PROJECTS

HIA: Assessing the Health Status Prior to Lithium Extraction

Health Impact Assessment: Assessing the Health Status Prior to Lithium Extraction Site near the Salton Sea area.
*Research is supported by the County of Imperial, CA

Improving Biomass Burning Estimate in Mexicali, Mexico

Improving Biomass Burning Estimate in Mexicali, Mexico
*Research is supported by the California Air Resources Board (CARB)

Mapping and Mitigating Heat Stress in Farmworkers

Mapping and Mitigating Heat Stress in Farmworkers Communities.
*Research is supported by the California Climate Action 2023

Wastewater-Based Oncogenic microorganisms

Association between socio-environmental determinants and wastewater-based oncogenic microorganisms in the Imperial Valley region.
*Research is supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers: U54CA285117 (SDSU) & U54CA285115 (UC San Diego).

Antibiotic Resistance in the US-Mexico border region

Evaluation of microbial communities and antibiotic resistance genes in two wastewater treatment plants in the US-Mexico border region
*Research is supported by Big Ideas (SDSU)

Indoor Dust Microbiome

Diversity and Composition of the Indoor Dust Microbiome in Agricultural Regions of the southern of California, USA
*Research is supported by start-up

Winged Sentinels: Infectious Diseases in Migratory Birds

Winged Sentinels: Water Surveillance for Infectious Diseases in Migratory Birds
*Research is supported by start-up

County of Imperial, CA

Health Impact Assessment: Assessing the Health Status Prior to Lithium Extraction Site near the Salton Sea

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California Air Resources Board (CARB)

Improving Biomass Burning Estimate in Mexicali, Mexico

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Big Ideas: SDSU

Fragmentation and degradation of macroplastics in riverine environments in the US-Mexico border region

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Big Ideas: SDSU

Evaluation of microbial communities and antibiotic resistance genes in two wastewater treatment plants in the US-Mexico border region

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California Climate Action 2023

Mapping and Mitigating Heat Stress in Farmworker Communities.

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California Climate Action 2023

Mapping and Mitigating Heat Stress in Farmworker Communities.

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Laboratory Techniques

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology

(cancer, emerging diseases, etc.)

Air Quality and Human Health

Non-animal alternative methods: Modeling and Prediction (in silico: QSAR APO, and read-across)

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment of Chemicals.

Ecotoxicity: Fish Egg Test (DIN EN ISO 15088)

Ecotoxicity: Fish Embryo Acute Toxicity (FET) Test (OECD 236, Regulation EC No 440/2008 C. 49)

Genotoxicity and Mutatoxicity: Ames-Test, In-vitro Micronucleus Test and Comet Assay

OMICS (Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Transcriptomics)

Gene expression (qPCR)

In vivo EROD Test