Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (P01 ES009584, T35 ES 07298)
National Cancer Institute (U01 ES012771)
Environmental Protection Agency (RD83171101)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R25 HL 108857)
Article History
Received: 5 December 2017
Accepted: 18 June 2018
First Online: 25 June 2018
Authors’ information
: Dr. Luz Claudio is a tenured professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She directs several training programs for minority students for whom she provides training in research methods and scientific writing. She also blogs about life in academia and about environmental health. The blog can be found at
: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Study participants provided informed consent to participate in the study.
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