{"id":3819,"date":"2019-10-16T20:27:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T00:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=3819"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:47:54","slug":"aimen-farraj","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/directory\/aimen-farraj\/","title":{"rendered":"Aimen Farraj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Institution:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/nheerl\">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Air pollution exposure is associated with increased hospital visits and mortality, and is a major area of research for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The primary research interest of my laboratory is the examination of the effects and mechanisms of air pollutants in the environment on normal cardiopulmonary function (cardiac toxicology), particularly in models of cardiovascular disease, using state-of-the-art targeted and high throughput methods. Research findings are often used to inform environmental public health and contribute to the refinement of the US EPA\u2019s National Ambient Air Quality Standards for specific air pollutants set to limit their health impact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sciencematters\/meet-aimen-farraj-phd-dabt\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Farraj+a\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institution:\u00a0 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory About: Air pollution exposure is associated with increased hospital visits and mortality, and is a major area of research for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The primary research interest of my laboratory is the examination of the effects and mechanisms of air pollutants &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/directory\/aimen-farraj\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Aimen Farraj\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3820,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3819","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_upd_display_name":["Aimen Farraj"],"_upd_reverse_display_name":["Farraj, Aimen"],"_upd_last_name":["Farraj"],"_upd_first_name":["Aimen"],"_upd_sortorder_override":[],"_upd_sortorder":["1"],"_upd_gallery_summary":["<strong>Office:<\/strong> Environmental Protection Agency - RTP <strong>| Phone:<\/strong> (919) 541-5027<strong><a href=\"mailto:Farraj.aimen@Epa.gov\"> | Email<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nPrime Focus: Mechanisms of health effects of environmental pollution on cardiopulmonary function, animal models of cardiovascular diseases, targeted and high throughput technology.\r\n\r\n<em>Currently not taking student rotations.<\/em>"],"_upd_no_link":[],"_upd_degree1":["PhD"],"_upd_degree2":["DABT"],"_upd_email":[[{"email_text":"Farraj.Aimen@epa.gov"}]],"_upd_phone":[[{"phone_text":"(919) 541-5027","phone_type":"Office Phone"}]],"_upd_address":[[{"address":{"address-1":"U.S Environmental Protection Agency","address-2":"109 TW Alexander Drive","campus-box":"Mail Code: B105-02","city":"Research Triangle Park","state":"NC","zip":"27711"}}]],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/3819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/3819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}