# Exposure Science Facility

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2024 · $267,508

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY - EXPOSURE SCIENCE FACILITY (ESF)
The primary goal of the Exposure Science Facility (ESF) is to facilitate the research efforts of EHSRC
investigators as they seek to understand the external environmental stressors that adversely affect outcomes
following an exposure. The ESF addresses this goal through the following specific aims: Aim 1) Provide
resources and expertise for modeling of airborne contaminants and exposure assessment; Aim 2) support
EHSRC Thematic Areas, pilot studies, CEC activities, and mentored Associate Members; Aim 3) facilitate
multidisciplinary research among EHSRC investigators; Aim 4) provide expertise, as well as facilitate
interaction, in the continuum of exposure assessment and health-based investigation; and Aim 5) facilitate
pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and Associate Member training in modeling and exposure assessment methods.
The ESF is supported by a team of investigators with longstanding expertise in the wide-ranging aspects of its
Aims, including expertise in environmental pollutant sampling, industrial hygiene practices, health physics, air
dispersion modeling, computational fluid dynamics modeling, and chemical analytical methods related to all
routes of exposure. The ESF provides a critical role within the EHSRC by aiding investigators at all levels and
pilot grant recipients to properly identify, quantify and model environmental contaminants, and quantify risk.
The ESF strives to develop and maintain instrumentation and modeling capabilities, which help investigators
link environmental contaminants with health outcomes. The ESF is therefore of fundamental importance to
EHSRC investigators as they seek to understand the complicated linkages between human health and the
exposome. The ESF achieves its goals through its collection of state-of-the-art instruments and laboratories.
Combined, they include a wide variety of instruments used to sample gases, vapors, and aerosols in addition
to those capable of analyzing various chemical compounds in complex matrices, including water, food, air,
blood, and tissue samples. ESF modeling capabilities include those used to determine the spatial distribution
of air pollutants and the deposition of particles in the human lung. ESF leadership faculty and staff provide
consultation and training to EHSRC investigators planning research projects involving the assessment of
environmental exposures on human health. The ESF is a unique facility on the University of Iowa campus that
has strong associations with its central facilities. Together with these facilities and its collection of instruments
and related support, the ESF allows EHSRC investigators to prepare cost-effective budgets when soliciting
extramural funds for their research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10818463
- **Project number:** 5P30ES005605-34
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** PATRICK T O'SHAUGHNESSY
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $267,508
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01 → 2027-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10818463

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10818463, Exposure Science Facility (5P30ES005605-34). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10818463. Licensed CC0.

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