Environmental Health Effects of WTC

Health Effects Research

To address WTC issues, funding was made available through the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This support is designated to fund several projects, including health effects initiatives related to the environmental health aftermath of September 11. Health Effects projects assess and promote both physical and mental health; and include patient registries and mental health assessment of Manhattan-area residents. Registries include women pregnant on September 11th and their children, ironworkers, firefighters, clean-up workers, lower Manhattan residents and truck drivers. Other WTC-related projects made possible with NIEHS funding include research focused on Community Outreach, Monitoring and Toxicology.

Psychological consequences following WTC
(Principal Investigator: Howard M. Kipen)

Reproductive effects of WTC
(Principal Investigator: George H. Lambert, in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and the New York Department of Health)

Assessing fears and concerns
(Principal Investigator: Michael A. Gallo)

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Long-term effects of clean-up at the WTC disaster site
Principal Investigator: John D. Groopman

Registry, Health Assessment and Monitoring
(Principal Investigator: Alison Geyh)

Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
World Trade Center Supplement
Principal Investigator: Regina M. Santella

Health effects
(Principal Investigator: Frederica Perera)

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Mount Sinai Superfund Basic Research Program
Principal Investigator: Philip J. Landrigan

Clinical & epidemiological studies of ironworkers
(Principal Investigator: Stephen Levin)

Epidemiologic study of pregnant women & children
(Principal Investigator: Gertrud Berkowitz)

New York University School of Medicine
Environmental Health Issues Related to WTC Disaster
Principal Investigator: Lung Chi Chen

WTC resident respiratory impact study:
Physiologic characterization of residents with respiratory complaints
(Principal Investigator: Joan Reibman)

NYC firefighters study
(Principal Investigator: William Rom)

The University of Rochester (collaborating with New York University)

Assessment of ultra-fine WTC dust
(Principal Investigators: Jacob N. Finkelstein, PhD; Gunter Oberdoerster, DVM, PhD)

This website is made possible through the National Environmental Health Sciences Institute (NIEHS), Grant No. ES05022-15S1. It is administered by the Community Outreach and Education Program (COEP), an outreach component of the NIEHS Center of Excellence housed at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), in Piscataway, New Jersey, and the UMDNJ-School of Public Health.

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