Where children live, learn, play, and work can influence their health. This is especially pertinent at the community or neighborhood level, but state level information can be informative as well.
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
This one-pager introduces the Collaborative Centers in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation.
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
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
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.
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
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
Dr. Derek Shendell, PRCCEH research member and professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice at the Rutgers School of Public Health, recently co-authored a study
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