The Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination has an active research program. In addition to its seed grant program, CHEEC initiates and develops environmental health research projects and works cooperatively as co-investigators with University of Iowa and Iowa State University researchers, federal agencies, and state of Iowa environmental and health departments.

Current Research
Currently, CHEEC staff are working on several projects as co-investigators and/or providing database management services.

• Exposure Assessment Method for Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
• Nitrates, Nitrites and Nitrosatable Drugs and the Risk for Selected Birth Defects
• Water Quality Data for private wells for the Agricultural Health Study cohort
• National Childrens Study
• MDSTARNet: Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance Tracking and Research Network.
• FKRP Mutations Project, UI Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Center.
• Department of Energy Former Worker Program, UI College of Public Health

Cooperative Research
CHEEC developed a cooperative research program in 1999 that seeks to leverage research monies from university, state, and federal entities to conduct research in areas of mutual interest. The collaboration requires matching funds from participating entities.

More information on the cooperative research program is available here.

Archived Research Projects
Descriptions and listings of past CHEEC research.