Superfund Research Program
The Superfund Research Program (SRP) is a network of university grants that are designed to seek solutions to the complex health and environmental issues associated with the nation's hazardous waste sites. The research conducted by the SRP is a coordinated effort with the Environmental Protection Agency, which is the federal entity charged with cleaning up the worst hazardous waste sites in the country.
The SRP is federally funded and administered by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, an institute of the National Institutes of Health
Request for Proposals: Disease Prevention Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) is asking for proposals for projects that address evidence gaps in current disease prevention research and target special population groups where additional investigations on health disparities are needed. Funding is available for extramural grants, intramural projects, and conference co-funding requests. Priority will be given to projects that have the potential to address priority areas across multiple NIH Institutes and Centers.
If interested, you are strongly encouraged to discuss potential co-funding opportunities with ODP by contacting Barry Portnoy, Ph.D., at portnoyb@od.nih.gov or 301-402-4337. For a list of 2012 co-funded projects, visit the ODP website
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To apply, please send the completed request form
(490KB)
to Portnoy (portnoyb@od.nih.gov) and Jessica Wu, Ph.D., (Jessica.wu2@nih.gov) by 5 pm EST on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. .
The Superfund Research Program Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
The 2012 Superfund Research Program (SRP) national scientific meeting celebrated the 25th anniversary of SRP research and training to protect human health and the environment. The meeting was a showcase of the Program's contributions and a forum to discuss future directions.
To learn more and to view presentations from the meeting, visit the SRP Annual Meeting page.
To learn more about the history of the program and its research successes, check out the new SRP commemorative booklet
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Barium distributions in teeth reveal early life dietary transitions
A recent study in the prestigious journal Nature has shown that chemical signatures in teeth can be used to uncover aspects of early life dietary transitions. Manish Arora, Ph.D., NIEHS R00 early investigator grantee and former postdoctoral trainee at the Harvard University Superfund Research Program (SRP), led his research team to develop a method to measure early life dietary transitions based on barium variations in teeth.
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Shine Reaches Out to Superfund Community, Explains SRP Research
Harvard University Superfund Research Program (SRP) scientist Jim Shine, Ph.D. presented new information about lead, zinc, and cadmium in soils to community residents living around the Tar Creek Superfund Site in Oklahoma on May 9-10. Tar Creek is a 40 square-mile Superfund site contaminated with remains from what was once one of the largest lead and zinc mining operations in the world.
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