Abstract

The Geographic and Contextual Measures Core (GCMC) will provide cutting-edge support to investigators associated with the Center for the collection, management, and interpretation of geographic and contextual factors. Assistance is also available in several other specialized areas including environmental epidemiology, social and behavioral epidemiology, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and digital phenotyping. Core faculty and staff will advise investigators on data management issues, availability of large-scale, high-resolution geographic and contextual data sources, and the use of smartphone applications, and will facilitate training for Center members, graduate students, and fellows working on Center-related projects. Providing these services via a core facility will allow us to build and maintain specialized resources while drawing on the broader resources available through the Departments of Environmental Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Biostatistics, and the Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) at Harvard. The GCMC will also collaborate directly with the Center's Community Engagement Core (CEC). Having a core facility also provides us with the necessary infrastructure to support educational activities such as seminars and workshops of relevance to Center investigators. GCMC faculty and researchers are experts in many fields of study and actively engage in research directly related to the Center's new theme of re-envisioning an expanded definition of the environment.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
2P30ES000002-56
Application #
9686380
Study Section
Environmental Health Sciences Review Committee (EHS)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2019-05-01
Budget End
2020-03-31
Support Year
56
Fiscal Year
2019
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Harvard University
Department
Type
DUNS #
149617367
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02115

  Publications

Blomberg, Annelise J; Coull, Brent A; Jhun, Iny et al. (2018) Effect modification of ambient particle mortality by radon: a time series analysis in 108 U.S. cities. J Air Waste Manag Assoc :
Hopp, Stephanie; Dominici, Francesca; Bobb, Jennifer F (2018) Medical diagnoses of heat wave-related hospital admissions in older adults. Prev Med 110:81-85
Konduru, Nagarjun V; Damiani, Flavia; Stoilova-McPhie, Svetla et al. (2018) Nanoparticle Wettability Influences Nanoparticle-Phospholipid Interactions. Langmuir 34:6454-6461
Rodosthenous, Rodosthenis S; Kloog, Itai; Colicino, Elena et al. (2018) Extracellular vesicle-enriched microRNAs interact in the association between long-term particulate matter and blood pressure in elderly men. Environ Res 167:640-649
Rodan, Lance H; Hauptman, Marissa; D'Gama, Alissa M et al. (2018) Novel founder intronic variant in SLC39A14 in two families causing Manganism and potential treatment strategies. Mol Genet Metab 124:161-167
Woo, May K; Young, Elisabeth S; Mostofa, Md Golam et al. (2018) Lead in Air in Bangladesh: Exposure in a Rural Community with Elevated Blood Lead Concentrations among Young Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health 15:
Bose, Sonali; Rosa, Maria José; Mathilda Chiu, Yueh-Hsiu et al. (2018) Prenatal nitrate air pollution exposure and reduced child lung function: Timing and fetal sex effects. Environ Res 167:591-597
Wang, Qiyu; Yu, Jiujiu; Kadungure, Tatenda et al. (2018) ARMMs as a versatile platform for intracellular delivery of macromolecules. Nat Commun 9:960
Mostofsky, Elizabeth; Coull, Brent A; Mittleman, Murray A (2018) Analysis of Observational Self-matched Data to Examine Acute Triggers of Outcome Events with Abrupt Onset. Epidemiology 29:804-816
Bobb, Jennifer F; Claus Henn, Birgit; Valeri, Linda et al. (2018) Statistical software for analyzing the health effects of multiple concurrent exposures via Bayesian kernel machine regression. Environ Health 17:67

Showing the most recent 10 out of 1142 publications