by campus | Mar 25, 2020 | PROTECT Research, PROTECT Team, PROTECT Trainees, Research Core C (Human Subjects & Sampling)
Stress is generally defined as demands that tax or exceed the adaptive capacity of an organism, which can result in psychological and biological changes. Oxidative stress is an imbalance between free radicals and antioxidants in the body which can ultimately cause...
by campus | Sep 11, 2019 | Enrichment Core F (Community Engagement), Project 1 (Targeted Epidemiology), PROTECT Events and Presentations, PROTECT Team, Research Core C (Human Subjects & Sampling)
Researchers and trainees from PROTECT attended and presented at the 31st annual conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2019). This year’s conference was held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from August 25th through 28th. A total of...
by campus | Jun 24, 2019 | Enrichment Core F (Community Engagement), News on Premature Birth, PROTECT Research, PROTECT Team, Research Core C (Human Subjects & Sampling)
Since PROTECT has started studying the environmental causes of higher levels of preterm birth in Puerto Rico preterm birth rates have dropped significantly; from 18% of all births in 2011 which was considered the highest in the world, to 11% by 2017.[1] However, this...
by campus | May 28, 2019 | PROTECT Team, PROTECT Trainees, Research Core C (Human Subjects & Sampling), Trainee Spotlight
Stephanie Eick is a recent PhD graduate in Epidemiology from the College of Public Health at University of Georgia and PROTECT Trainee working under the mentorship of Co-Director Dr. Jose Cordero since August of 2016. Additionally, Stephanie worked under the direction...
by campus | Jan 8, 2019 | Enrichment Core F (Community Engagement), PROTECT Team, PROTECT Trainees, Research Core C (Human Subjects & Sampling), Trainee Spotlight
Morgan Hines is a 5th year Biology & English Student from Louisville, Kentucky and a member of both the University Scholars & Honors Programs. Morgan’s first position as a ROUTES scholar was within the Speech and Neurodevelopment Lab (SNL) of Dr. Emily...
by campus | Oct 23, 2018 | Enrichment Core F (Community Engagement), Media Coverage of PROTECT, PROTECT Team, Research Core C (Human Subjects & Sampling)
On October 15, 2018, the PROTECT Human Subjects and Sampling Core (HSSC) and the Community Engagement Core (CEC) guided the first group of PROTECT participants in the process of accessing the results and information from their participation in the study. Dr. Carmen M....
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