Minority Predoctoral Fellowship Program

这项研究将涉及对与环境风险因素有关的住房质量进行描述性分析，这些因素包括靠近固定和移动源、室内空气污染物的存在、霉菌生长、虫害、垃圾堆积，以及暴力、药物滥用和对住房和邻里条件的其他负面看法等社会环境压力因素。本研究的重点是研究巴尔的摩市区少数民族人口，特别是儿童的生理和心理健康的生理和社会环境压力的影响。最后，本研究的目的是直接影响最终可以在巴尔的摩以及区域、国家和全球实施的卫生政策。

This research will involve a descriptive analysis of the housing quality relevant to environmental risk factors such as proximity to stationary and mobile sources, presence of indoor air pollutants, mold growth, pest infestation, trash accumulation, as well as social environmental stressors of violence, drug abuse and other negative perceptions of the housing and neighborhood conditions. The focus of this research will examine the physical and mental health affects of physical and social environmental stressors on minority populations, specifically children, within the urban Baltimore areas. Lastly, the intent of this research is to directly impact health policies that can eventually be implemented in Baltimore as well as regionally, nationally and globally.