Environmental Health Effects of WTC

Outreach Projects

In the wake of September 11, 2001, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) designated funding for scientific research focusing on Health Effects, Monitoring and Toxicology issues related to the tragedy. Funding was also allocated to institutions for the development and implementation of community outreach and education projects that both lend a voice and funnel information directly to members of the general public affected by September 11. These initiatives include community forums, newsletters, internet site, curriculum supplements and needs assessments.

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI)
WTC Supplement, awarded to the NIEHS Center at EOHSI (ES05022)
Principal Investigator: Michael A. Gallo

Community outreach and education program
(Principal Investigator: Audrey R. Gotsch)

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

Outreach
(Principal Investigator: Alison Geyh)

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

Public dissemination of database: COEP
(Principal Investigator: Peggy Shepard)

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

Outreach to children and families
(Principal Investigator: Joel Forman)

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

Community outreach program
(Principal Investigator: George Thurston)

The University of Rochester (collaborating with New York University)

Community Outreach
(Principal Investigator: Dina G. Markowitz, PhD)

WTC Community Forums for "NJ to NYC" Commuters

EOHSI and the UMDNJ-School of Public Health developed WTC Environmental Health Community Forums for "NJ to NYC" Commuters. These forums were designed to inform and educate New Jersey commuters about the possible environmental health effects of the WTC collapse.

A panel of scientists, medical doctors, mental health clinicians, health agency representatives and first responders shared their expertise and firsthand 9/11 knowledge. These expert panelists focused on air quality and its effect on health, lessons learned from transit, police, and health agencies, and WTC Mental Health Coping Skills from the perspective of the 205,000+ New Jerseyans who travel into New York City via bridges, rail systems and ferries each day.

Speakers from the following agencies/institutions shared their expertise and research with audience members. For those of you who were unable to attend the forums, some of the expert panelists have graciously contributed their forum presentations, which you may download here.

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute/University of Medicine and Dentistry of
     New Jersey
Hudson Regional Health Commission
Jersey City Medical Center
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New Jersey State Police
New York University School of Medicine
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
New Jersey Transit
Project Liberty
Project Phoenix
St. Mary's Hospital
University Behavioral HealthCare, UMDNJ
WOR Radio 710AM

Please note that the February forum has been canceled.

Upcoming Forum:

Previous Forums:

Tuesday, October 8, 2002
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Courtyard
New Brunswick, NJ

Tuesday, December 10, 2002
Jersey City Museum
350 Montgomery Street
Jersey City, NJ

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.

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: 732-445-0200 For additional information contact webmaster@eohsi.rutgers.edu