Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research & Translation
NYU Langone’s Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards serves as a Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation (CEHRT), an initiative funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Our CEHRT capitalizes on a strong base of scientific knowledge about the effects of environmental exposures on children’s health to facilitate translation of research results into programs, interventions, and policies. We aim to improve children’s health from environmental exposures and promote environmental health equity, and serve as a resource to the scientific community and community stakeholders to provide opportunities for collaborations and access to center expertise.
We achieve our objectives through the following core activities:
- develop meaningful prevention and intervention strategies and messages that work across different populations and settings
- adapt these strategies for diverse populations or settings to achieve higher population-wide impact
- quantify the impacts of manufacturing changes, policy interventions, or dietary and other behavioral interventions designed to reduce exposure
Our Leadership
Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP
Director, NYU Langone’s Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation
Director, Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards
Director, Division of Environmental Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics
The Jim G. Hendrick, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics
Professor, Department of Population Health
Lorna E. Thorpe, PhD, MPH
Co-Lead, NYU Langone’s Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation
Co-Director, NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Center
Director, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health
Vice Chair for Strategy and Planning, Department of Population Health
Professor, Department of Population Health
Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH
Co-Lead, NYU Langone’s Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation
Director, Section for Health Equity, Department of Population Health
Chair, Institutional Review Board
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Population Health
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Interest Groups
We currently have two interest groups in the areas of climate change and endocrine disruptors. We welcome partnerships with other NIEHS Collaborating Centers overlapping in these areas and anticipate building additional interest groups including on e-cigarettes and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Contact Us
Inquiries about our Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation can be emailed to nyucieh2@nyulangone.org or mailed to the following address:
Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards
227 East 30th Street, Room 813
New York, NY 10016
