Resources to understand environmental causes of childhood leukemia
Official title: Support For Infrastructure of Childhood Leukemia Environmental Research
Funded at University of California Berkeley · NIH-11494225 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project helps collect and share data to understand how environmental exposures may contribute to leukemia in young children, with special attention to LatinX communities.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of California Berkeley NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Berkeley, United States) |
| Project start | September 30, 2017 |
| Project end | January 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $22,081 |
| NIH project number | 3R24ES028524-09S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11494225 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Children aged 0–11 diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic or acute myeloid leukemia and their families, particularly from LatinX communities in the participating regions, would be the primary candidates for the contributing studies.
✕Less likely to help
Adults, people without leukemia, or families outside the participating regions or age range are unlikely to receive direct benefit from this project.
What this research studies
This award supports and expands a set of case-control population studies that gather information on children's environmental exposures, medical histories, and genetic samples. It adds lower-resource sites in Mexico and Costa Rica to existing studies in California and Guatemala and promotes data sharing across teams. The program standardizes methods, maintains biospecimen and data resources, and funds collaboration among researchers and community partners. The focus is on identifying environmental and social factors that could explain higher leukemia rates among LatinX children and on enabling prevention-focused research.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the work could reveal environmental risk factors and guide prevention strategies to reduce childhood leukemia and related disparities.
How similar studies have gone: Earlier NIEHS-supported case-control studies in California and Guatemala have produced valuable data on environmental contributors to childhood leukemia, and this project builds on those established efforts.
Where this research is happening
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University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Metayer, Catherine — University of California Berkeley
- Study coordinator: Metayer, Catherine
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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.