Projects and Cores funded in 2025-2030

Projects:

Investigating the role of PAH exposures associated with superfund site proximity in preterm birth etiology through placental transcriptomics and metagenomics
Project Leader: Melissa A. Suter
Funding Period: 2020-2030

Pyrolytic conversion of PAHs in contaminated sediments into char to eliminate toxicity and enhance soil fertility
Project Leader: Pedro J. Alvarez (Rice University)
Funding Period: 2020-2030

Role of cytochrome P450 (CYP)1A/1B1 enzymes in the potentiation of neonatal lung injury in newborn mice exposed prenatally to PAHs, and increased risk of premature infants to chronic lung disease
Project Leader: Bhagavatula Moorthy
Funding Period: 2020-2030

Streamlined identification of PAHs/PACs in environmental samples using ultracompact spectroscopy platforms and machine learning strategies
Project Leader: Naomi Halas (Rice University)
Funding Period: 2020-2030

Cores:

Administrative Core
Project Leader: Bhagavatula Moorthy
Funding Period: 2020-2030

Administrative Core - Research Translation
Research Translation Coordinators: Cole W. Matson, (Baylor University)Melissa A. Suter
Funding Period: 2020-2030

Community Engagement Core (CEC)
Project Leaders: Lance Michael Hallberg, Sharon Croisant (University of Texas Medical Branch)
Funding Period: 2020-2030

Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC)
Project Leader: Cristian Coarfa
Funding Period: 2020-2030

Research Experience and Training Coordination Core (RETCC)
Project Leaders: Richard H. Finnell, Theodore G. Wensel
Funding Period: 2020-2030

Research Support - Chemical Core
Project Leader: Sascha Usenko
Funding Period: 2025-2030

Research Support Core - Multi-Omics
Project Leader: Nagireddy Putluri
Funding Period: 2025-2030