MADRES Center for Environmental Health Disparities

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The Maternal And Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Center aims to understand the impact of environmental exposures and social stressors on the health of mothers and their children, and particularly how these exposures contribute to health disparities. Since its inception in 2015, the MADRES Center has recruited a cohort of over 900 women during pregnancy from four community health centers in Los Angeles. The majority of MADRES Study participants are Hispanic and report annual household incomes of less than $50,000. The study follows the women and children through the child’s fifth birthday. Key maternal health outcomes include pregnancy weight gain, as well as postpartum weight retention, depression, and cardiovascular disease risk in the years after birth. Key child health outcomes include early childhood obesity, respiratory health including asthma, neurodevelopment, and overall health.

MADRES Cohort Profile

Read our article about the MADRES cohort study design, protocol and profile published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

MADRES Fact Sheets

MADRES Cohort Fact Sheet Final
Obesogens Fact Sheet Final

COVID-19 Research

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

Participant screening room (2)
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Exam room table
ECHO MRI (2)
blood draw chair
blood draw chair (2)
waiting room (3)
Spirometry (3)
Spirometry (2)

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.