The Children’s Center for Environmental Health and Disease Prevention at Dartmouth partners with several community organizations to study the possible effects of environmental contaminants and hazards that affect child health. Our current research is focusing on the possible effects of arsenic and mercury in water and food on birth outcomes and child health. Our community partners that make this work possible include:

Dartmouth Hitchcock Obstetric Clinic in Concord

Dartmouth Hitchcock Obstetric Clinic in Lebanon

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Department of Obstretics & Gynecology

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Department of Pediatrics

Concord Hospital Family Clinic

Concord Obstetrics & Gynecology Professional Associates

Concord Women's Care

Family Tree Health Care (Warner, NH)

Concord Hospital, The Family Place

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Birthing Pavilion

New Hampshire Department of Environmental Health Services

The University of New Hampshire Survey Center

New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services

The New Hampshire Birth Conditions Program

The US Geological Survey, NH-VT Water Science Center

The New Hampshire Environmental Public Health Tracking Program

Mascoma Valley Health Initiative

Other Partners and Sponsors:

The Dartmouth Office of Outreach

The Dartmouth Superfund Toxic Metals

The United States Environmental Protection Agency: Children's Environmental Health Centers (CEHCs)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)- Children’s Center Program