C-CHEM²
Center for Children's Health, the Environment, the Microbiome and Metabolomics
C-CHEM²
Center for Children's Health, the Environment, the Microbiome and Metabolomics
C-CHEM²
Center for Children's Health, the Environment, the Microbiome and Metabolomics
C-CHEM²
Center for Children's Health, the Environment, the Microbiome and Metabolomics
Researchers at the Center for Children’s Health, the Environment, the Microbiome, and Metabolomics (C-CHEM2) conduct research to understand the complex interactions among components of the prenatal and postnatal environment — toxicant exposures, the microbiome, and the metabolome — and their impacts on birth outcomes and infant health and neurodevelopment. Learn More about C-CHEM2
Characterizing Exposures and Outcomes in an Urban Birth Cohort (CHERUB)
Goals:
- Characterize pre- and postnatal environmental exposures of AA mother-infant pairs in metropolitan Atlanta
- Investigate the independent and interactive effects of prenatal chemical exposures upon the composition of the maternal microbiome for pregnant AA women in metropolitan Atlanta.
- Investigate the independent and interactive effects of prenatal chemical exposures upon birth outcomes for pregnant AA women in metropolitan Atlanta.
Microbiome, Environment, and Neurodevelopmental Delay (MEND)
Goals:
- Characterize the relationship between prenatal and postnatal environmental exposures and the infant gut microbiome across the first year of life.
- Evaluate the associations among prenatal and postnatal toxicant exposures, the infant gut microbiome, maternal caregiving, and infant neurocognitive and social-emotional development.
Metabolic, Microbiome, and Toxicant-Associated Interactions (MATRIX)
Goals:
- Identify maternal prenatal metabolic pathways and metabolite-microbiome correlations that link environmental exposures and preterm birth.
- Identify maternal prenatal metabolic pathways and metabolite-microbiome correlations that link environmental exposures and infant neurodevelopment.
- Identify infant postnatal metabolic pathways and metabolite-microbiome correlations that link environmental exposures and infant neurodevelopment.
Community Outreach and Translation Core (COTC)
Goals:
- Maintain and expand bi-directional dialogue with metropolitan African American women of child-bearing age and their families
- Develop strategies to translate existing children’s environmental health knowledge and emerging findings into practical information that families can use to protect their children’s health.
- Guide C-CHEM2 scientists in community engagement and outreach.
- Integrate existing children’s environmental health knowledge and new C-CHEM2 research findings into educational programs for healthcare professionals.
