Illinois PFAS Research to Action Fellows
Coming in 2025
Illinois PFAS Research to Action Fellow Program (I-PRA)
The I-PRA fellow program will connect community organizations with CEPaCT trainees on locally relevant problem-based research to action projects. This synergistic program will allow CEPaCT to be responsive to emerging local community needs and concerns and identify opportunities for prevention and intervention. The program will provide Fellows the “real world” application and importance of their research while also simultaneously giving them hands-on experience in community engaged research and in communicating their science to a lay audience.
Come back in 2025 for information on participating in the I-PRA Fellow Program.
PFAS Resources
PFAS Explained
https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-explained
Our Current Understanding of the Human Health and Environmental Risks of PFAS
https://www.epa.gov/pfas/our-current-understanding-human-health-and-environmental-risks-pfas
Meaningful and Achievable Steps You Can Take to Reduce Your Risk
https://www.epa.gov/pfas/meaningful-and-achievable-steps-you-can-take-reduce-your-risk
Get Involved with EPA Regulations
https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/get-involved-epa-regulations
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (Illinois EPA)
https://epa.illinois.gov/topics/water-quality/pfas.html
Related Centers
Toxicology & Environmental Health T32 - Professor Jodi Flaws
ChicAgo Center for Health and EnvironmenT – CACHET P30 - Professor Gail Prins
Associated Projects
Prof. Madak-Erdogan - ER+ breast cancer disparities in African American women and the association between hormone levels and PFAS exposure (Division of Nutritional Sciences Vision 20/20 grant)
Prof. Madak-Erdogan – Effect of PFAS on breast cancer
Prof. Irudayaraj - Effect of PFAS on the microbiome-epigenome intersection
Prof. Irudayaraj - Effects of PFAS on lung and kidney cancer
Longitudinal studies on impact of PFAS in firefighters - Illinois Fire Services Institute (Irudayaraj, Flaws, Spinella, Madak-Erdogan, Prins, Nowak, and DMAC)
IL EPA and Analytical Services Core development of standardized PFAS extraction protocols for analysis of wildlife tissues