# Pesticide exposures, mental health and endocrine disruption among children growing up near pesticide spray sites.

> **NIH NIH K01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2023 · $120,317

## Abstract

Project Summary: The proposed funded extension under the opportunity, NOT-OD-21-052: Requesting
Extension for Early Career Scientists Whose Career Trajectories Have Been Significantly Impacted by COVID-
19, will help me achieve the research and training goals outlined in my K01ES031697 application and provide
protected time for me to submit a NIEHS R01 application. The COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected my
K01ES031697 research productivity and caused substantial delays in my K01 research and career development
aims. The funded one-year and six months proposed extension would provide a portion of an additional year ad
six months of my salary and extend the research through February 2025. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed my
field work two years after the intended start date. In Ecuador there were several spikes in confirmed COVID-19
cases and confirmed deaths over the spring and summer of 2021. Ecuador did not begin vaccinating its
population until mid-March 2021 and the parent study could not initiate field research until July 2022. This was
when I was able to start field work. I also had several child and family care giving responsibilities during the
pandemic that further delayed my research and career development goals. My children (6 and 8) were in a
school district that was not physically open for one year, and after opening they did not offer any afterschool
childcare until 2022. Additionally, both my husband and sister fell ill for a long period of time during the pandemic
and needed extra care. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed my NIEHS K01 progress above and beyond what
most individuals experienced.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10820052
- **Project number:** 3K01ES031697-03S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Georgia L. Kayser
- **Activity code:** K01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $120,317
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-09-21 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10820052

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10820052, Pesticide exposures, mental health and endocrine disruption among children growing up near pesticide spray sites. (3K01ES031697-03S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10820052. Licensed CC0.

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