Exposome


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    September 26, 2024 | Rollins Researchers Part of $39.5M Effort to Revolutionize Drug Efficacy, Safety

    A newly announced research effort aims to make medications safer and more effective, by studying the environmental, genetic, and lifestyle factors that contribute to both drug efficacy and negative drug interactions.

  • Health Wanted

    August 16, 2024 | Health Wanted: Microplastics and PFAS

    On this week’s episode of Health Wanted, host Laurel Bristow and guest Carmen Marsit, PhD, talk about how microplastics and forever chemicals get into the environment and our bodies, how they impact our health, and what we can do about it.

  • Rollins Research Review

    July 31, 2024 | Rollins Research Review: Cancer Genomic Services in Latino Communities, PFAS in Pesticides, and the Sustainability of Water Filtration Interventions

    This month, Rollins researchers authored papers on a wealth of public health topics. Find summaries of a few highlights here.

  • Donghai Liang

    July 26, 2024 | Donghai Liang Receives Joan M. Daisey Outstanding Young Scientist Award

    Donghai Liang, PhD, assistant professor of environmental health, was recently selected to receive the 2024 Joan M. Daisey Outstanding Young Scientist Award.

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    April 19, 2024 | Ask an Expert: Forever Chemicals, PFAS, and Environmental Health with Carmen Marsit

    Carmen Marsit talks about PFAS in the context of recent FDA and EPA announcements, the impact of these chemicals on human health, and what's next.

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    April 17, 2024 | Investigating the Health Risks of Household Air Pollution

    The HAPIN Trial followed 3200 families in Peru, Guatemala, Rwanda, and India for 18 months to see if using alternate fuel for cooking would reduce exposure to household air pollution and harmful health effects. Principal investigator Thomas F. Clasen, PhD, reflects on the trial and where the study is going from here.

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    April 8, 2024 | New Study Shows Air Pollution Increases Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease

    Researchers found positive biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in the cerebrospinal fluid of participants who were exposed to ambient and traffic-related air pollution at their homes.

  • Rollins Research Review

    March 27, 2024 | Rollins Research Review: Medication Abortion Knowledge, Pollen and Cardiovascular Disease, and Cost-Effectiveness of Cancer Screening

    Summaries of a handful of research articles published by Rollins faculty in open access publications recently.

  • Rollins Research Review

    February 22, 2024 | Rollins Research Review: Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Health, Breastfeeding to Curb Antibiotic Resistance, and Experiences of Violence in People Living with HIV

    Summaries of a handful of research articles published by Rollins faculty in open access publications recently.

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    February 21, 2024 | Study Shows Physical Changes in the Brain After Long-Term Exposure to Traffic Pollution Related to an Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

    Researchers found an association between traffic-related air pollution exposure and indications of Alzheimer's disease in brain tissue.

  • Rollins Research Review

    January 24, 2024 | Rollins Research Review: Health Interventions for Pregnant People, Hypertension in Couples, and Household Air Pollution

    This month, Rollins researchers authored papers on a wealth of public health topics. Find summaries of a few highlighted papers here.

  • Rollins Research Review

    December 18, 2023 | Rollins Research Review: Foodborne Illness Transmission, Air Pollution and Pregnancy, and COVID-19 Prevention Practices

    Summaries of impactful studies published by Rollins authors in December.

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    November 10, 2023 | Recent Rollins Publications

    Recent publications from Rollins faculty, staff, and students.

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    October 27, 2023 | Recent Rollins Publications

    Recent publications from Rollins faculty, staff, and students.

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    October 20, 2023 | Recent Rollins Publications

    Recent publications from Rollins faculty, staff, and students.

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    October 18, 2023 | Study Shows Exposure to Air Pollution in Childhood May Impact U.S. Girls' Puberty

    A new study by researchers from Emory University and Harvard University found that girls who had higher exposure to air pollution throughout their childhoods tended to have their first periods sooner.

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    October 17, 2023 | 'Forever Chemicals' Present in Homes, Humans, and Drinking Water, Study Finds

    A study led by researchers from Rollins School of Public Health was one of the first to find an emerging class of “forever chemicals” in the homes, drinking water, and bodies of United States residents.

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    September 15, 2023 | Emory Researchers Find 'Forever Chemicals' in Newborns for the First Time

    A study led by Emory University into the exposures of pregnant women is believed to be the first to detect PFAS in newborns and show that exposure to these chemicals during pregnancy increases the likelihood of preterm or early term births.

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    November 19, 2021 | Study Shows Exposure to Air Pollution May Increase Risk of Alzheimer’s and Other Neurological Disorders

    The study is the first nationwide analysis of the links between key criteria air pollutants and neurodegeneration incidence in the United States Medicare population.

  • HERCULES Exposome Research Center

    September 15, 2021 | HERCULES: Recognizing Eight Years of Impact

    The external environment and human health are inextricably linked. This relationship, referred to as the “exposome,” is at the center of all research activities led by HERCULES.

  • Donghai Liang

    January 27, 2020 | Donghai Liang Elected to ISES Board of Directors

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    June 12, 2018 | Rollins researchers receive $3.7M to study World Bank's urban water supply improvement project in Mozambique

    Researchers are studying the impact of a five-year, $140 million water improvement project in Mozambique

  • Gary Miller, Exposome

    May 30, 2017 | HERCULES Exposome Research Center receives $7.5 million grant renewal from NIH

    The HERCULES Exposome Research Center received a $7.5 million renewal in funding for the next five years from NIH.

  • Researchers at Emory University

    October 17, 2016 | Emory receives record $574.6 million in external research funding for FY 2016

    Emory brings in $574.6 million in external research funding for FY 2016