Beyond its flagship studies and community-based initiatives, the Center for Population Health conducts a wide range of research focused on environmental exposures and health interventions. This work brings together environmental science, toxicology, and public health, and reflects CPH’s broader commitment to protecting and improving population health across diverse environments and communities.
Humans are exposed to contaminants due to water runoff, soil contamination, food processing and packaging, pollution and waste management. The CPH team is working with internal and external collaborators to understand current human exposure rates to titanium dioxide, cadmium, lead, arsenic, mercury and Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as "forever chemicals". In addition, current research is evaluating the potential health impacts of these exposures.

Improving the Health of U.S. Military

The CPH team collaborates with The U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine to explore new dietary interventions to improve the health and performance of our military personnel. Projects include novel interventions to reduce the total body burden of known chemical exposure; in addition to nutrition interventions to enhance human performance, reaction time, cognitive function and to reduce stress.