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
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 environmental crises through interdisciplinary research. Read more here….Continue Reading USC Today, Science/Technology News: USC’s first Sustainability Solutions postdocs help shape a greener future
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 Keck School of Medicine of USC….Continue Reading Preventive Pros, the podcast: Air Pollution and Pregnancy with Carrie Breton and Zhongzheng (Jason) Niu
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 pollution on pregnant women. Watch here….Continue Reading Research in 60 Seconds: Pollution and Pregnancy
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 complications could be born biologically younger than their peers. Preeclampsia, a serious blood pressure condition that develops during pregnancy, and gestational diabetes were significantly associated with decelerated gestational aging in…Continue Reading Daily Trojan News: Gestation complications make babies biologically younger, study finds
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 by the Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Center for Environmental Health Disparities in partnership with Latina mothers in Los Angeles County, California. Led by Elizabeth Kamai, Ph.D.,…Continue Reading NIEHS Community Engagement: MADRES Center Documents Latina Mother’s Environmental Health Concerns
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
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
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, the center hopes to advance environmental health disparities research while also increasing representation of members of affected groups in scientific and community-based research. The one-year research projects support early-career investigators…Continue Reading NIEHS Science Highlights: MADRES Pilot Projects Promote Environmental Health and Representation
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