Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units National Program Office

The Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) National Program Office (NPO) is implemented by the Public Health Institute (PHI), with advisory support from the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) through a three-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The PEHSU NPO supports a network of ten regional PEHSUs across the nation, whose vision is to create healthy environments for all children. The PHI-AOEC team facilitates and amplifies the capacity of the PEHSU network to prevent and mitigate hazardous environmental exposures during fetal development, childhood, adolescent development, and the preconception period.