Grantees

Oceans and Human Health

Centers for Oceans and Human Health

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	Project Focus Area
Woods Hole Center for Oceans & Human Health	John Stegeman, Ph.D.	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Climate change, Harmful algal blooms, Marine toxins
Lake Erie Center for the Great Lakes and Human Health	George S Bullerjahn, Ph.D.	Bowling Green State University	Climate change, Harmful algal blooms, Marine toxins
Center for the Assessment and Prediction of the Interactions of Climate Change on Oceans and Human Health	Geoffrey Scott, Ph.D.	University of South Carolina at Columbia	Climate change, Harmful algal blooms, Marine toxins, Microplastics
Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research	Michael Parsons, Ph.D.	Florida Gulf Coast University	Climate change, Harmful algal blooms, Marine toxins

Oceans, Great Lakes, and Human Health Research Projects

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Institution	Project Focus Area
Incorporating the Microbiome into DR2 Activities to Inform Health Outcomes	Joseph Petrosino, Ph.D.	Baylor College of Medicine	Disaster research
Oil Spill Response Using In Situ Burning: e-Learning for Responder Safety and Effectiveness	James O’Brien, Ph.D.	D and E Technical, Inc.	Chemical pollutants, Disaster research
Impact of El Niño on Environmental Mercury and Human Exposure	William Pan, Ph.D.	Duke University	Chemical pollutants, Climate change, Disaster research
Immunotoxicity in Humans With Lifetime Exposure to Ocean Pollutants	Philippe Grandjean, Ph.D.	Harvard School of Public Health	Chemical pollutants
Gigiigooinaan (Our Fish): A New Advisory to Promote Anishinaabe Health and Wellness	Matthew J. Dellinger, Ph.D.	Medical College of Wisconsin	Chemical pollutants
Time Sensitive Award Mechanism - Using Exposure Science to Identify Populations at Risk in the Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey	Marie L. Miranda, Ph.D.	Rice University	Chemical pollutants, Disaster research
Low-cost Robust Detection of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Aqueous Environments	John Cowart, Ph.D.	Seacoast Science, Inc.	Chemical pollutants
Development of User-friendly Fluorescence Based Assays for Marine Toxins	Jennifer McCall, Ph.D.	Seatox Research Inc	Harmful algal blooms, Marine toxins
Understanding Natural Production of Polybrominated Toxins and Pollutants	Vinayak Agarwal, Ph.D.	University of California, San Diego	Chemical pollutants, Marine toxins
Natural Sources and Microbial Transformation of Marine Halogenated Pollutants	Bradley Moore, Ph.D.	University of California, San Diego	Chemical pollutants, Marine toxins
Molecular Mechanisms of Marine Organohalogen Bioaccumulation and Neurotoxicity	Amro Hamdoun, Ph.D.	University of California, San Diego	Chemical pollutants
Pathogenesis of Life Threatening Box Jellyfish Envenomation and Irukandji Syndrome	Angel A. Yanagihara, Ph.D.	University of Hawaii at Manoa	Marine toxins
Rapid Risk Assessment of Chronic Domoic Acid Exposure in WA Razor Clam Harvesters	Lynn Grattan, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, Baltimore	Harmful algal blooms, Marine toxins
Effects of Climate Change on Prevalence and Environmental NIEHS of Clinically Important Vibrios in the Chesapeake Bay	Anwar Huq, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park	Climate change, Harmful algal blooms
Environmental PCB Redistribution and Community Exposure after Hurricane Maria	Naresh Kumar, Ph.D.	University of Miami School of Medicine	Chemical pollutants, Disaster research
Factors Modifying the Toxicity of Methylmercury in a Fish-eating Population	Philip Davidson, Ph.D.	University of Rochester	Chemical pollutants
Developmental Neurotoxicity of Domoic acid in a Nonhuman Primate Model	Thomas Burbacher, Ph.D.	University of Washington	Harmful algal blooms, Marine toxins
Increased Risk of Chronic Disease Due to Domoic Acid Exposure with Age	David J. Marcinek, Ph.D.	University of Washington	Harmful algal blooms, Marine toxins
18th International Conference on Harmful Algae	Donald Anderson, Ph.D.	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Harmful algal blooms, Marine toxins