Fwd: UC wins $1.6M in environmental health research grants

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Darlene <darlenesb2000@...> wrote: Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:51:37 -0700

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From: Darlene <darlenesb2000@...>

Subject: UC wins $1.6M in environmental health research grants

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Monday, October 29, 2007 - 2:08 PM EDT

UC wins $1.6M in environmental health research grants

Business Courier of Cincinnati

Several environmental health studies planned at the University of Cincinnati

will benefit from $1.6 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and

Urban Development.

Tiina Reponen, a professor of environmental health, received more than

$785,000 to analyze the health effects of mold exposure in children under age 6.

Her goal is to find a solution to maladies cause by mold, including asthma and

allergic rhinitis.

, also a professor of environmental health, won two grants

totaling about $500,000 to study the impact of soil lead treatment on dust

levels inside and outside homes, and an assessment of lead in dust, soil and

paint in homes that have replacement windows or other window treatments.

And Bill Menrath, a senior environmental health research associate at UC,

received $328,000 to improve the accuracy of a wipe method to test for settled

dust on floors, window sills and window troughs.

The grants were part of $118 million awarded nationally by HUD.

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/10/29/daily7.html

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