NIEHS-supported Researchers Focusing on PFAS

NIEHS supports more than 40 research groups across the country to better understand the health effects of PFAS.

Project Title	Researcher	University or Small Business
Exposure and Health Effects from Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Colorado Water	Adgate, John	University of Colorado Denver
Microbial Communities that Bioremediate Chemical Mixtures	Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa	University of California Berkeley
Bench Scale Studies of Novel In-situ Aquifer Remediation of Recalcitrant Fluorinated Organic Compounds at Superfund Sites	Ball, Raymond	EnChem Engineering, Inc. (Massachusetts)
Remediation of Perfluorinated Chemicals in Water Using Novel High-Affinity Polymer Adsorbents	Barin, Gokhan	Cyclopure, Inc. (California)
The Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants on Kinetics of Immune Response to Vaccines and Sero-protection in Infants	Bhatti, Parveen	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Geochemical Controls on the Adsorption, Bioavailability, Formation, and Long-term Environmental Fate of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCDDs)	Boyd, Steven	Michigan State University
Early Life Perfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure & Obesity: Mechanisms and Phenotyping	Braun, Joseph	Brown University
Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters	Brusseau, Mark	University of Arizona
Longitudinal Study of Exposure to Pbdes and Pfcs and Child Neurobehavior	Chen, Aimin	Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Analytical Chemistry Core at the Duke University Superfund Research Center – Developmental Exposures: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Remediation	Ferguson, Lee	Duke University
Research Translation Core at the Brown University Superfund Research Center for Toxicant Exposures in Rhode Island: Past, Present, and Future	Guelfo, Jennifer	Texas Tech University (part of Brown University Superfund Research Center)
Inflammation and Metabolic Changes in Children Developmentally Exposed to PFASs	Grandjean, Philippe	Harvard School of Public Health (part of University of Rhode Island Superfund Research Center)
Endocrine Disruptors, Epigenetic Programming and Neonatal Outcomes	Hamman, Richard	University of Colorado Denver
Promotion of Pancreatic Cancer by Perfluorooctanoic Acid	Hocevar, Barbara	Indiana University
Assessing Impact of Drinking Water Exposure to Genx (Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid) in the Cape Fear River Basin, North Carolina	Hoppin, Jane	North Carolina State University
Prenatal Environmental Exposures and Markers of Fatty Liver Disease in Childhood	Jin, Ran	University of Southern California
Neurodevelopmental Effects of Perfluorinated Chemicals	Liew, Zeyan	Yale University
Developing Passive Samplers for the Detection and Bioaccumulation of PFASs in Water and Porewater	Lohmann, Rainer	University of Rhode Island
Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Anti-Mullerian Hormone Concentrations in Female Adolescent ALSPAC Study Participants	Maisonet, Mildred	East Tennessee State University
Community Engagement Core at the University of Rhode Island Superfund Research Center	McCann, Alyson	University of Rhode Island
Environmental Chemicals and Postpubertal Breast Composition in a Latino Cohort	Michels, Karin	University of California Los Angeles
Continuous Removal/Disposal System for the Concurrent Sorption and Breakdown of Contaminants into Harmless Precipitates (Superfund Research Program)	Miller, Joseph	Lynntech, Inc. (Texas)
Protecting the Health of Future Generations: Assessing and Preventing Exposures to Endocrine-Disrupting Flame Retardant Chemicals & PCBs in Two Alaska Native Arctic Communities on St. Lawrence Island	Miller, Pamela	Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)
Longitudinal Association of PFCs with Obesity, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome	Oken, Emily	Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. (Massachusetts)
A Longitudinal Study of Endocrine Disruptor Mixtures and Reproductive Aging	Park, Sung Kyun	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Minnesota CHEAR Exposure Assessment Hub	Peterson, Lisa A.	University of Minnesota
Migration of Chemical and Mixture Effects through Broad-Acting Sorbents	Phillips, Tim	Texas A&M University
Longitudinal Study of Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Exposure and the Early Hormonal Milieu of Girls Around the Time of Thelarche	Pinney, Susan	University of Cincinnati
Autism and Prenatal Endocrine Disruptors (A-PED)	Reichenberg, Abraham	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Prenatal Exposure Phthalates and Neurodevelopment in Children	Sagiv, Sharon	University of California Berkeley
Interactions Between PPAR, Embryonic Nutrition, and the Developmental Origins of Metabolic Dysfunction	Sant, Karilyn	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Assessment of Pediatric Immunotoxicity, Public Education, and Capacity-building in Communities Impacted by Pfas-contaminated Drinking Water and Community Engagement Core (Superfund Research Program Center at University of Rhode Island)	Schaider, Laurel	Silent Spring Institute (Massachusetts)
Bio-Specimen Assessment of Fire Effects (B-SAFE) Study	Schmidt, Rebecca	University of California at Davis
Oxidative Remediation of Superfund Contaminants	Sedlak, David	University of California Berkeley
Exposure to Perfluorinated Compounds and Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders	Shin, Hyeong-Moo	University of Texas Arlington
PFAS Compound Effects on Metabolic Abnormalities in Rodents	Slitt, Angela	University of Rhode Island
Exposure Assessment and Chemometrics of PFASs	Sunderland, Elise	Harvard School of Public Health (part of University of Rhode Island Superfund Research Center)
Research Translation Core at the University of Rhode Island Superfund Research Program Center	Swift, Judith	University of Rhode Island
Activation of Nrf2 During Embryonic Development: Mechanisms and Consequences and Toxicant Disruption of Receptor-mediated Endocytosis in Oogenesis and Later Life Metabolic Dysfunction	Timme-Laragy, Alicia	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Prenatal & Childhood POP Exposures, Obesity & Cardiovascular Risks in Children	Trasande, Leonardo	New York University
The UC Davis Center for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention	Van de Water, Judy	University of California at Davis
The UCSF Pregnancy Exposures to Environmental Chemicals (PEEC) Children's Center	Woodruff, Tracey	University of California San Francisco
Internalizing Behaviors and Neuroimaging Outcomes: Impact of PBDE and PFC Exposures	Yolton, Kimberly	Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center