Apr 12, 2023 | Community Engagement Core, Human Subjects & Sampling Core, Project 1 (Targeted Epidemiology), Project 3 (Fate & Transport), Project 4 (Green Remediation), PROTECT Team, PROTECT Trainees, Training Core
Students Participate in the First PROTECT Trainee Trip From February 22-26, a group of PROTECT trainees from different projects, cores, and institutions took part in the first ever PROTECT trainee trip to Puerto Rico. The trip was organized by the Training (RETCC),...
Jul 11, 2022 | News on Premature Birth, Project 1 (Targeted Epidemiology)
Multi-Cohort Study Including PROTECT Finds Link Between Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth A National Institutes of Health (NIH) study published today in JAMA Pediatrics provides further evidence for a link between multiple phthalate exposure and an increased risk...
Mar 8, 2022 | News on Premature Birth, Project 1 (Targeted Epidemiology), PROTECT Research
PROTECT Reports Significant Associations between Heavy Metals and Matrix Metalloproteinases New Project 1 findings suggest that there are significant associations between certain heavy metals and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), with several associations differing by...
Dec 8, 2021 | Project 1 (Targeted Epidemiology), PROTECT Research
Project 1 Researchers Find that Exposure to Phthalate Mixtures is Associated with Oxidative Stress Biomarker PROTECT Project 1 researchers have found that exposure to a mixture of phthalate metabolites has a strong positive association with oxidative stress. This...
May 20, 2021 | Project 1 (Targeted Epidemiology)
Versión en Español Glyphosate, the chemical used in Roundup and other popular weed killers, is the most-used herbicide in the world—and new PROTECT research suggests glyphosate exposure may contribute to higher rates of preterm birth. In a paper published in the May...
Mar 2, 2021 | Project 1 (Targeted Epidemiology)
Research has previously shown that exposure to metals and a mother’s experience of psychosocial stress during pregnancy can both increase the odds of adverse birth outcomes, including preterm birth. But these studies looked at metals exposure and psychosocial stress...
