University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
Center for Environmental Oncology
Overview
The Center for Environmental Oncology (CEO) was established in 2004 by the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) as the first program of its kind in the nation. The CEO focuses on developing strategies to reduce cancer by translating scientific findings about avoidable, environmental causes of cancer into effective ways to minimize risks. Start-up funds from UPCI, the National Cancer Institute, the Heinz Endowments, the DSF Charitable Foundation, the Pittsburgh Foundation, and several other foundations have allowed the Center to build an effective infrastructure that includes four distinct divisions that work together to leverage resources, share results, implement ideas, and create programs that target the most pressing environmental health issues. The four divisions are:
- Basic Research
- Molecular, Environmental, and Clinical Epidemiology
- Environmental Assessment, Monitoring, and Control
- Education, Outreach, and Public Policy Development
Researchers from a diversity of departments at the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University, with expertise in molecular and cellular biology, in vivo studies using model systems, community-based participatory research, and population-based epidemiology research, are members of the Center.
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