Regional Concerns:
The Windows-of-Susceptibility (WS) thematic area studies the critical windows-of-susceptibility to environmental exposures and determine the mechanisms that result in adverse reproductive and development effects across the lifespan. The WS team, led by Sunni Mumford, PhD, has expertise in genetic imprinting, transgenerational effects, metabolic disorders and pre-term birth that can result from these exposures as well as the developmental origins of health & disease.
Marisa Bartolomei, PhD, Clementina Mesaros, PhD, and colleagues hypothesize that IVF may lead to different metabolic phenotypes.
View Publication on In Vitro Fertilization
Aimin Chen, MD, PhD and collaborators study in utero exposure to replacement flame retardants and organophosphate esters led to adverse respiratory outcomes.
View Publication on In Utero Exposure
Yu-Chin Lien, PhD, Sara Pinney, MD, Rebecca Simmons, MD, and colleagues determined that growth restriction in utero leads to type 2 diabetes.
View Publication on Growth Restriction and Type 2 Diabetes
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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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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