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Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Newsletter by NIEHS Volume 9, Issue 1: January 2018 A new internship program for undergraduate students is providing research…Continue Reading Featured in NIEHS PEHP Newsletter: Increasing Diversity in the Environmental Health Workforce

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Newsletter by NIEHS Volume 11, Issue 8: September 2020 A new interactive story map developed by NIEHS-funded researchers sheds light on…Continue Reading Featured in NIEHS PEHP Newsletter: New Story Map Shows COVID-19 Disparities Along Racial and Ethnic Lines

August 06, 2021 The NIEHS-funded Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Center for Environmental Health Disparities has developed an interactive story map. It depicts…Continue Reading NIEHS Community Engagement: MADRES Story Map Depicts the Overlap of COVID-19 and Environmental Stressors

December 04, 2021 By Cristine Hall Low-income Hispanic/Latina women who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution during mid-pregnancy are at greater risk of…Continue Reading KSOM Newsroom: Air pollution exposure during pregnancy is linked with greater risk of depression among Latinas

January 06, 2022 By Laura LeBlanc Ixel Hernandez-Castro grew up next to a dairy farm near Fresno, California, where she remembers a plane would fly…Continue Reading KSOM Newsroom: Household pesticide use harms infant gross motor development, study shows

January 31, 2022 Low-income Hispanic women who are exposed to high levels of air pollution during mid-pregnancy may be at greater risk of depression one year postpartum,…Continue Reading NIEHS Science Highlights: Air Pollution Exposure During Pregnancy Is Linked With Greater Risk of Depression Among Latinas

March 3, 2022 Diet may play a role in development of pregnancy complications among Hispanic/Latina women American Heart Association Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health…Continue Reading Featured by the American Heart Association

June 05, 2022 Diet may play a role in the development of dangerous high blood pressure disorders in late pregnancy among Hispanic women, according to research at…Continue Reading NIEHS Science Highlights: Diet May Play a Role in Development of Pregnancy Complications Among Hispanic Women

September 26, 2022 Rima Habre, Sc.D., of the Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) was interviewed for the PBS documentary “Something in the…Continue Reading NIEHS News & Media: Habre Talks Air Pollution and Children’s HealthNIEHS News & Media:

By Dan Ross October 6, 2022 eborah Bell-Holt lives near a decades-old drilling site in South L.A., where oil sucked to the surface comes laced with…Continue Reading Toxic Pollutants a Growing Concern for Pregnant Mothers and Babies

By Bokie Muigai October 17, 2022 Isabella Hernandez is a 2022 recipient of the Public Health Education and Health Promotion (PHEHP) Student Award from the American Public…Continue Reading KSOM Newsroom: USC student wins American Association of Public Health student award

October 21, 2022 Tracy Bastain, Ph.D., co-director with Carrie Breton, Sc.D., of the Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Center for Environmental…Continue Reading NIEHS Science Highlights: Tracy Bastain Discusses Contribution of MADRES With California-Based Publication

By Pamela Madrid October 25, 2022 Fetal growth — which is delicate and precisely programmed — may be disrupted by a mother’s exposure to air…Continue Reading USC Today, Health News: Air pollution, stress contribute to low-birth-weight babies for L.A. Latinas, study finds

Por: Univision October 26, 2022 El bajo peso de los bebés recién nacidos y la contaminación ambiental podrían estar relacionados. Así lo reveló un estudio de la…Continue Reading Publicado por Univision: Bajo peso de bebés al nacer de madres hispanas podría estar vinculado a la contaminación, revela estudio

November 07, 2022 Through her research on air pollution, Rima Habre, Sc.D., of the University of Southern California (USC), wants to learn exactly what pollutants…Continue Reading NIEHS Science Highlights: Rima Habre, Sc.D. — Creating More Precise Exposure Profiles

Paradox Lost? The Waning Health Advantage among the U.S. Hispanic Population By Wendee Nicole January 6, 2023 Read more here….Continue Reading MADRES Study featured in EHP News

February 23, 2023 The Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Center for Environmental Health Disparities is beginning their 2023 pilot projects. Through this initiative,…Continue Reading NIEHS Science Highlights: MADRES Pilot Projects Promote Environmental Health and Representation

Can Cash Payments Improve the Health of Pregnant People and Children? By Claudia Boyd-Barrett March 27, 2023 Read more here….Continue Reading MADRES Study Featured in California Health Report News

Latina mothers in Los Angeles express concern and frustration over environmental health burdens By Julie Leibach April 2023 Read more here….Continue Reading NIEHS Papers of the Month: MADRES Paper Featured in Environmental Factor

April 7, 2023 To advance public health, researchers and health practitioners must understand the lived experiences of the communities they serve, according to a study…Continue Reading NIEHS Community Engagement: MADRES Center Documents Latina Mother’s Environmental Health Concerns

By Xiangyuan Chi April 18, 2023  A study co-authored by a Keck School of Medicine professor found an extremely rare aging pattern in which newborns with certain gestation…Continue Reading Daily Trojan News: Gestation complications make babies biologically younger, study finds

May 05, 2023 Researchers Zhongzheng Niu, PhD, and Carrie Breton, ScD, with the MADRE Center for Environmental Health Disparities, studied the adverse effect of air…Continue Reading Research in 60 Seconds: Pollution and Pregnancy

May 23, 2023 Check out recent MADRES work featured on Preventive Pros, the podcast of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the…Continue Reading Preventive Pros, the podcast: Air Pollution and Pregnancy with Carrie Breton and Zhongzheng (Jason) Niu

By Paul McQuiston September 05, 2023 USC’s first cohort of Presidential Sustainability Solutions Fellows has arrived on campus, ready to take on the planet’s multiple…Continue Reading USC Today, Science/Technology News: USC’s first Sustainability Solutions postdocs help shape a greener future

Everyday products expose us to thousands of chemicals. We’re still learning what they do to our bodies. By Kyle Bagenstose September 13, 2023 Read more here….Continue Reading Carrie Breton, ScD, MADRES Center Co-Director, Featured in The Examination

October 18, 2023 Ixel Hernandez-Castro, a doctoral student in epidemiology in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, spoke with NIEHS…Continue Reading NIEHS Community Engagement: Early Career Researcher Studies Exposures to Protect Babies and Mothers

November 14, 2023 When Max Aung, Ph.D., was an undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was studying molecular biology. A pivotal experience…Continue Reading NIEHS 2023 Grantee Highlights: Max Aung, Ph.D. – Tackling Environmental Exposures in Marginalized Communities

After years of focusing on babies and children, researchers find that exposure to environmental hazards can have long-term effects on pregnant people’s health, too. By…Continue Reading MADRES featured on EHN: Understanding how the environment affects pregnant people’s health

A new USC study suggests that interventions in diet during pregnancy could help address this health disparity faced by Hispanic/Latina women….Continue Reading KSOM Newsroom: Diet linked to preeclampsia among low-income Hispanic women during pregnancy

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC conducted the first U.S.-based study examining the link between prenatal fluoride and childhood social, emotional and behavioral functioning….Continue Reading KSOM Newsroom: Fluoride exposure during pregnancy linked to increased risk of childhood neurobehavioral problems, study finds

Researchers from the MADRES Center conducted the first U.S.-based study examining the link between prenatal fluoride and childhood social, emotional and behavioral functioning….Continue Reading MADRES research selected as an NIEHS Extramural Paper of the Month for August

Read about our pilot projects symposium, publication and presentation updates, and media mentions….Continue Reading Our Summer 2024 Newsletter is out!

A recent MADRES study finds exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases postpartum depression risk for at least three years….Continue Reading KSOM Newsroom: Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and persistent postpartum depression

By Bokie Muigai September 30, 2024 The 36th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environment Epidemiology was hosted in Santiago Chile, from August 25-28,…Continue Reading KSOM Newsroom: USC Researchers Present the Latest on Environmental Health in Santiago, Chile at 2024 International Society for Environment Epidemiology Conference

By Tony Briscoe Exposure to unhealthy levels of air pollution during pregnancy may prolong postpartum depression symptoms in new mothers, according to new research. A team…Continue Reading MADRES research featured in LA Times: Some forms of air pollution may prolong postpartum depression, researchers say