Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center receives $7.8M NIH grant

Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center receives $7.8M NIH grant
The funding will allow the center to continue researching environmental and health challenges in arid lands, including the Southwest.
Jeff Javier
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SWEHSC research led by Karletta Chief, PhD, involves assessing short-term exposures and risk perceptions on the Navajo Nation following the catastrophic Gold King Mine spill in 2015.
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R. Ken Coit College of [e-mail]520-626-3389TheSouthwest Environmental Health Sciences Center in theR. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy received $7.8 million to further research efforts focused on environmental and health challenges in the Southwest.The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center was founded in 1994 and has since been funded continuously by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health. The center promotes environmental health research across the University of Arizona in six colleges and 19 departments, with strong support from theOffice of Research, Innovation and Impact,UArizona Health Sciences,  BIO5 Institute, Coit College of Pharmacy,Mel and Enid Zuckerman College...

Source: The University of Arizona: Health - July 14, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: lburtchbuus Source Type: research