Multi-Sector Science Translation
Our team is committed to translating interdisciplinary science to inform health policy and interventions. We are actively building multi-sector collaborations to accelerate the translation of science into action to promote environmental justice. We utilize science communication with diverse audiences, including clinicians, community-based and non-governmental organizations, and government agencies.
Current Projects
PFAS ACT: Addressing the PFAS Drinking Water Crisis in Southern California
Funded by the USC Presidents Sustainability Research Award // Role: Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI)
The PFAS_ACT project for the President’s Sustainability Award is driven by regulatory and community-based concerns about emerging contaminants that affect water resources and drinking water supplies at multiple sites in Southern California. Climate change is worsening droughts and jeopardizing water imports, forcing California to rethink water sustainability. Our project utilizes a problem-based, solution-oriented research approach to (1) expand exposure assessment in drinking and wastewater systems, (2) elucidate mechanisms of PFAS hepatoxicity in liver organoid models, and (3) develop new engineering technologies to remediate PFAS contamination.
Collaborators (USC): Lida Chatzi (MPI), David Conti, Jesse Goodrich, Lucy Golden, Ana Maretti-Mira, Adam Smith, Daniel McCurry.
Research Areas
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Molecular Epidemiology and Data Science
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Experimental Models of Toxicant Mechanisms
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Multi-Sector Science Translation