The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences funds the new center. Its purpose is to identify and protect children living in vulnerable communities from environmental exposures.
PHILADELPHIA, March 21, 2022/PRNewswire/ — Children in the Greater PhiladelphiaThere are many environmental threats to the health of residents in the area, including lead poisoning, asthma, and exposure to endocrine disrupting chemical. With The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences grants fundingResearchers from Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPenn Medicine and CHOP have joined forces to address these dangers and protect children living in the most vulnerable parts of the region.
The Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health is a new center for children. It will integrate the expertise of both institutions with those from other institutions. Drexel University, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, Lehigh University, Franklin & Marshall College, Villanova University University of Delaware. This is the first time the region has received funding for a Center for Children’s Environmental Health.
“The center is an outcome of research From Penn’sCenter of Excellence in Environmental ToxicologyIts long-term collaborators, as well as its community partners. It has been a long-held dream to bring such a centre to the region,” stated CEET Director. Trevor Penning, PhD.
The center’s mission is threefold. It will disseminate information about children’s environmental health to community members, health care providers, and policy makers. It will also develop, test, and implement new programs. It will also engage community partners and researchers to make policy, practice, or behavioral changes to reduce environmental exposures early in life. It will be headed by directors Rebecca Simmons, MD,A professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman Medical School University of PennsylvaniaA neonatologist at CHOP. Aimin Chen, MD, PhD,At the University of California, Los Angeles, a professor in Epidemiology PennAlong with the deputy director Marilyn Howarth, MD,director of the Community Engagement Core in CEET.
“This center will continue years of extensive research in both environmental toxicology, and pediatric health at both.” PennSimmons stated that CHOP and Simmons will work together to make a real, positive difference in the lives of children across the region. “We already have many relationships within communities throughout.” Philadelphia, DelawareWe will be able to strengthen and expand our partnerships with other counties and the grant will help us do so.”
The center will concentrate on four main research and translation areas: Asthma Prevention, Lead Exposure and Harm Reduction, Air Pollution, and Reduced Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals. Building on the CHOP’s success. Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP).A program designed by its Medical Director Tyra Bryant Stevens, MD,It has supported families with children with asthma. PhiladelphiaThe center will be expanding the initiative to the City of New York for more than twenty years. ChesterThe program provides education and supplies to assist families in reducing asthma triggers in their homes, with the aim of improving asthma outcomes for children.
CEET’s research revealed a significant gap in elevated blood lead levels for children depending on where they live. The new center will continue to expand on the research and offer evidence-based solutions for children who are poisoned by lead. Past research by this group has also shown that the PhiladelphiaThe -Reading Camden Metropolitan Statistical Area is among 25 worst areas for air pollution in the United States. This has prompted the PRCCEH and other agencies to seek solutions to this serious health hazard. Finally, studies were done at PennThe CHOP, as well as other institutions worldwide, are experiencing an increase in disease burden due to endocrine disrupting compounds compounds found in household products. These chemicals can also be found in the environment. They have been linked to obesity, preterm birth, diabetes, and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
The center’s evidence-based programmatic solutions will be implemented across the region in collaboration with numerous community groups, including Children First, The Chester Environmental Partnership and Women for a Healthy Environment, Clean Water Action and the Philadelphia Healthy Schools Initiative. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (1P2CES033428-01) supports this project.
Penn Medicine is a world-class academic medical center that is dedicated to medical education, biomedical research and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine is made up of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman SchoolsMedicine at The University of PennsylvaniaIt was founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school. University of PennsylvaniaHealth SystemTogether, they form a $8.9 billion enterprise.
The Perelman Medical School has been ranked as one of the top medical schools. The United StatesAccording to U.S. News & World Report’s survey on research-oriented medical schools, it has been in existence for more than 20 consecutive years. The School is consistently one of the top recipients of funding from National Institutes of Health. $496 MillionAwarded in 2020 fiscal year.
The University of PennsylvaniaThe Hospital of the Heart is one of the Health System’s many patient care facilities. University of PennsylvaniaPenn Presbyterian Medical Center and Chester County Hospital are both recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top “Honor Roll” hospitals in the country. Other facilities and enterprises include Penn Medicine at Home (Good Shepherd Penn Partners), Penn Medicine at Home (Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital), and Princeton House Behavioral Health (among others).
Penn Medicine is powered and supported by a talented, dedicated workforce of more 44,000 people. The organization also has alliances to top community health system across both. Southeastern Pennsylvania Southern New JerseyPatients have more options no matter where they live.
Penn Medicine is committed in improving health and lives through a variety o community-based activities and programs. Penn Medicine provided more than 200,000 healthcare services in fiscal 2020. $563 millionTo benefit our community.
About Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Children’s Hospital of is a non-profit charitable organization. PhiladelphiaThe nation’s first pediatric hospital was established in 1855. It has been committed to excellence in patient care, training new generations and pioneering major research initiatives. The hospital, which has 595 beds, has led to many breakthroughs that have benefitted children around the world. It has one of the most extensive pediatric research programs in the country. It has a long-standing tradition of providing pediatric care close to home. CHOP Care NetworkThe network includes more than 50 primary care offices, specialty care and surgery centers, urgent care centers, as well as community hospital alliances. Pennsylvania New JerseyAs well as a new inpatient hospitalKing of Prussia’s only pediatric emergency department. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been able to offer family-centered care and public services programs. PhiladelphiaRecognition as a leading advocate to children and teens For more information, visit http://www.chop.edu.
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