# Develpment Core

> **NIH NIH U2C** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $222,780

## Abstract

PROJECT ABSTRACT
The purpose of the Duke Environmental Analysis Laboratory (DEAL) Hub is to offer a comprehensive suite of
analytical services to support epidemiologists and health researchers conducting studies focusing on the
impact of environmental exposures on human health. To this end, the DEAL Developmental Core will address
challenges in both developing and standardizing analytical and data processing approaches for assessing
health-relevant chemical exposures in relevant media. The Developmental Core will be led by Drs. Lee
Ferguson and Gordon Getzinger, who both have significant experience in environmental analytical chemistry of
organic and inorganic pollutants, advanced high resolution mass spectrometry techniques, and
chemoinformatics. The Developmental Core consists of three specific aims to meet this overarching goal: 1)
develop new methods for measuring emerging environmental chemicals of interest, in order to create a client-
responsive framework for performing measurements of environmental chemicals in various environmental
media; 2) develop novel tools for assessing personal exposure, and advancing holistic chemical exposure
assessments; and 3) develop innovative approaches for identification of new environmental contaminants.
By achieving these aims, the Developmental Core will embrace the synergistic nature of the DEAL Hub as a
whole, collaborating closely with the Environmental Sample Analysis Resource (ESAR) team to enhance its
services and deploy newly-developed and validated methods, with the intent to streamline, harmonize, and
significantly advance the services provided by DEAL and the broader HHEAR Network.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10430119
- **Project number:** 5U2CES030851-04
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** P. Lee Ferguson
- **Activity code:** U2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $222,780
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-10 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10430119

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10430119, Develpment Core (5U2CES030851-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10430119. Licensed CC0.

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