Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Children’s Environmental Health
The WHO Collaborating Centre in Children’s Environmental Health at the Icahn School of Medicine is continuing Mount Sinai’s long and proud tradition of working in low- and middle-income countries to improve the health of people around the world by building global partnerships in research, education, and patient care.
As a hub in an international network of children’s environmental health researchers, the Centre is:
- Building global capacity in children’s environmental health by conducting training workshops and developing training materials.
- Building scientific evidence on children’s environmental health for the development of country-specific blueprints for disease prevention and health promotion.
- Translating children’s environmental health research findings to inform disease prevention and health promotion strategies worldwide.
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Centre Contact |
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Mail Address | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai One Gustave L. Levy Place Box 1057 New York, NY 10029 |
Other Research and Training Locations |
Mexico City, Mexico Bangkok, Thailand Latin America |
Website Link | https://icahn.mssm.edu/ |
Collaborators | Blacksmith Institute Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok Thailand Collegium Ramazzini National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA University of Brescia, Italy |
Chemicals/Exposures Studied | Lead, mercury, endocrine disruptors, pesticides, and air pollution |
Health or Social Effects Studied | Neurodevelopment, respiratory diseases, and obesity and diabetes |
Population(s) Studied | Communities in East Harlem, New York; Tar Creek, Oklahoma; and Mexico |
Publications
2014
- Braun JM, Wright RJ, Just AC, Power MC, Tamayo YOM, Schnaas L, Hu H, Wright RO, Tellez-Rojo MM. 2014. Relationships between lead biomarkers and diurnal salivary cortisol indices in pregnant women from Mexico City: a cross-sectional study. Environ Health 13(1):50; doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-50.
- Claus Henn B, Coull BA, Wright RO. 2014. Chemical mixtures and children’s health. Curr Opin Pediatr 26(2):223-229; doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000067.
- Grandjean P and Landrigan PJ. 2014. Neurobehavioral effects of developmental toxicity. Lancet Neurol 13(3):330-338; doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70278-3.
- Landrigan PJ and Fuller R. 2014. Environmental pollution and occupational health in a changing world. Ann Glob Health 80(4):245-246; doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2014.09.004.
- Landrigan PJ and Narula J. 2014. Introducing the Annals of Global Health. Ann Glob Health 80(1):1-2; doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2013.12.009.
2013
- Landrigan PJ and Etzel RA, eds. 2013. Textbookof Children’s Environmental Health. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
2012
- Braun JM, Hoffman E, Schwartz J, Sanchez B, Schnaas L, Mercado-Garcia A, Solano-Gonzalez M, Bellinger DC, Lanphear BP, Hu H, Tellez-Rojo MM, Wright RO, Hernandez-Avila M. 2012. Assessing windows of susceptibility to lead-induced cognitive deficits in Mexican children. Neurotoxicology 33(5):1040-1047; doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.04.022.
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