Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University
The Department of International Health (DIH) of the Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) of Emory University employs an interdisciplinary approach to public health issues including specialized areas of environmental health and injury prevention, maternal and child health, health policy and management, surveillance and epidemiology, international nutrition, infectious disease, population/demographics, behavior sciences and health education. In addition, the DIH is uniquely situated in Atlanta, Georgia where it maintains reciprocal working relationships with a number of other groups actively involved in public health nationally and worldwide, specifically, the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), The American Cancer Society, The Carter Center, Clark Atlanta University, and Care International. The research proposal fits well with the current research agenda in the department. The project leader from the department has experience in the assessment of air pollution exposure in women and children. The environmental toxicology laboratory at Emory University has adequate infrastructure to ensure completion of the gravimetric weighing of pollution samplers in addition to state-of-the-art computer facilities that includes a network and server infrastructure that supports over 1000 users.
Project role
DIH will participate in this study in the areas of in utero epidemiologic exposure assessment, early childhood epidemiologic exposure assessment, and analysis, interpretation, and write-up of results (WP1.3, WP6, & WP7). Pollutant concentrations will be monitored in the major environments where women and children spend time and this information used in conjunction with a time/budget population analysis to model total exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution.
The Team
Dr. Anne Lang Dunlop, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Emory University Department of Family & Preventive Medicine; physician/epidemiologist; graduate student of international public health and preventive medicine; participation in collaborative investigation "An Epidemic Investigation of Allergic Disease, Slovak Republic, 1996-2000" with Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Slovak Republic; experience with data base management, univariate and multivariate statistical analyses. Will assist in the development of data entry screens, data base management, and data analyses; will assist in the development of questionnaires to assess in utero and early childhood exposures.
Scott J.N. McNabb, Ph.D., M.S., Chief, Epidemiologic Studies Section, Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Centre for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Dr. McNabb is co-PI of existing US-Slovak Science and Technology Fund grant entitled, “Epidemic Investigation of Allergic Diseases among Children, Slovak Republic, 1997-2001.” He is an adjunct Associate Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and International Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health and the co-author of over 40 publications.
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