Environmental Neuroscience

Regional Concerns:

  • Lead exposure due to water lead service lines, old housing stock and contaminated soil
  • Thirty percent are shift workers and suffer from sleep disturbance
  • Air pollution increased incidence of Alzheimer’s related dementias

The Environmental Neuroscience (EN) thematic area interprets links between environmental exposures and adverse outcomes that lead to neurodevelopment and neurobehavioral impairment and neurologic disorders. The EN team, led by Sigrid Veasey, PhD has expertise in neurotoxicants, sleep deprivation, neurodegeneration, and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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Research

CEET investigators conduct high-impact basic, translational, patient-oriented, and population-based research in Environmental Health Sciences within and across our four Thematic Areas.

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Education & Training

CEET is the hub for all Environmental Health Science training at Penn—opportunities for training and professional development exist at every level.

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