CRECE Research Center
CRECE studies air pollution impacts on child development, and pollutant mixtures and their effects on human health.News
CRECE and PROTECT Work With Local Physicians to Inform Participants About the Zika Virus in Puerto Rico
With the arrival of the Zika virus in Puerto Rico, both CRECE and PROTECT (Puerto Rico Testsite for Environmental Contamination Threats) have begun reaching out to participants, healthcare...
CRECE Launches New Website
CRECE (Center for Research on Early Childhood Exposure and Development in Puerto Rico) has launched a new website, which will be used to communicate Center events and research to participants,...
CRECE Publications
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Released: Children's Centers Impact Report
The NIEHS/EPA Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers have recently released their Children’s Centers Impact Report.
Research Outcomes
Between 2015 and 2022, the Center for Research on Early Childhood Exposure and Development in Puerto Rico (CRECE) studied how mixtures of environmental exposures and other factors affect the health and development of infants and children living in the heavily-contaminated island of Puerto Rico.
Since 2016, CRECE has participated in the NIH’s Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program. ECHO unites mother and child cohorts across the United States to better understand the impacts of environmental exposures on children’s health. More information about the CRECE cohort’s involvement, including links to recent ECHO publications involving CRECE researchers, are available on NIH RePORTER.