CURRENT AND PRIOR FUNDED PROJECTS
NIH R21. 7/15/2025 – 6/30/2027
Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals via consumption of ultraprocessed foods: implications for maternal metabolic health in pregnancy. The primary goal of this study is to use a novel machine-learning method to understand the relationship between ultra processed foods as sources of endocrine disrupting chemicals, and implications for maternal cardiometabolic health in pregnancy.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Principal Investigator (MPI)
NIH F31. 8/16/2025 – 1/16/2027
Exposure to metabolism disrupting chemicals: implications for maternal health in pregnancy. This Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award will support Maria Cinzori to enhance her training in environmental epidemiology, clinical pregnancy health outcomes, and science communication around the health implications of exposure to environmental chemicals in pregnancy.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Sponsor; Maria is PI!
NIH R21. 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2027
Phthalates, oxidative stress, and hot flashes in aging women. The primary goal of this study is to understand the roles of oxidative stress in the relationship between phthalates and hot flashes in mid-life women.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Principal Investigator (MPI).
USDA/NIFA National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grant. 10/15/2023 – 10/15/2028.
Nutritional Mitigation of Disease Across the Life-Span. This program will support the recruitment and training of graduate students in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition related to the prevention of nutrition-related diseases across the life-span.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Co-Investigator
NIH UG3/UH3 ECHO. 9/1/2023 – 8/30/2030.
The Illinois Kids Development Study Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program Pregnancy and Pediatric Cohort. This UG3/UH3 agreement will contribute to the goals of ECHO by recruiting/enrolling additional pregnant women and their children into the Illinois Kids Development Study to understands the impacts of various environmental and dietary factors that impact the health of children.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Co-Investigator.
NIH R01. 8/15/2020 – 6/30/2026.
Exposure to phthalate mixtures in pregnancy and long-term consequences for maternal metabolic and hormonal status. The major goals of this project are to evaluate associations between cumulative gestational exposure to phthalates and maternal metabolic and hormonal status 4-7 years later. This project will also evaluate whether maternal hormonal disruption partially mediates the proposed metabolic disruption by phthalates.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Principal Investigator
NIH/Office of Dietary Supplements Administrative Supplement to UH3 OD023272-04. 7/1/2020 – 6/30/2021.
Novel approaches for assessing the roles of dietary supplements in pregnancy: interactions with maternal diet quality and environmental chemical exposures. The major goals of this project are to 1) evaluate the effects of cumulative or distinct supplement-derived micronutrients on birth outcomes and to 2) understand whether these relationships differ depending on maternal diet quality or her exposure to parabens in pregnancy.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Principal Investigator (MPI) of Administrative Supplement
NIH R03. 7/1/2020 – 6/30/2023.
Maternal obesity and hormonally-mediated markers of fetal development. This study will evaluate associations between maternal obesity and neonatal markers of growth, specifically focusing on reproductive development. We will also evaluate whether hormonal changes in obese women partly mediate these proposed associations.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Principal Investigator
Michigan Grant to Support Efforts on the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO). 7/15/2019 – 7/15/2020.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number and methylation in maternal dried blood spots. These studies will establish a protocol for characterizing mitochondrial copy number and mitochondrial DNA methylation in maternal blood spots, and will evaluate their associations with maternal obesity.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Principal Investigator
NIH K99/R00. 8/1/15 – 8/31/22.
Endocrine Disrupters: Maternal Hormones, Metabolism and Fetal Fatty Acid Supply. This a mentored career transition award that assesses the relationship between maternal BPA and phthalate exposure, estrogen metabolism during pregnancy and fatty acid transfer to the fetus.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Principal Investigator
NIH R21. 9/1/16 – 9/1/19 NIEHS.
Placental RNA Expression as a Function of Gestational Age in the Presence of Environmental Exposures. These studies will characterization placental RNA patterns of expression across gestation and use novel computational techniques to determine the tissue of origin for urine derived transcripts.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Significant Contributor
Additional Trainee support:
NIH/NICHD T32. 6/1/2016 – 4/20/2027.
Reproductive and Developmental Sciences Training Program.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Faculty Trainer and internal advisory member
NIH/NIEHS T32. 7/1/1989 – 6/30/24.
Multidisciplinary Training in Environmental Toxicology.
Dr. Strakovsky's Role: Faculty Trainer