Paul Hartnett, HHRA’s Executive Director
Paul Hartnett has served as HHRA's CFO since our founding . Paul has now joined the board as Treasurer and Executive Director.
Paul Hartnett has served as HHRA's CFO since our founding . Paul has now joined the board as Treasurer and Executive Director.
July 19, 2024 - In June of this year, the Heartland Study achieved a major milestone, enrolling its 1,000th mother-infant pair. Enrollment is now at 50% of goal. The objective of the Study is to help fill major gaps in…
Last year was a year of progress for the HHRA and the Heartland Study. Read about it here!
An increasingly popular way to manage charitable giving is by donating cash, securities, or other assets into a donor-advised fund (DAF), from which you will receive an immediate tax deduction. From this, donors can recommend grants to IRS-qualified nonprofit organizations. …
Dicamba and 2,4-D in the Urine of Pregnant Women in the Midwest: Comparison of Two Cohorts (2010–2012 vs. 2020–2022) Abstract Currently, there are no known human biomonitoring studies that concurrently examine biomarkers of dicamba and 2,4-D. We sought to compare…
Farmers say they are losing their battle with weeds at a time when growers are grappling with inflation and extreme weather linked to climate change. Crop-killing weeds such as kochia are advancing across the U.S. northern plains and Midwest, in the…
We are publicly recruiting for board positions to ensure that we move beyond our immediate networks and honor our ongoing commitment to creating a board that is diverse in its composition, inclusive in its culture, and equity-focused in its approach…
From the British Food Journal Findings show that perceived distributional, procedural and interactional fairness mutually interact with the perceived trustworthiness of business partners and that both contribute to building personal, organisational and institutional trust. Qualitative data support the conceptual model…
A methods paper is about our flagship study is being published in Chemosphere, a peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 1972 by Elsevier. It publishes both original research and review articles in environmental chemistry. We extend our thanks to the authors:…
An update on HHRA research on herbicide use in Iowa and changes in herbicide exposure levels was presented March 29, 2023 at the annual meeting of the Iowa Public Health Association. The meeting was held on the campus of Iowa…