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One of our papers recently received an honorable mention for Best Environmental Epidemiology Paper of the Year by the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE). The paper suggests that prenatal exposure to insecticides used for indoor residual spraying may be associated with altered child neurodevelopment. The award was presented to Drs. Chevrier, Eskenazi and Bornman at the ISEE conference held August 25-28, 2019 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Citation: Eskenazi B, An S, Rauch SA, Coker ES, Maphula A, Obida M, Crause M, Kogut KR, Bornman R, Chevrier J. Prenatal exposure to DDT and pyrethroids for malaria control and child neurodevelopment: The VHEMBE cohort, South Africa. Environ Health Perspect, 2018; 126(4): 047004. |
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We just received an R01 grant from the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study the environmental determinants of the obesity epidemic and premature pubertal onset in South Africa.