Our mission

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

An Interdisciplinary Center with a Diverse Approach

We bring together 60 investigators from 15 departments and six colleges at NC State, as well as seven investigators from East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, seven from North Carolina Central University and one from the NC Department of Health and Human Services.

7th Annual CHHE Symposium: Sex Differences in Response to Environmental Exposures

The 7th. Annual CHHE symposium took place on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at the NC State Talley Student Union. The symposium featured research presentations by guest speakers and CHHE members in…

Dr. Kenneth Olden Seminar

Dr. Kenneth Olden presented a seminar titled, “Role of NIEHS in validating environmental justice as a legitimate area of scientific inquiry” on November 9th in the Witherspoon Student Center, with…

Associate Dean for Research Patisaul Recognized for Outstanding Scientific Contributions

The College of Sciences is one of the largest and most research-intensive colleges at NC State. In the 2021-22 fiscal year, the college received $50 million in research grants, a record.…

Impactful Environmental Health Sciences Center

We are the nexus for interdisciplinary environmental health science research at NC State and an NIEHS Environmental Sciences Core Center.

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Interfacing Different Disciplines Through a Systems Biology Framework

Through a systems biology framework integrating all levels of biological organization – biomolecule, pathway, cell, tissue, organ, model organism, human, and human population – CHHE aims to elucidate fundamental mechanisms through which environmental stressors influence human disease and produce adverse human health outcomes and to ultimately use this to reduce adverse health outcomes.

Oct 06

Friday12:00 PM

Behavior & Neuroscience RIG Monthly Meeting: John Godwin’s lab

Oct 24

Tuesday4:00 PM

Tox/CHHE Seminar: Phu Tran

Nov 02

Thursday1:00 PM

Allan Balmain Seminar

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

2021 Center Highlights

7

New Members

$448,659

Seed money, travel funds & pilot project funds awarded

48

Projects supported by CHHE core facilities

3

Community grants funded

47

Publications supported by CHHE

29

NIH and NIEHS funded grants

Jane Hoppin Received the UNC Board of Governors James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award

Dr. Hoppin received the 2021 Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service. The award honors faculty who exemplify the University’s commitment to service and community engagement. Created in 2007 and renamed in 2013 to honor former Gov. James E. Holshouser, Jr., the award was designed to “encourage, identify, recognize and reward public service by employees of the University.”

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Research Interests

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Services & Support

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Community Engagement

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CHHE is committed to diversity, inclusion, equity, anti-racism, anti-oppression and environmental justice. We challenge ourselves to identify and understand these inequities and to intentionally work to correct them.

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