The University of California San Francisco Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (UCSF PEHSU) is one of several regional federally funded clinical and educational centers. We provide expert clinical and public health evaluations of children and communities with suspected environmental health problems. In addition, PEHSUs are a source of medical information and advice on environmental conditions that influence children’s health.

PEHSUs are academically based, typically at university medical centers, and are located across the United States, Canada and Mexico. These PEHSUs form a network that is capable of responding to requests for information throughout North America and offering advice on prevention, diagnosis, management, and treatment of environmentally-related health effects in children.

Two clinical sites, the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Irvine, serve the geographic area that encompasses Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands and Tribal Nations.

Our staff includes Pediatricians, Pediatric Clinical Toxicologists, Occupational & Environmental Medicine Physicians, Nurses and Industrial Hygienists and Public Health experts.

PEHSUs are administered by The Association of Occupational
and Environmental Clinics (AOEC)

Source of Funding

The Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Program is funded (in part) by the cooperative agreement award number 1U61TS000118-01 from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

Acknowledgment: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supports the PEHSU by providing funds to ATSDR under Inter-Agency Agreement number DW-75-92301301-0. Neither EPA nor ATSDR endorse the purchase of any commercial products or services mentioned in PEHSU publications.