PROGRESS: Children's growth, home environment, and stress
The Programming Research in Obesity, GRowth, Environment and Social Stress (PROGRESS) Cohort
This project follows children from before birth through adolescence to learn how home chemical and social environments affect their growth, breathing, brain development, and metabolism.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New York, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11516987 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
As a parent or participant in PROGRESS, you and your child would be followed from pregnancy or birth through childhood and adolescence while the team collects samples and information about the home environment. The researchers use tools like passive air samplers, environmental sensors, and in-depth 'bioethnography' interviews to map chemical and social exposures inside homes. They also gather standardized health measures over time on respiratory function, BMI/growth, and neurodevelopment to link those outcomes to exposures. The project shares data and methods with other cohorts so results can be compared and used broadly.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are pregnant people, infants, children, or adolescents (and their families) who can provide home environmental information, allow passive sampling or sensors, and attend follow-up visits.
Not a fit: Adults without children or people unwilling to provide home samples, sensor data, or follow-up health information are unlikely to benefit directly from joining this cohort.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the work could point to specific home exposures that harm children's breathing, growth, or development so families and policymakers can reduce those risks.
How similar studies have performed: Other birth cohorts have linked early-life pollution and chemical exposures to growth and neurodevelopment problems, while using bioethnography and passive home sampling to map the full home exposome is a newer approach.
Where this research is happening
New York, United States
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — New York, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Rosa, Maria Jose — Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Study coordinator: Rosa, Maria Jose
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.