The goal of this application is to establish an NIEHS/NSF Center for Oceans and Human Health in Woods Hole Massachusetts. This will be a multi-institutional Center, with a mission to be a focal point for research and communication on issues at the intersection of oceanographic, biological and environmental health sciences, to improve the public health. The Center will involve investigators and facilities of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Biological Laboratory, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Woods Hole COHH will address fundamental issues of the distribution of biological agents with potential human health consequences, in the theme area of the temperate coastal ocean, including bays, harbors and estuaries. Within this geographic theme, Research Projects in the Center will focus on harmful algal blooms and on human pathogens and infectious agents, in both cases with focused and complementary physical oceanographic studies and biological studies of causative agents. The Center will comprise four Research Projects. The Research Projects will be coupled with an advanced Genomics Facility Core, establishing a combination of unusual strength, and supplemented by a Pilot Project program. The proposed Cores and Projects are: Project 1. Alexandrium Population Biology in the Gulf of Maine, Project 2. Hydrodynamic Forcing of Alexandrium Population Biology, Project 3. Human Pathogens and Coastal Ocean Processes, Project 4. Microecology and Evolution of Two Marine Pathogens. Genomics Facility Core.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Type
Specialized Center (P50)
Project #
3P50ES012742-05S1
Application #
7903707
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZES1-LKB-E (OC))
Program Officer
Tyson, Frederick L
Project Start
2009-09-06
Project End
2011-08-31
Budget Start
2009-09-06
Budget End
2011-08-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$296,928
Indirect Cost
Name
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Department
Biology
Type
Other Domestic Higher Education
DUNS #
001766682
City
Woods Hole
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02543
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