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，这些风险因素包括：接近固定和移动的污染源、室内空气污染物的存在、霉菌生长、虫害、垃圾堆积以及暴力、药物滥用和其他对住房和邻里条件的负面看法等社会环境压力因素。本研究的重点将探讨身体和社会环境压力对少数民族人口，特别是儿童的身体和心理健康的影响，在城市巴尔的摩地区。最后，这项研究的目的是直接影响卫生政策，最终可以在巴尔的摩以及区域，国家和全球实施。

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.