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An Interdisciplinary Center with a Unique Approach

We seek to understand how human health is impacted by environmental factors and how to reduce adverse impacts. 

At the Center for Human Health and the Environment (CHHE), we apply a systems biology approach, spanning biomolecules to human populations, to understand how environmental stressors impact human health. Our goal is to uncover the underlying mechanisms of disease and use this knowledge to mitigate adverse health outcomes.

9th Annual CHHE Symposium

Join colleagues from across academia as we explore the theme for this year’s symposium, Environmental Exposures and Carcinogenesis Risk: From Mechanisms to Population Science. Speakers include researchers from NIEHS, our member partners and national experts.

The event will be on March 6th from 8:30am – 6:00pm at the Talley Student Union’s Piedmont Mountains Ballroom. Registration is free and open to all interested parties. Refreshments will be provided. Register today!

CHHE: 100 strong, representing three universities

We bring together 68 grant seeking faculty from 15 departments and six colleges at NC State, as well as ten faculty from East Carolina’s Brody School of Medicine and nine faculty from NC Central, in addition to our associate members and amazing staff.

CHHE provides focus, resources and leadership for interdisciplinary research that improves human health locally, nationally and globally.

Headshot of Rob Smart

Rob Smart

CHHE Founding Director

2023 Center Highlights

7

New Members

$351,919

Seed money, travel funds & pilot project funds awarded

48

Projects supported by CHHE STC

4

Community grants funded

>200

Publications by our members

>40

NIH and NIEHS funded active grants

Think and Do – NC State
Truth and Service – NCCU
To Serve – ECU


CHHE is an NIEHS-funded Environmental Health Science Core Center.