Funded Projects

The goal of this project is to investigate links between prenatal metal exposures, the gut microbiome and metabolome, and neurodevelopment in a cohort of children from Mexico City.

Funded by: NIEHS Pathway to Independence Award (R00ES032884 PI Eggers)

In this study, adult participants provide a stool sample and complete a virtual reality (VR) road crossing experiment to help us explore the relationships between the gut microbiome and decision making (GMDM) in older adults.

Funded by: University of Iowa College of Public Health Injury Prevention Research Center Pilot Grant Program (MPI Eggers & O'Neal) 

This study aims to investigate how prenatal metal exposures and the childhood gut microbiome—individually and in combination—contribute to telomere length attrition from birth through late childhood, using mixture methods and machine learning to identify biologically relevant metal-microbial cliques that may accelerate biological aging.

Funded by: NIEHS Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (R21ES037112 MPI Eggers & Midya)