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Researcher examining cancer biopsy with microscope

2023 Pilot Project Awards

GloNad: A Novel Assay for Reproductive Toxicants Using Zebrafish 

The problem: Many residents of California’s Central Valley live and work near agricultural production sites, which puts them at higher risk of exposure to pesticides than the general population.

False-color micrograph of blue rod-shaped microbes and orange spheres on blue background.

2015 Pilot Project Awards

Our Pilot Projects Program is one of the main ways we fund environmental health research. 

Facilitating real-time exposure studies on traffic related air pollutionKeith Bein, PhDAir Quality Research Center

Toxicological studies continue to demonstrate links between exposures to traffic related air pollution (TRAP), including gases and particles, and various metrics of adverse pulmonary, cardiovascular and neurological health effects.

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