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Akram Alshawabkeh for Northeastern Global News

Researchers receive $13.2 million to continue study of health challenges facing women, children in Puerto Rico

Researchers receive $13.2 million to continue study of health challenges facing women, children in Puerto Rico

For the past 10 years, Northeastern-led research teams have been studying how the environment affects the health and development of mothers, infants, and children living on the island of Puerto Rico. Now, the researchers have received a $13.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue their study of the effects of environmental contaminants on the well-being of people in the region.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences head lauds Northeastern’s interdisciplinary approach

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences head lauds Northeastern’s interdisciplinary approach

“You cannot do environmental health work if you don’t work with the community,” said Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, during remarks on campus on Monday. She lauded Northeastern, with its emphasis on interdisciplinary research and practice, for doing just that, and noted Northeastern’s contributions to a multi-country study of Zika.
New grant puts Northeastern at forefront of solving health challenges for women, children

New grant puts Northeastern at forefront of solving health challenges for women, children

The award, from the NIH and the EPA, will establish a center in Puerto Rico that will study how pollutant exposure and psychosocial risk factors impact the health and development of children living on the island’s heavily contaminated northern coast.
Northeastern awarded NIH grant to study links between contaminants, preterm birth

Northeastern awarded NIH grant to study links between contaminants, preterm birth

Northeastern University has received a five-year, $13.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health to continue its interdisciplinary, multi-university investigation into the complex relationship between environmental contamination and preterm birth.