Chemicals in Our Bodies: pregnancy and child health in the San Francisco Bay Area
Expanding a Pregnancy Cohort from the San Francisco Bay Area to Improve Data Access and Individual Results Return on Environmental Exposures to Participant Communities
This project measures many environmental chemicals in pregnant people and their children and returns individual results to participants.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of California, San Francisco NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (San Francisco, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11369776 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
We will invite pregnant people in the San Francisco Bay Area to join the existing Chemicals in Our Bodies (CIOB) pregnancy cohort and expand the group. Participants complete surveys and provide biospecimens during pregnancy and for their children so researchers can measure about 200 chemicals, including phthalates, pesticides, and aromatic amines. The team will share individual chemical results back with participants and make de-identified cohort data available to other researchers and community end-users. Follow-up of children will link prenatal exposures and social stressors to pregnancy and child health outcomes.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Pregnant people in the San Francisco Bay Area—especially those in the second trimester—who can complete surveys, provide biospecimens, and allow follow-up of their children are ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People who are not pregnant, who live far from the Bay Area, or who are unwilling to provide biospecimens or follow-up data are unlikely to benefit from participation.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: Participants could learn their personal chemical exposure levels and receive information that may help reduce exposures and support healthier pregnancies and child development.
How similar studies have performed: This builds on the existing CIOB cohort and other pregnancy cohorts in the ECHO program that have successfully measured chemical exposures and linked them to child health outcomes.
Where this research is happening
San Francisco, United States
- University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Padula, Amy Michelle — University of California, San Francisco
- Study coordinator: Padula, Amy Michelle
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.