# The Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS) Cohort

> **NIH NIH U24** · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · 2024 · $368,005

## Abstract

Project summary
Worldwide, ~2.8 billion people are exposed daily to smoke from cooking fires, termed household air pollution
(HAP), resulting in an estimated 2.3M deaths and 91.4M disability adjusted life years in 2019. The GRAPHS
cohort is longitudinally following mother-child dyads from pregnancy through adolescence to understand how
HAP exposures during critical windows influences lifelong health. To realize the maximum scientific potential of
the GRAPHS cohort, we will expand and improve data collection around key environmental justice topics such
as climate and ambient air pollution; enhance ongoing outreach activities to further strengthen community
partnerships and cohort retention; and improve data management to enable broad data sharing. The proposed
activities will position the GRAPHS cohort as a significant resource for expanding the environmental health
sciences workforce in Ghana and beyond.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10810413
- **Project number:** 1U24ES036007-01
- **Recipient organization:** ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
- **Principal Investigator:** Darby Jack
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $368,005
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-04-12 → 2029-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10810413

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10810413, The Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS) Cohort (1U24ES036007-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10810413. Licensed CC0.

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