About the Center
Working at the intersection of genetics, environmental health, and data science, researchers in Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Precision Environmental Health seek to understand these differing effects, evaluating gene-environment interactions. Center researchers work to understand how the environment influences health and disease and uncover new disease control strategies and interventions.
Center Director
Dr. Cheryl Lyn Walker, director of the Center for Precision Environmental Health, is a world leader in research on how environmental, genetic, and epigenetic factors interact to cause endocrine diseases and cancer
Research
Working at the intersection of genetics, environmental health, and data science, researchers seek to understand these differing effects, evaluating gene-environment interactions.
Faculty
CPEH faculty have appointments in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (the #1 NIH-ranked cell biology department in the country), and the Department of Medicine.
Opportunities
Precision environmental health lies at the nexus of genetics, environmental health and data science (GxExD) and therefore leverages various disciplines and partnerships leading to a multitude of opportunities for engagement.
Ask Me About My Research
Center for Precision Environmental Health Director Cheryl Walker talks with Noorhan Al-Juboory, a student at BCM Biotech Academy at Rusk, about why it is important for scientists and researchers to talk to others about their research.
Credit
Zebrafish: Advancing Genetics & Molecular Biology
Dr. Daniel Gorelick, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology assistant professor, was featured in a TCM Pulse publication. His lab studies zebrafish to learn how certain hormones and chemicals affect the development and function of the human heart, brain and other tissues.
News
See the latest news from the Center for Precision Environmental Health.
- Margot Williams, Ph.D., is a 2020 Chi-Bin Chien award winner
- Baylor to research environmental health disparities in pregnancy outcomes
- Epigenome environment interactions accelerate epigenomic aging and unlock metabolically restricted epigenetic reprogramming in adulthood
- Partnerships for Environmental Public Health: PEPH Newsletter
- Folic acid reduces risk of defects linked to dolutegravir
