The UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center bridges the gap between science and health. Learn how its research is building healthier communities.
Our researchers are working with communities across California to study the physical and emotional impacts wildfires have had on survivors over the past several years.
Project TENDR is a unique collaboration of leading scientists, health professionals and children’s and environmental advocates. The group, co founded by EHS Center Director, Irva Hertz-Picciotto and Maureen Swanson of the Learning Disabilities Association of America, formed in 2015 out of concern over the now substantial scientific evidence linking toxic environmental chemicals to neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder, attention deficits, hyperactivity, intellectual disability and learning disorders.
