2025
Mini Pilots
Project Title: A Pilot Study on an Emerging Health Concern of Electronic Cigarette Use: Micro- and Nanoplastic Emissions.
Principal Investigators: Beizhan Yan, PhD, Lamont Associate Research Professor - Diane Re, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences - Markus Hilpert, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences.
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $10,000
Project Title: Regulation of kinase function by manganese.
Principal Investigator: Rebecca Haeusler, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and Associate Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine).
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $10,000
Project Title: A mini pilot to investigate the feasibility of a community engagement study.
Principal Investigator: Wan Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology - Mary Beth Terry, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology (in Environmental Health Sciences).
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $10,000
Project Title: Understanding Mobility Disruptions and Inequalities During Extreme Weather Events.
Principal Investigator: Sen Pei, PhD, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences - Qing Yao, PhD, Associate Research Scientist (in Environmental Health Sciences).
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $10,000
Project Title: The exposome and liver cancer.
Principal Investigator: Hui-Chen Wu, DrPH, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences - Randolph Singh, PhD, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences.
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $10,000
Project Title: Assessing Indoor Air Quality in Energy Insufficient Homes of Children with Asthma.
Principal Investigator: Diana Hernandez, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences - Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Environmental Health Sciences.
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $7,000
Project Title: Establishing an Ex Vivo Skin Platform for Exosome-Based Biomarkers of UV Stress.
Principal Investigator: Arianna Kim, PhD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology.
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $7,000
Project Title: Validating Biomarkers of Brain-Derived Lithium and Uranium Exposures as Predictors of Neurological Health in American Indians
Principal Investigator: Allison Kupsco, PhD, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences - Diane Re, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences - Kathrin Schilling, PhD, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences.
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $10,000
Project Title: Validation of Low-Cost Source Apportionment Methods and Assessing the Toxicity of Source-Specific Particulate Matter in New York City.
Principal Investigator: Benjamin Bostick, PhD, Lamont Research Professor - Daniel Westervelt, PhD, Lamont Associate Research Professor.
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $9,900
Project Title: Analysis of THC and Cotinine Levels in VapeScan study Urine Samples.
Principal Investigator: Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, Leon Hess Professor of Environmental Health Sciences - Daichi Shimbo, MD, Professor of Medicine - Elizabeth Oelsner, MD, DrPH, Associate Professor of Medicine.
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $10,000
Project Title: Assessing Energy Insecurity Among Low-income Pregnant Women: A first-of-its-kind national survey.
Principal Investigator: Diana Hernandez, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences - Qian Li, PhD, Associate Research Scientist (in Sociomedical Sciences).
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $4,800
Project Title: Building heat-ready perinatal care: co-creating heat preparedness with doulas.
Principal Investigator: Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD, MS, Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Year: 2025
Award Amount: $8,600