Directed by Robert Wright, MD, MPH, The Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Environmental Health Sciences Laboratory mission is to understand how environmental exposures in early life influence health, development, and risk of disease and dysfunction across the life span – in infancy, childhood, adolescence, and beyond. Through our clinical and community partnerships, we translate our research findings into evidence-based approaches for disease prevention and treatment.

The lab was designed to support transdisciplinary and translational research by combining exposure biology and molecular biology within a state-of-the-art facility. With nine different dedicated spaces, the lab enables researchers to carry out sophisticated analyses in an open design allowing collaboration and new ideas to spread.