Analytical Facility Core consist of three units the Analytical Chemistry, Exposure Assessment, and Aerosol Science Facility Core (Analytical Facility Core) provides exposure assessment services to Center investigators for proposal preparation and the conduct of environmental research studies. Several existing laboratories are joined together to form this Core, all located at UCLA. In addition, the UCLA program has recently been designated an SCPCS, and the NIEHS Analytical Facility Core has been augmented and complemented by the additional resources supplied by that major grant, forming a new primary analytical service lab called the Particulate Matter Center Analytical Laboratory (PMCAL). Objectives of the Core are: to provide trace analyses of contaminants in environmental samples; provide consultation and expertise on air sampling and analysis; provide consultation and planning for exposure assessment; provide exposure assessment assistance to Center investigators; encourage collaborative development of new methods and instruments; and serve as a referral link to the Exposure Assessment Research Core. The Analytical Chemistry Unit uses a variety of sensitive methods to quantify trace and ultra-trace levels of organic and inorganic chemicals and toxic compounds present in environmental samples. The Exposure Assessment Unit provides the means to conduct field measurements of environmental contaminants through direct readout instruments and field sampling. The Aerosol Science unit provides expertise in the area of aerosol properties and measurement. This unit is comprised of two laboratories (the Particle Instrumentation Unit (PIU) and the Aerosol Research Laboratories) which together provide instrumentation for sampling and measurement of airborne particles and particle size distributions. Dr. Antonio Miguel directs the Analytical Chemistry Unit, while the other two components are under the direction of Dr. Hinds. These Co-Directors are responsible for planning and coordination of all Analytical Facility Core operations. This includes priority setting, defining long-term equipment needs, ensuring appropriate QA/QC, interacting with research Cores, establishing instrument priorities between the NIEHS and EPA Centers, establishing training programs for technical staff, and other managerial tasks.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
3P30ES007048-07S1
Application #
6667479
Study Section
Project Start
2002-04-01
Project End
2003-03-31
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
7
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
$117,873
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Southern California
Department
Type
DUNS #
041544081
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90089
Reiner, Anne S; Sisti, Julia; John, Esther M et al. (2018) Breast Cancer Family History and Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women: An Update From the Women's Environmental Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology Study. J Clin Oncol 36:1513-1520
Alderete, Tanya L; Chen, Zhanghua; Toledo-Corral, Claudia M et al. (2018) Ambient and Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposures as Novel Risk Factors for Metabolic Dysfunction and Type 2 Diabetes. Curr Epidemiol Rep 5:79-91
Laville, Vincent; Bentley, Amy R; Privé, Florian et al. (2018) VarExp: estimating variance explained by genome-wide GxE summary statistics. Bioinformatics 34:3412-3414
Kalkbrenner, Amy E; Windham, Gayle C; Zheng, Cheng et al. (2018) Air Toxics in Relation to Autism Diagnosis, Phenotype, and Severity in a U.S. Family-Based Study. Environ Health Perspect 126:037004
Stram, Douglas A; Jiang, Xuejuan; Varma, Rohit et al. (2018) Factors Associated with Prevalent Diabetic Retinopathy in Chinese Americans: The Chinese American Eye Study. Ophthalmol Retina 2:96-105
Dong, Jing; Levine, David M; Buas, Matthew F et al. (2018) Interactions Between Genetic Variants and Environmental Factors Affect Risk of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and Barrett's Esophagus. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 16:1598-1606.e4
Gao, Lu; Liu, Xiaochen; Millstein, Joshua et al. (2018) Self-reported prenatal tobacco smoke exposure, AXL gene-body methylation, and childhood asthma phenotypes. Clin Epigenetics 10:98
Cortessis, Victoria K; Azadian, Moosa; Buxbaum, James et al. (2018) Comprehensive meta-analysis reveals association between multiple imprinting disorders and conception by assisted reproductive technology. J Assist Reprod Genet 35:943-952
Alderete, T L; Song, A Y; Bastain, T et al. (2018) Prenatal traffic-related air pollution exposures, cord blood adipokines and infant weight. Pediatr Obes 13:348-356
Ghosh, R; Gauderman, W J; Minor, H et al. (2018) Air pollution, weight loss and metabolic benefits of bariatric surgery: a potential model for study of metabolic effects of environmental exposures. Pediatr Obes 13:312-320

Showing the most recent 10 out of 653 publications