NIEHS Center in Urban Environmental Health
P30 ES 03819

Center Director: John D. Groopman, PhD
Center Deputy Director: Michael A. Trush, PhD
Center Business Manager: Christine A. Spangler, MA

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.

Research

• Focus I - Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure Assessment
• Focus II - Molecular Basis of Envrionmental Disease
• Focus III - Public Health Interventions

Facility Cores

• Facility Core A - Integrative Health Sciences Core
• Facility Core B - Bioinformatics/Biostatistics

Community Outreach and Education Core (COEC)

CEOC Staff

Michael A. Trush, PhD
COEC Director and Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
410-955-2973

Barbara Bates-Hopkins
COEC Community Relations Coordinator 
410-502-5651
 
Pat Tracey
COEC Community Relations Coordinator
443-287-4686

additional Links

• Cancer Prevention and Control Communication Network
  
• The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center