Accelerating chemical hazard assessment for a safer tomorrow
The new Center to Advance Toxicology and Chemical Hazard Assessment (CATCHA) was created to develop and advance new science strategies for chemical hazard identification and risk assessment.
The center is bringing together investigators from multiple disciplines to establish systems that enable more-rapid identification of toxic chemicals and generate science-based information regarding risks to help decision makers act more quickly to prevent harmful chemical exposure and disease.
Research
In vitro and in silico modeling
Developmental and reproductive toxicology
Genomics
Data integration
Pharmacokinetic
approaches
Exposomics
Susceptibility factors
About Us
Joshua Robinson, PhD
Dr. Robinson is Principal Investigator and the Director of CATCHA, and an Associate Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.
Dimitri Abrahamsson, PhD, MS
Dr. Abrahamsson is
Co-Investigator of CATCHA and an Assistant Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.
Jennifer Fung, PhD
Dr. Fung is Co-Director of the Bioassay Facility Core of the UCSF EaRTH Center and an Associate Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.
Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH
Dr. Woodruff is Director of PRHE and the EaRTH Center, and is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.
CATCHA is made possible with support from the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), the Environmental Research and Translation for Health (EaRTH) Center, and a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences RO1 grant.