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Kate Hoffman

Assistant Research Professor
Assistant Research Professor in Environmental Sciences and Policy

LSRC A150a
Durham, NC 27708

(919) 684-6952
kate.hoffman@duke.edu
Primary appointment
Environmental Science & Policy Division

School Division

Environmental Sciences & Policy

Education

  • Ph.D., Boston University (2010)

Recent Grants

  • Flame retardant effects on thyroid hormone regulation at the fetal-maternal interface of the placenta awarded by National Institutes of Health
  • Children Exposure to SVOC Mixtures Indoors and Associations with Obesity awarded by National Institutes of Health
  • Immune function in children exposed to organophosphate flame retardants awarded by Gerber Foundation
  • Prenatal Exposure to Organophosphates and Associations with Child Growth awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Research areas
  • City skyscrapers in smog

    Environmental Health

  • Researcher taking a water sample

    Toxicology

In the News

  • Kate Hoffman
    May 10, 2022 | Environmental Health, Toxicology

    $3.4M Grant Will Fund Study of How Early-Life Exposure to SVOCs Affects Immune Function

  • Boy sneezing
    November 17, 2021

    Identifying Exposure Risks from Common Household Chemicals in Durham Homes

  • January 19, 2021

    Chemicals called SVOCs, emitted from household objects, are altering children’s microbiomes

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