Forever chemicals are everywhere. For decades, these compounds, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have been used in goods to help those products resist water and grease.
Environmental Health
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Joseph Braun, Ph.D.
Professor of EpidemiologyResearch Interests: Environmental health, Child health. Health effects of environmental pollutant exposures before conception and during gestation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Endocrine disrupting chemicals, toxic metals, obesity, cardiometabolic health, and pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders. -
Allan Just, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of EpidemiologyResearch interests: Environmental epidemiology including children's environmental health, remote sensing and air pollution monitoring with satellite data, climate and health epidemiology and epigenomics. He uses NASA satellite products to investigate how better estimates of the quality of air we breathe and the temperature in our neighborhoods reveal previously underestimated exposure disparities and health impacts. -
Erica Walker, Sc.D.
RGSS Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Founder of Community Noise LabResearch Interests: Founder of the Community Noise Lab, which explores the relationship between community noise and health, Walker has expertise in environmental exposure assessments, environmental exposure modeling, community surveying, and community engagement.
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Researchers at Brown, including Director of the Center for Climate, Environment & Health Joseph Braun, led a study in that found poor air quality had a negative effect on marathon finish times.
How does exposure to “forever chemicals” impact pregnancy? Is there a connection between firearm ownership and elevated lead levels in children? These are the kinds of studies Brown University carried out through its Center for Children’s Environmental Health in recent years, placing an emphasis on solutions-oriented research, said environmental epidemiologist Joseph Braun, the center’s director.
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