University of Michigan
Our Current Research Projects
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Funding Agency: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Principal Investigator: Katherine Manz (K01ES035398)
Objective: To evaluate aggregate exposure to PFAS mixtures using untargeted, unbiased methodology in maternal serum, placenta, cord blood, infant serum, formula, and breastmilk.
Principal Investigator: Natalie Cápiro with co-PIs Katherine Manz and Kurt Pennell (ER23-3628)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
Objective: To evaluate the role of transformation processes on the fate of PFAA precursors in soil and groundwater.
Principal Investigator: Katherine Manz (2240978)
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of persulfate activated using powder-activated carbon to treat homologous series of PFAS with a range of functional groups.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Objective: To understand the relationship of PFAS exposure with heart disease risk factors.
Funding Agency: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Funding Agency: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease
Principal Investigator: Katherine Manz (P30ES017885)
Objective:To quantify the associations between pre-pregnancy PFAS exposures, the hormones estrogen and progesterone, and uterine fibroid number and size using samples from the University of Michigan Innovative Solutions for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis Initiatives, Research, and Education (reINSPIRE) Biorepository.