Study Timeline
Detailed Timeline
Year 1 — 2023
- Set up needed data and research infrastructure.
- Gather and begin analyzing existing health and environmental data.
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- Reports, literature, and data for environmental hazards risk assessment
- Satellite and other remote sensing data on methane emissions
- Birth records data
- California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data
- Health care utilization data
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- Begin engaging the community.
- Collect and generate new environmental data.
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- Recruit households for indoor and outdoor community air quality monitoring and raw natural gas collection and composition analysis.
- Estimate methane and air toxins in the atmosphere.
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- Begin assessment of birth outcomes.
- Solicit technical expertise and guidance from the SOC during regular meetings.
Year 2 — 2024
- Prepare to recruit residents and conduct clinical exams.
- Begin survey of residents on health and well-being through focus groups.
- Conduct community air quality monitoring (indoor and outdoor) and raw natural gas collection and composition analysis.
- Continue analysis of existing health and environmental data.
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- Cancer registry data
- Newborn blood spots data request for metabolomics analysis
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- Prepare available results for publication.
- Solicit technical expertise and guidance from the SOC during regular meetings.
Year 3 — 2025
- Launch survey of health and well-being and conduct clinical exams.
- Analyze existing and new health and environmental data.
- Prepare available results for publication.
- Share available findings with community stakeholders.
- Solicit technical expertise and guidance from the SOC during regular meetings.
- At the end of the year, the SOC will evaluate whether the study is on track to meeting its goals and determine if it should continue.
Year 4 — 2026
Pending approval from the SOC in the prior year, the following activities will continue:
- Continue survey of health and well-being.
- Integrate and analyze data.
- Prepare available results for publication.
- Share available findings with community stakeholders.
- Solicit technical expertise and guidance from the SOC during regular meetings.
Year 5 — 2027
Pending approval from the SOC in the prior year, the following activities will continue:
- Complete data analysis.
- Prepare results for publication.
- Share findings with community stakeholders.
- Solicit technical expertise and guidance from the SOC during regular meetings.