RFA 19-2 Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award

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This award supports creative junior investigators, at the Assistant Professor or equivalent level, with outstanding promise who are interested in the health effects of air pollution. RFA 19-2 provides up to 3 years of funding for a project relevant to HEI's research interests, as outlined in the draft HEI Strategic Plan 2020-2025. This RFA is now closed.

RFA 19-2 Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award (updated 3/20/20) provides funding for one or two studies with a funding cap of $500,000 each.

How to Apply

This RFA is now closed.

Forms & Other Information

RFA 19-2 Full application forms

Form F-9 biosketch

Instructions to fill out the application

Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions page

Contact:

Dan Crouse

dcrouse@healtheffects.org

Preliminary Application Due Date:

April 7, 2020

Full Application Due Date:

September 2, 2020

Ongoing studies funded under this RFA

Robust statistical approaches to understanding the causal effect of air pollution mixtures

Joseph Antonelli

University of Florida

This New Investigator Award study seeks to develop statistical methodology that allows for complex relationships between air pollution and health outcomes to be used to estimate causal effects of multivariate exposures. Additionally, the proposed methodology will allow for evaluation of separate subgroups in the population to identify the most vulnerable subgroups.

Status:

In review

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Urban air and noise pollution in sub-Saharan Africa: A study of prenatal exposures, birth outcomes, and sleep disturbances in infants

Raphael E Arku

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

This New Investigator Award study seeks to examine associations of long-term maternal exposures to PM_2.5, NO₂, and environmental noise with adverse birth outcomes in Accra, Ghana. The investigators also seek to determine the effect of these exposures on the risk of lower respiratory infections in infants.