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Our 2023 Mother's Day Event was a huge success!
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Dr. Jason Niu receives USC Presidential Sustainabilty Solutions Fellowship
MADRES Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Jason Niu will begin a two year USC Presidential Sustainability Solutions Fellowship to explore how extreme heat and air pollution affect one's cells.
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2023 International Society of Exposure Science Awardee: Venezia Ramirez
Venezia Ramirez was honored with an ISES Conference Award for her work on Community Health Workers/Promotores Increasing Environmental Health Community Research Capacity
Air Pollution and Pregnancy with Carrie Breton and Zhongzheng (Jason) Niu
Check out recent MADRES work featured on Preventive Pros, the podcast of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Latina mothers in Los Angeles express concern and frustration over environmental health burdens
A recent publication by Elizabeth Kamai, "Perceptions and Experiences of Environmental Health and Risks Among Latina Mothers in Urban Los Angeles, California, USA" is recognized as an April 2023 NIEHS Paper of the Month
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Can Cash Payments Improve the Health of Pregnant People and Children?
Check out the article citing MADRES research by Dr. Carrie Breton and Dr. Zhongzheng (Jason) Niu
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Featured by the American Heart Association
Diet may play a role in development of pregnancy complications among Hispanic/Latina women by Dr. Luis E Maldonado
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Bajo peso de bebés al nacer de madres hispanas podría estar vinculado a la contaminación, revela estudio
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Household pesticide use harms infant gross motor development, study shows
MADRES' first-generation Latina doctoral candidate Ixel Hernandez's childhood exposure to pesticides inspires research
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Announcements

Check out our newest research articles

Depression, perceived stress, and distress during pregnancy and EV-associated miRNA profiles in MADRES

A Vegetable, Oil, and Fruit Dietary Pattern in Late Pregnancy is Linked to Reduced Risks of Adverse Birth Outcomes in a Predominantly Low-Income Hispanic and Latina Pregnancy Cohort

Perceptions and experiences of environmental health and risks among Latina mothers in urban Los Angeles, California, USA

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MADRES Center

1845 N. Soto St. Suite 102
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Email: madres@usc.edu

MADRES Center is a program of
the Division of Environmental Health 
of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC

Supported by:
NIH: P50MD015705; P50ES026086; UH3OD023287
EPA: 83615801

MADRES CLINIC

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ECHO MRI (2)
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The MADRES Clinic is located on USC’s Soto Campus, which is just a few minutes away from Keck School of Medicine of USC.  At the MADRES Clinic, participants are seen for in-person visits, including survey administration, biospecimens collections and height and weight measurements.  Additional services include imaging, as well as pulmonary function testing.