed and healthier decisions when shopping for products.
During the training most of the youth indicated that they are the ones who choose their personal care and beauty products. For this reason, it is important to conduct workshops directly with young people. Feedback from the participants includes: The workshop was informative, easy to understand and interactive. Thank you youth!
Funding Source: NYU Collaborative Center in Children's Environmental Health Research and Translation Subaward # 21-A0-00-1006189.
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The Center’s research is powering action to reduce the impacts of climate change, air pollution, and toxic chemicals on children and families.
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With Gratitude
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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
mailman.columbia.edu/ccceh
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