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The Catalyst newsletter comes out every other month, and features spotlight stories, impact updates, research, news, and events from the Collaborative CEHRT Network. It is authored and managed by the
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Particulate Matter Levels and Children’s Lung Function in a Rural Cohort Near a Drying Saline Lake
Dr. Jill Johnston, Co-director of the Southern California Center for Children’s Environmental Health Research Translation, recently co-authored an article titled, “Particulate matter levels and children’s lung function in a rural
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Toxic Dust from California’s Shrinking Salton Sea is Harming Children’s Lung Growth – Our Study Tracked the Impact in 700 Kids
On April 3rd, the Los Angeles Times published an article titled “For Water and Mining Policy Near the Salton Sea, Keep in Mind Local Children’s Health” and The Conversation published
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Millions of Preterm Births and Thousands of Infant Deaths Linked to Plastic Chemicals
On March 30th, 2026, CNN published an article titled “Millions of Preterm Births and Thousands of Infant Deaths Linked to Plastic Chemicals,” which highlighted a recent study co-authored by Dr.
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Prenatal Exposure to Extreme Heat and Autism in Children
This study — which was co-authored by SC-CEHRT Co-Director, Dr. Rob McConnell — examined the associations of temperatures during pregnancy on autism diagnoses across a retrospective birth study cohort that
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Prenatal Exposure to Wildfire and Autism in Children
This recent study was also co-authored by SC-CEHRT Co-Director, Dr. Rob McConnell. It utilized a pregnancy cohort from the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Healthcare system to investigate the effect of
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The Association of Gestational Phthalate Exposure with Social Skills and Problem Behaviors in Adolescents
This recent study was co-authored by Dr. Aimin Chen, Co-Director of PRCCEH and Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman
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Exposure to a Low Dose Mixture of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Alters the Brain Transcriptome and Animal Behavior
In February, a handful of PRCCEH research members collaborated with other authors from the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelaman School of Medicine to publish results of their study, which found that
Webinar Recording
Race to Research: Plastics, Microplastics and Human Health Webinar Recording
In this webinar, Dr. Megan J. Wolff presented a lecture on what is known and what is being researched about the impacts of plastics on human health. She also highlighted
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Sociodemographic Predictors of PFAS Exposure Among a Combined Sample of U.S. pregnant Women: an Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Public-Use Dataset Analysis
In December of 2025, PRCCEH members Dr. Kristen Lyall and Dr. Anneclaire J De Roos collaborated with four other authors to publish a study, which evaluated differences in exposure to