Integrated Health Sciences Facility Core Abstract The specific objectives of the Integrated Health Sciences Facility Core (IHSFC) are to: 1) Provide the services, instrumentation and technologies needed for basic and applied environmental health research, including population-scale genomics, cell and molecular analytics, and environmental exposures and chemistry; 2) Support translational research to improve exposure characterization, early detection of disease risk, biomarker discovery and development of preventive interventions for environmentally related diseases; 3) Provide training in methods and technologies to present and future environmental health scientists. To achieve these goals, the IHSFC consists of the Bioanalysis, Environmental Genomics, and Microbiome Services. Each service provides: 1) scientific expertise and advice to Center investigators on how to best accomplish their goals; 2) in- house instrumentation and equipment, as well as technical staff and expertise for biological and environmental studies; 3) access to an extraordinary menu of other analytical services in the Harvard Medical area, the Harvard-Cambridge campus, and beyond. The IHSFC supports the translational mission of the Center by the analyses performed, by optimizing efficient use of valuable samples from subjects in population studies, and by assisting investigators in finding and using analytical resources for their needs. Each IHSFC service also trains students, post-docs and other environmental scientists in the technologies offered. The overall benefit to the Harvard Chan School-NIEHS Center is expertise and provision of analyses, assistance with translation of research and the training and development of future environmental health scientists.
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