Search Results

Dr. Sara Lupolt, Visiting the Kentucky NIEHS P30 Center as a Future Researchers in Environmental Health Sciences (FRESH) Career Development The CHARMED Center plays a key role in enhancing the careers of new investigators and supporting career advancement and professional development of environmental health scientists with an interest in community-engaged research. Below are details of activities organized and coordinated by the CHARMED Administrative Core as part of the Center’s Career Development Program: Salary support provided for junior faculty member engaged in community-engaged research Financial support for utilization of the CHARMED Facility Cores Leadership opportunities through the CHARMED Career Development Program Enrichment activities for new investigators, including: workshops, and hands-on training for technologies that advance research of junior faculty and new EHS researchers The CHARMED Center’s Career Development Program, directed by Gurumurthy Ramachandran, provides financial support, mentoring, and training for a highly selective group of junior faculty members whose current research interests complement the Center’s theme of community-engaged research. The goal is to foster their development as independent investigators in environmental health science, while furthering the overall mission of the Center and the NIEHS. Selection of Candidates In order to attract promising young investigators to the Center, whose expertise complements that of current Center members, and whose research is centered on community-engaged research, we will provide 20% salary support and pilot research grant support for one junior faculty member each year. Candidates are solicited from various department chairs, division heads, and other leaders who are asked to submit one to three names of possible candidates for support, along with brief biographical sketches and descriptions of their anticipated career trajectories. The Executive Committee selects the candidates for support. The selection criteria used include the following: a) the appropriateness of the candidate’s research of interest to the mission of the Center and the NIEHS; b) an evaluation of a personal statement by the candidate; c) previous training; d) the likelihood that Center support and involvement will cultivate an appropriate NIEHS research proposal; e) a letter of recommendation from the nominating senior faculty member; and f) past research achievements. Mentorship and Oversight of Career Development Each junior faculty member chosen to receive Center support is guided by a two-member mentorship team consisting of Dr. Gurumurthy Ramachandran, and the Center Director, Dr. Wills-Karp. This mentorship team meets with the junior faculty members regularly or as requested to monitor research progress and assess the overall progression of their career development, and to offer advice as needed. Activities of Awardees Trainees are taught about the various K-awards available across the NIH, as well as R01 grant mechanisms. The Career Development teams works with awardees to grant proposal writing advise and review. The awardees attend the Center’s thematic research group meetings and the Departmental Grand Rounds series featuring world-class external experts in environmental health and engineering. In order for the supported trainees to learn new skills and take full advantage of the resources provided to investigators by the CHARMED Center, each trainee submits a pilot project proposal and conducts a community-engaged research project. The awardee is encouraged to utilize the Exposure Coordination and Modeling Core (ECMC) and Integrative Health Sciences Facility Cores (IHSCF) of the CHARMED Center. In particular, the ECMC offers an opportunity to learn basic skills concerning the appropriate collection and management of environmental samples, with expertise to conduct state-of-the-art exposure assessment and measurement of metals and airborne pollutants. The Integrative Health Science Facility Core (IHSFC) provides the opportunity to learn about collection of questionnaire data and biological samples, as well as IRB submission. Awardees are also encouraged to participate in workshops held by the CEC regarding best practices of community-engaged research, to participate in monthly community meetings, and to participate in the Summer Youth Environmental Justice (SY EJ) Scholars program. BACK TO TOP

Core Center for Community Health: Addressing Regional Maryland Environmental Determinants of Disease (CHARMED Center) https://www.jhu-charmed.com/about-us TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WILDFIRE AIR POLLUTION Wildfire Smoke For more details, please click the following link Understanding Air Quality In the BREATHE Center’s Resources page, scroll down to the Wildfire Air Pollution section to download PDF version DIY Air Cleaner to Reduce Wildfire Smoke Indoors Learn about box fan safety tips: TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WILDFIRE AIR POLLUTION Wildfire Smoke For more details, please click the following link Understanding Air Quality In the BREATHE Center’s Resources page, scroll down to the Wildfire Air Pollution section to download PDF version DIY Air Cleaner to Reduce Wildfire Smoke Indoors Learn about box fan safety tips: TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WILDFIRE AIR POLLUTION Wildfire Smoke For more details, please click the following link Understanding Air Quality In the BREATHE Center’s Resources page, scroll down to the Wildfire Air Pollution section to download PDF version DIY Air Cleaner to Reduce Wildfire Smoke Indoors Learn about box fan safety tips: TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WILDFIRE AIR POLLUTION Wildfire Smoke For more details, please click the following link Understanding Air Quality In the BREATHE Center’s Resources page, scroll down to the Wildfire Air Pollution section to download PDF version DIY Air Cleaner to Reduce Wildfire Smoke Indoors Learn about box fan safety tips: TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WILDFIRE AIR POLLUTION Wildfire Smoke For more details, please click the following link Understanding Air Quality In the BREATHE Center’s Resources page, scroll down to the Wildfire Air Pollution section to download PDF version DIY Air Cleaner to Reduce Wildfire Smoke Indoors Learn about box fan safety tips: TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WILDFIRE AIR POLLUTION Wildfire Smoke For more details, please click the following link Understanding Air Quality In the BREATHE Center’s Resources page, scroll down to the Wildfire Air Pollution section to download PDF version DIY Air Cleaner to Reduce Wildfire Smoke Indoors Learn about box fan safety tips: TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WILDFIRE AIR POLLUTION Wildfire Smoke For more details, please click the following link Understanding Air Quality In the BREATHE Center’s Resources page, scroll down to the Wildfire Air Pollution section to download PDF version DIY Air Cleaner to Reduce Wildfire Smoke Indoors Learn about box fan safety tips: TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WILDFIRE AIR POLLUTION Wildfire Smoke For more details, please click the following link Understanding Air Quality In the BREATHE Center’s Resources page, scroll down to the Wildfire Air Pollution section to download PDF version DIY Air Cleaner to Reduce Wildfire Smoke Indoors Learn about box fan safety tips: 1/4 Top Anchor1 Request Community Services >>> Our Mission The mission of the Johns Hopkins University NIEHS P30 Core Center, Community Health Addressing Regional Maryland Environmental Determinants of Disease (CHARMED) is to build capacity in community-engaged research aimed at understanding the mechanistic links between environmental exposures and adverse health outcomes and translate these findings into action to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable individuals in communities across the greater Maryland region. We are building partnerships with communities of the greater Maryland region (extending north from Washington, DC through Baltimore, MD and including central Pennsylvania) to address their environmental concerns. About CHARMED Center I ntegrated Health Sciences Facility Core (IHSFC) Pilot Project Program CHARMED Stakeholder Board Career Development 2024 NIEHS EHSCC Meeting Community Engagement Core (CEC) Exposure Characterization & Modeling Core (ECMC) Thematic Research Groups (TRGs) Meet CHARMED Members CHARMED Center Events Calendar 2025 CHARMED Annual Meeting Agenda BACK TO TOP News & Events 2025 CHARMED Annual Meeting – Welcome & Opening Speech by Dr. Marsha Wills-Karp 1/19 2025 CHARMED Annual Meeting Date & Time: Address: Monday, June 9, 2025 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM Anna M. Baetjer Room W1030 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA See Meeting Agenda

Multidiscplinary Team Brian Team Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More Brad Team This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More Kelly Team UMC Team2 This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More Camilla Team This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More Load More

Item List This is a Title 01 This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More This is a Title 02 This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More This is a Title 03 This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More

ECMC Service Price List Study design, statistical data analysis, spatial statistics, data interpretation, exposure modeling, measurements and analytical methods $150/hour CAPS system (cells or animals not included) $100/day Assistance of research technician $100/day PM2.5, PM10, PM1, respirable mass and other gravimetry $52/sample Metals (without microwave digestion) $120/sample Metals (with microwave digestion) $186/sample Bioaerosols (bacteria, fungi) $60/sample Viruses $75/sample Gas/vapor on charcoal tube + GC analysis $73/sample Nicotine in air (includes sampler assembly and analysis) $52/sample Nicotine in hair (includes sampler assembly and analysis) $106/sample Allergens (dog, cat, mouse, dust mites, fungi) - ELISA $250/sample Passive NO2 $19/sample Untargeted and targeted water analysis using MS $150/sample Untargeted analysis in urine $125/sample Aerosol mass spectrometry / Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometry $500/day Pumps, gravimetric samplers $100/week Real-time PM monitors (mass concentration nephelometers) $250/week Study design, statistical data analysis, spatial statistics, data interpretation, exposure modeling, measurements and analytical methods $150/hour CAPS system (cells or animals not included) $100/day Assistance of research technician $100/day PM2.5, PM10, PM1, respirable mass and other gravimetry $52/sample Metals (without microwave digestion) $120/sample Metals (with microwave digestion) $186/sample Bioaerosols (bacteria, fungi) $60/sample Viruses $75/sample Gas/vapor on charcoal tube + GC analysis $73/sample Nicotine in air (includes sampler assembly and analysis) $52/sample Nicotine in hair (includes sampler assembly and analysis) $106/sample Allergens (dog, cat, mouse, dust mites, fungi) - ELISA $250/sample Passive NO2 $19/sample Untargeted and targeted water analysis using MS $150/sample Untargeted analysis in urine $125/sample Aerosol mass spectrometry / Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometry $500/day Pumps, gravimetric samplers $100/week Real-time PM monitors (mass concentration nephelometers) $250/week

Thematic Research Groups (TRGs) Cardiorespiratory Health and Airborne Contaminants There is a high prevalence of cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neurodegenerative diseases in the Maryland region. Many researchers are engaged in studying the health outcomes of these vulnerable populations without a robust scientific interaction with exposure scientists. This TRG is led by Dr. Kirsten Koehler (Professor) , an exposure assessment expert, and co-led by Dr. Meredith McCormack, (Associate Professor, JHU School of Medicine) , an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with asthma and COPD. Our focus is on defining the contribution of exposure to air contaminants (e.g., PM2.5, gases, vapors, allergens) prevalent in the Maryland region to a range of cardiorespiratory health outcomes including asthma, cardiovascular disease, COPD, and autism. This working group will enable such interactions to catapult the impact of ongoing NIEHS-supported research, as well as spearhead new scientific directions (right). Innovations in exposure science coupled with health outcomes in the population can help unravel environmental determinants of diseases in vulnerable populations. Chemical Mixtures and Emerging Contaminants This TRG is led by Dr. Fenna Sillé (Assistant Professor) and Lesliam Quiros-Alacala (Assistant Professor) and builds upon the expertise of CHARMED members to understand the human health effects of individual and mixtures of emerging contaminants (metals, persistent organic compounds, endocrine disruptors) on a variety of health outcomes. CHARMED Center in this TRG members explore the role of early life exposures to phthalates on childhood bone health and examine the impact of metals exposure on immune responses, obesity, autism, and cardiometabolic risk. Community, Social, and Environmental Determinants of Health This TRG is led by Dr. Chris Heaney (Associate Professor) and co-led by Dr. Ana Rule (Assistant Professor) . This TRG  serves as a nucleus to merge parallel efforts and utilize the expertise and services of the Center to expand the scope of research on topics with important community implications. As one important example, fossil fuel production, processing, and use have been drivers of poor air quality and community and health impacts for centuries. As older technologies are phased out and new ones are considered and developed, it is paramount to understand the potential and ongoing impacts that these activities can have on exposures, communities, and population health. Multiple Center members have been involved in understanding emission, pollutant distribution, and the community, economic, and health impacts of existing (e.g., oil refineries) and new (e.g., UNGD) fossil fuel development, distribution, and use, as well as the applications of community-engaged research methods. Many translational bridges have been successfully achieved by these investigations (left). Neurological Health Thematic Research Group This TRG will be led by Drs. Heather Volk (Associate Professor) and Christine Ladd-Acosta (Associate Professor) . Many Center investigators have a long history of research in the Neurological Health science thematic area. These include important contributions to understanding how lead influenced adult cognitive function and decline, as well as cardiovascular, renal, structural magnetic resonance imaging, hematopoietic, and other outcomes in several different studies. Current research also includes exploring the neurotoxicity of insecticides such as rotenone using in vitro multicellular brain spheroids (BrainSpheres) derived from human pluripotent stem cells. BACK TO TOP

Team Members Brian Chung VP Product This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More Kelly Parker HR Representative This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More Ashley Amerson Product Manager This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More Marcus Harris Account Director This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More Brad Grecco Marketing Associate This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More Camilla Jones Content Manager This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Read More

Newsletters 2023 Newsletter 1 Title Jul 4, 2021 View More Newsletter 2 Title Dec 6, 2021 View More Load More 2022 Load More 2021 Load More

ECMC Services Read More Ramachandran, Koehler, Rule, DeCarlo, Miller ECMC Faculty: Expert consultation with ECMC personnel Read More Ramachandran ECMC Faculty: Access to in vitro and in vivo exposure facilities Read More Rule, Koehler, DeCarlo, Prasse ECMC Faculty: Analytical Capabilities at Environmental Exposure Assessment Lab Read More DeCarlo, Rule, Prasse ECMC Faculty: Additional Analysis Capabilities of the ECMC Read More Rule, Koehler, DeCarlo, Ramachandran ECMC Faculty: Use of air sampling equipment

Community Partners Walkiria Pool Community Leader President and Founder centro de Apoyo Familiar Read More Shashawnda Campbell Community Leader Environmental Justice Coordinator Read More

CHARMED Leadership

Community Events Calender Read More Meet Our Members Read More About the CHARMED Center Read More Integrated Health Sciences Facilty Core (IHSFC) Read More Pilot Project Program Read More Career Development Read More Meet the Environmental Justice Partnerships Board (EJPB) Read More Community Engagement Core (CEC) Read More Exposure Characterization and Modeling Core (ECMC) Read More CHAMED Center Events & News Read More