Health Environmental Risk Assessment
The team is multidisciplinary, gathering competences in environmental/occupational epidemiology, environmental toxicology, biology and exposure/analytical sciences.
Major research axes
Environmental epidemiology
This axis relies on the PARIS birth cohort follow-up and investigates the natural course of allergic/respiratory diseases and their association with lifestyle and indoor/outdoor environment in childhood.Occupational epidemiology
Echoing PARIS cohort research, this axis aims to study health effects of transport professionals’ exposure to air pollutants. In addition, it produces knowledge on occupational allergy and assess the effectiveness of public policies, through national and international networks.Environmental toxicology
To study the biological plausibility of epidemiological findings, the team develops in vitro models to assess cellular and molecular effects related to air pollutants.
Information
Pr. Isabelle Momas
Director of the teamContact
Denis Basse, administrative assistant
denis.basse@inserm.fr
Major projects
PARIS14-TRAP
Health impact of traffic related air pollution (TRAP) in teenagers from the PARIS birth cohort
Funded by the French Research Agency (ANR)
Project PUF-TAXIS
Exposure to ultrafine particles and black carbon of Paris taxi drivers: determinants of exposure and impact on respiratory health
Funded by the French environmental and energy management agency (ADEME)
TRIPLER
Particulate matter being a great public health concern, particularly in respiratory health, cellular and molecular impact of exposure to Particulate Matter PM2.5 from various sources, industrial or traffic is assessed on reconstituted nasal epithelium, in an adapted in vitro model.
FUMITOX
Particulate matter being a great public health concern, particularly in respiratory health, cellular and molecular impact of exposure to particulate matter originating from fumigants (ANR ASTRID – FUMITOX project), is assessed on reconstituted nasal epithelium, in an adapted in vitro model.
