Susceptibility & Population Health Branch
This branch develops, plans, and administers research grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and interagency agreements related to physical, chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial environmental exposures and their
impact on individual and population health, including:
- individual and population susceptibility, as broadly determined by genetic, behavioral, and sociocultural factors;
- gene-environment interactions, from effects of allelic variants and toxicant-induced mutations to protein structure-function relationships;
- environmental and molecular epidemiology;
- intervention and prevention, from molecular to community-based approaches; and
- use of biomarkers of exposure, susceptibility and effect in population-based studies;
Provides management of the EHS Core Centers program and other specialized center programs, including those addressing children's health and health disparities;
Oversees development and coordination of the NIEHS Environmental Genome Project;
Plans and administers NIEHS translational research from education and outreach to applied prevention and treatment strategies; provides professional liaison for scientific review of these activities; coordinates activities with other NIEHS organizations; and maintains liaison with appropriate federal and non-federal organizations, institutions, scientists, health care providers, educators, and community members;
Assesses and evaluates progress.
Branch Chief:
- Claudia L. Thompson, Ph.D.
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Genes, Environment and Health Initiative
, Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers, Partnerships for Environmental Public Health, Superfund Research Program, Biomarkers of Exposure, Susceptibility & Effect, Chemical Mixtures, Metals Toxicology
Tel (919) 541-4638
Fax (919) 541-4937
thomps14@niehs.nih.gov
Health Scientist Administrators:
- Caroline Dilworth, Ph.D.
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Reproductive Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Environmental Assessment, Statistical Methods, Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers
Tel (919) 541-7727
Fax (919) 316-4606
dilworthch@niehs.nih.gov
- Symma Finn, Ph.D.
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Deep-water Horizon Academic Community Research Consortium, Partnerships in Environmental Public Health , Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program , Health Disparities
Tel (919) 541-4258
finns@niehs.nih.gov
- Kimberly Ann Gray, Ph.D.
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Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology, Neuroepidemiology, Children’s Environmental Health Centers
Tel (919) 541-0293
Fax (919) 316-4606
gray6@niehs.nih.gov
- Kimberly A. McAllister, Ph.D.
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Comparative Biology, Human Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology
Tel (919) 541-4528
Fax (919) 316-4606
mcallis2@niehs.nih.gov
- Leslie J. Reinlib, Ph.D.
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Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (P30), Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers, R21 Program Contact, Molecular Toxicology
Tel (919) 541-4998
Fax (919) 316-4606
reinlib@niehs.nih.gov
- Daniel Shaughnessy, Ph.D.
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Exposure Biology, Genes, Genes, Environment and Health Initiative
, Mutagenesis, DNA Repair
Tel (919) 541-2506
Fax (919) 316-4606
shaughn1@niehs.nih.gov
Program Analysts:
- Jennifer Collins
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Genes, Environment and Health Initiative
Tel (919) 541-0117
Fax (919) 541-2860
collins6@niehs.nih.gov
- Liam R. O'Fallon, M.A.
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Science Education, Community Outreach & Engagement Program, Environmental Justice, Partnerships for Environmental Public Health
Tel (919) 541-7733
Fax (919) 316-4606
ofallon@niehs.nih.gov
