Abstract

PUBLIC HEALTH RELAVENCE The next generation of investigators in environmental health will need broad multidisciplinary training.
We aim to provide pre- and post-doctoral trainees with training in environmental, genetic, and molecular epidemiology, biostatistics, and bioinformatics to become leading investigators investigating the complex pathways that lead from environmental exposures to disease in human populations.

Public Health Relevance

This is a renewal of our T-32 training grant in ?Environmental Genomics,? aimed at providing multidisciplinary education and research training for five predoctoral and three postdoctoral trainees. For PhD candidates, our program involves a rigorous program of course work based on our existing PhD degree programs in Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Statistical Genetics & Genetic Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, with a well defined set of core knowledge aimed a bridging these various fields. At the post-doctoral level, the emphasis is on research experience within one of the leading research departments in the country, with extensive portfolios of grant support in environmental epidemiology, genetics, biostatistics, and bioinformatics and superb faculty for mentorship. Our goal is to position our trainees for leadership positions in this rapidly evolving field, by bringing together expertise in field studies, molecular techniques, and statistical and bioinformatic tools.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Type
Institutional National Research Service Award (T32)
Project #
3T32ES013678-10S2
Application #
9729234
Study Section
Program Officer
Shreffler, Carol A
Project Start
2005-04-30
Project End
2019-06-30
Budget Start
2018-07-01
Budget End
2019-06-30
Support Year
10
Fiscal Year
2018
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Southern California
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
072933393
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90089

  Publications

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
Kerin, Tara; Volk, Heather; Li, Weiyan et al. (2018) Association Between Air Pollution Exposure, Cognitive and Adaptive Function, and ASD Severity Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord 48:137-150
Kim, Jeniffer S; Alderete, Tanya L; Chen, Zhanghua et al. (2018) Longitudinal associations of in utero and early life near-roadway air pollution with trajectories of childhood body mass index. Environ Health 17:64
Liu, Gang; Mukherjee, Bhramar; Lee, Seunggeun et al. (2018) Robust Tests for Additive Gene-Environment Interaction in Case-Control Studies Using Gene-Environment Independence. Am J Epidemiol 187:366-377
Farzan, Shohreh F; Howe, Caitlin G; Chen, Yu et al. (2018) Prenatal lead exposure and elevated blood pressure in children. Environ Int 121:1289-1296
Moss, Lilit C; Gauderman, William J; Lewinger, Juan Pablo et al. (2018) Using Bayes model averaging to leverage both gene main effects and G?×? E interactions to identify genomic regions in genome-wide association studies. Genet Epidemiol :
Stueve, Theresa Ryan; Li, Wen-Qing; Shi, Jianxin et al. (2017) Epigenome-wide analysis of DNA methylation in lung tissue shows concordance with blood studies and identifies tobacco smoke-inducible enhancers. Hum Mol Genet 26:3014-3027
Wang, Hansong; Schmit, Stephanie L; Haiman, Christopher A et al. (2017) Novel colon cancer susceptibility variants identified from a genome-wide association study in African Americans. Int J Cancer 140:2728-2733
Barrington-Trimis, Jessica L; Cockburn, Myles; Metayer, Catherine et al. (2017) Trends in childhood leukemia incidence over two decades from 1992 to 2013. Int J Cancer 140:1000-1008
Friedman, Melissa A; Fernandez, Mercedes; Backer, Lorraine C et al. (2017) An Updated Review of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning: Clinical, Epidemiological, Environmental, and Public Health Management. Mar Drugs 15:

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