NIEHS Center in Urban Environmental Health
P30 ES 03819

Over the past century, there has been a rapid growth of urban centers around the country. This growth and its associated environmental risk factors have had a profound impact upon the health of urban area residents. The Johns Hopkins Center in Urban Environmental Health is dedicated to addressing the problems of this segment of our population. Click here to download an animation of Urban Growth in the Baltimore region from 1792 to 1992.

Center Director: John D. Groopman, PhD
Center Deputy Director: Michael A. Trush, PhD
Center Business Manager: Ramesh Mannan
Summary
Research Highlights
Administrative Core

Research Cores:

• Core I - Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure Assessment 
• Core II - Gene-Environment Interaction and Disease Prevention 
• Core III - Molecular Toxicology 
• Core IV - Environmental Lung Diseases   
  

Facility Cores:

• Facility Core A - Environmental Exposure and Health Assessment 
• Facility Core B - Microarray and Molecular  
• Facility Core C - Bioinformatics/Biostatistics  
• Facility Core D - In Vitro and In Vivo Imaging and Analysis 

Community Outreach and Education Program (COEP)

Public Health Indicators and National Data (PHIND) - providing a web-based resource for community-level social indicators of health, with links to community specific sites, indicators and comparisons.