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Ixel Hernandez-Castro
 
Early Career Researcher Studies Exposures to Protect Babies and Mothers

October 18, 2023

Ixel Hernandez-Castro, a doctoral student in epidemiology in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, spoke with NIEHS about her journey as a researcher with the Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) center, one of the NIEHS-funded Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research.
 
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MADRES Center Documents Latina Mother’s Environmental Health Concerns
 
MADRES Center Documents Latina Mother’s Environmental Health Concerns

April 07, 2023

 
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Max Aung, Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez, Nemmi N. Cole, Nan Ji, AND Santiago Morales
 
MADRES Pilot Projects Promote Environmental Health and Representation

February 23, 2023

The Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Center for Environmental Health Disparities is beginning their 2023 pilot projects. Through this initiative, the center hopes to advance environmental health disparities research while also increasing representation of members of affected groups in scientific and community-based research.
 
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Brailey, Moreira, and Rammah headshots
 
MIEHR Pilot Projects Support Young Investigators, Improve Health Disparity

December 16, 2022

The Maternal and Infant Environmental Health Riskscape (MIEHR) Research Center is beginning their 2022-2023 pilot projects. Early-career investigators will conduct research related to environmental health disparities among mothers and their children.
 
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Image of mother with child
 
Tracy Bastain Discusses Contribution of MADRES With California-Based Publication

October 21, 2022

Low-income Hispanic women who are exposed to high levels of air pollution during mid-pregnancy may be at greater risk of depression one year postpartum.
 
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Leticia Cazares conducts a study participant visit
 
Diet May Play a Role in Development of Pregnancy Complications Among Hispanic Women

June 05, 2022

Diet may play a role in the development of dangerous high blood pressure disorders in late pregnancy among Hispanic women, according to research at the Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Center for Environmental Health Disparities.
 
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Gary Adamkiewicz, Ph.D.
 
Gary Adamkiewicz, Ph.D. – Using Housing As an Opportunity to Improve Health

May 06, 2022

Gary Adamkiewicz, Ph.D., who directed one of the projects for the Center for Research on Environmental and Social Stressors in Housing Across the Life Course (CRESSH) works with community groups in Massachusetts to reduce housing-related exposures disparities.
 
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Theresa Bastain, Ph.D.
 
Air Pollution Exposure During Pregnancy Is Linked With Greater Risk of Depression Among Latinas

January 31, 2022

Low-income Hispanic women who are exposed to high levels of air pollution during mid-pregnancy may be at greater risk of depression one year postpartum.
 
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Paloma Beamer, Ph.D., and Karletta Chief
 
Rural Health Disparities Influenced by Structural Factors, Experts Say

January 31, 2022

Access to safe drinking water is not universal across the U.S., said Paloma Beamer, Ph.D., during a talk on exposure to environmental contaminants in minority and rural populations.
 
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Elaine Symanski, Ph.D. – Collaborating with Communities to Address Environmental Health Disparities

December 21, 2021

Elaine Symanski, Ph.D., co-director of the Maternal and Infant Environmental Health Riskscape Research Center, works with Houston communities to understand how biological, physical, social, and built environments affect maternal and infant health.
 
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interactive story map of Los Angeles
 
MADRES Story Map Depicts the Overlap of COVID-19 and Environmental Stressors

August 06, 2021

The NIEHS-funded Maternal and Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Center for Environmental Health Disparities has developed an interactive story map that depicts how certain Los Angeles communities are faring during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
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