CRECE Research Center
CRECE studies air pollution impacts on child development, and pollutant mixtures and their effects on human health.News
CRECE Team Members in Puerto Rico Hold Book Drive for Cohort Participants
CRECE team members in Puerto Rico collaborated with the Community Service Department at a local private school to launch a book drive campaign for cohort participants and their families from lower...
CRECE Early Career Investigator Emily Zimmerman’s recent accomplishments and accolades
During the last year, CRECE’s own Project 1 Co-Investigator and Early Career Investigator Dr. Emily Zimmerman has been awarded funding and recognized for her many contributions to research and the...
Trainee Spotlight: Morgan Hines
Morgan Hines is a 5th year Biology & English Student from Louisville, Kentucky and a member of both the University Scholars & Honors Programs. Morgan’s first position as a ROUTES scholar was...
CRECE Publications
Find our research in leading environmental health journals.
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.