A History of EHSRC - Center Highlights
Research Translation: Environmental Health Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
The health effects of large-scale livestock production has long been a concern of the EHSRC, and the Center remains involved in this issue on many levels, including the conduct of scientific and clinical research, research translation to the public, and public policy development.
Asthma Research and Outreach
The Role of Endotoxin in Respiratory Disease
EHSRC Researchers have been at the forefront of efforts to identify pathways of inflammation and lung responsiveness to inhaled endotoxin and to understand the determinants of endotoxin responsiveness.
Environmental Health Sciences Institute (EHSI)
for Rural Youth
for Rural Youth
Exposure to Residential Radon and Lung Cancer
An EHSRC summer program for high school students interested in learning about environmental health had a successful ten-year run from 1997-2006.
Center investigators have played a leading role in assessing radon concentrations and their harmful health effects in Iowa and Minnesota through the Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study.
Immunomodulatory Effects of CpG DNA
Health Effects of Pesticides Among Rural Populations
EHSRC investigators have been particularly interested in the effects of CpG DNA on the innate and acquired immune responses.
The Agricultural Health Study is designed to explore potential causes of cancer and other diseases among farmers and their families and among commercial pesticide applicators.