RFA 18-2 Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award

This award supports creative junior investigators, at Assistant Professor or equivalent level, with outstanding promise who are interested in the health effects of air pollution. RFA 18-2 provides up to 3 years of funding for a project relevant to HEI's research interests, as outlined in the HEI Strategic Plan 2015-2020. All applicants should contact HEI to verify their eligibility before applying.

RFA 18-2 Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award provides funding for one or two studies with a funding cap of $500,000 each.

How to Apply

This RFA is closed.

Contact:

Annemoon M. van Erp

avanerp@healtheffects.org

Preliminary Application Due Date:

April 15, 2019

Full Application Due Date:

September 10, 2019

Ongoing studies funded under this RFA

Air pollutants and the gut microbiota and metabolome during early life: Implications for childhood obesity

Tanya L Alderete

University of Colorado, Boulder

This New Investigator Award study will investigate whether prenatal and/or early-life exposure to air pollutants affects the infant gut microbiota and fecal metabolome, thereby altering infant growth trajectories in the first two years of life. Dr. Alderete plans to study this in an ongoing longitudinal cohort of Hispanic mother-infant pairs in California with existing validated clinical assessments of infant growth trajectories. She will also use gut microbial profiling and high-resolution fecal metabolomics profiles to understand the mechanisms underlying the obesogenic effects of air pollutants in early life.

Status:

In review

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Air pollution exposure and prefrontal connectivity in early adolescence

Megan Herting

University of Southern California

This New Investigator Award study is evaluating how fine-particle exposure affects the development of prefrontal connections and emotional behaviors during the transition from childhood to adolescence and whether this, in turn, contributes to greater risk for neuropsychiatric disorders.