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 the Principal Investigator of CATCHA and an Associate Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. He has extensive training in toxicology, bioinformatics, neuroscience, developmental biology and in vitro science. Dr. Robinson has co-authored over 40 studies in the areas of toxicology, public health, and genomics.
Jennifer Fung, PhD
Dr. Fung is the Co-Director of the Bioassay Facility Core of the EaRTH Center and is an Associate Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.
Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH
Dr. Woodruff is Director of the UCSF Environmental Research and Translation for Health (EaRTH) Center, the Director of and Alison S. Carlson Endowed Professor for the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, and is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.
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.