Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health
The Harvard Chan National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Center for Environmental Health is a coordinated set of resources and facilities supporting environmental health research and training activities throughout the greater Boston area. The center promotes integration between basic and applied environmental science, and fosters collaborations that cross departmental and institutional boundaries.
665 Huntington Ave.
Building 1-1402
Boston, MA 02115
Core Components
The Center fosters multi-disciplinary teams that promote innovative, translational research, building on our pillars of excellence in Exposure, Population, Mechanistic Pathways, and Environmental Justice.
Translational Research Support Core (TRSC)
The TRSC provides support across all four of the Center’s pillars of research excellence—Populations, Exposures, Mechanisms, and Environmental Justice—and helps to integrate activities to promote translational research.
Environmental Health Data Science Core (EHDSC)
The EHDSC provides centralized support and training in data management and large-scale research computing, biostatistics, statistical genetics, bioinformatics, environmental epidemiology, and spatial statistics.
Community Engagement Core (CEC)
The CEC partners with community organizations and initiatives to co-develop strategies that address local, regional and national environmental health concerns.
Pilot Project Program
Pilot projects are awards of up to $30,000 for environmental health research. The Center posts calls for applications in spring and fall.
Career Development
The Center offers financial support, mentoring, professional network building, and general guidance.