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INNOVATIVE RESEARCH FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
www.epa.gov/research
^ Corvallis, OR
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (ORD)
The Office of Research
and Development is the
scientific research arm
of EPA. Its leading-edge
research informs
Agency decisions and
supports the emerging
needs of EPA
stakeholders, including
the Agency's state,
tribal, and community
partners.
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ORD's work is organized into six
national research programs that
identify the most pressing
environmental health research
needs in the United States. They
are:
•	Air and Energy
•	Chemical Safety for
Sustainability
•	Homeland Security
•	Health and Environmental
Risk Assessment
•	Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources
•	Sustainable and Healthy
Communities
The research is conducted by
ORD's five research centers in
10 facilities.
The Office of Science Advisor,
Policy, and Engagement
supports the Agency's Science
Advisor and integrates and
coordinates science across ORD
and the Agency, with key
external partners, and into the
regulatory process.
The Center for Environmental
Measurement and Modeling
conducts research to advance the
Agency's ability to measure and
model contaminants in the
environment, including research
to provide fundamental methods
and models needed to implement
environmental statutes.
The Center for Computational
Toxicology and Exposure
works to support Agency
decisions by providing solutions-
driven research to rapidly
evaluate the potential human
health and environmental risks
due to exposures to
environmental chemicals and
ensure the integrity of the
freshwater environment and its
capacity to support human well-
being.
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Edison, NJ
Ada, OK
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Cincinnati, OH
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Athens, GA
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The Center for Public Health
and Environmental Assessment
develops human health and
environmental assessments that
support EPA program and
regional policies and decisions.
The center conducts
toxicological, clinical, ecological,
epidemiological, and citizen
science studies to assess the
impact of environmental
exposures to chemicals and other
stressors on healthy individuals,
populations, and ecosystems.
The Center for Environmental
Solutions and Emergency
Response conducts customer-
driven research to improve
decision making by EPA, federal,
state, tribal and local agencies,
when faced with challenging
environmental problems in the
built environment.
Learn more: epa.gov/research
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development

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