Year in Review 2025
Building on a foundation of coordination and collaboration.
Year in Review 2025
Building on a foundation of coordination and collaboration.
Learning what affects child health
The goal of the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program is to understand the effects of a broad range of early environmental influences on child health and development. ECHO is dedicated to both learning what factors affect child health and to finding ways to enhance it.
The ECHO Program studies five areas of health. These are:
How ECHO Advances Child Health
ECHO aims to:
Enhance the health of children and adolescents through research that may help inform healthcare practices, programs, and policies.
Create a culture that helps teams of child health researchers work together to achieve the best results.
ECHO is made up of TWO TYPES OF RESEARCH:
Recent News
- Housing Conditions and Outdoor Air Pollution Together Affect Children’s Asthma Risk, New ECHO Study Shows February 3, 2026
- Exposure to Certain Flame-Retardant Chemicals During Pregnancy Associated with Child Cognition February 3, 2026
- Prenatal and Early-Life Pollution Exposures May Influence Childhood Blood Pressure Patterns, ECHO Study Finds January 13, 2026
- Exposure to Certain PFAS Associated with Maternal Depression & Stress for Pregnant and Postpartum Mothers, ECHO Study Finds January 12, 2026
- Pregnancy Stress Can Influence Relationship Between Chemical Exposures & Birth Outcomes, ECHO Study Finds January 7, 2026
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