NIEHS Spotlight

Birnbaum receives prominent EPA award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded NIEHS/NTP Director Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., the 2011 Level III Scientific and Technological Achievement Award.

NIEHS/NTP celebrates 20-year partnership with FDA

The Interagency Agreement between NIEHS and the FDA has resulted in dozens of critical, complex studies that have helped protect public health.

NIEHS knocks it out of the park at APHA

NIEHS enjoyed a high profile at the 140th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association Oct. 27-31 in San Francisco.

Leping Li awarded tenure

The National Institutes of Health Central Tenure Committee recently granted tenure to Leping Li, Ph.D., a bioinformaticist in the NIEHS Biostatistics Branch.

Stokes selected as a fellow of ATS

NTP center director Rear Adm. William Stokes, D.V.M., was notified Oct. 25 of his induction as a fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences.

Postdoc Brant Hamel moves into clinical research at Duke

NIEHS fellow Brant Hamel, Ph.D., transitioned from the bench Nov. 1 into clinical research as a regulatory coordinator for gastrointestinal oncology clinical trials.

Wilson named editor-in-chief of DNA Repair

NIEHS researcher Samuel Wilson, M.D., will become the first National Institutes of Health scientist to serve as editor-in-chief of the journal DNA Repair.

Varmus recognizes NIEHS leadership on GEI

Several NIEHS staff members received merit awards from the National Cancer Institute for their contributions to the Genes, Environment, and Health Initiative (GEI).

Former NIEHS pharmacologist Larry Hart remembered

His many friends and colleagues at NIEHS and NTP remembered, with fondness, colleague Larry Hart, Ph.D., who died Oct. 22 in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Postdoctoral fellow recruitments aim for a more diverse NIEHS

The goal of the NIEHS Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) diversity program is to increase the participation of fellows and faculty from underrepresented groups.

NIEHS Epidemiology Branch receives grant from Avon Foundation

NIEHS epidemiologist Hazel Nichols, Ph.D., was in Charlotte, N.C., to receive an oversized mock check for $270,000 from the Avon Foundation.

NIEHS connects with students and scientists at ABRCMS conference

Ericka Reid, Ph.D., and Anshul Pandya, Ph.D., represented NIEHS at the 2012 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in San Jose, Calif.

Science writers storm Raleigh

NIEHS was well represented at ScienceWriters2012, a joint meeting of the National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.

Live from NIEHS: Experts field obesity questions

NIEHS convened a panel of experts Nov. 29 to tackle questions from the public on childhood obesity and related environmental factors.

USPHS officers join Veterans Day parade

U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps officers, from various divisions in North Carolina, participated in the Veterans Day parade in Raleigh.

Inside the Institute

CFC enters the home stretch

With two more special events building the pledge coffer in November, the Combined Federal Campaign at NIEHS has its Dec. 15 deadline clearly in sight.

Celebrating Halloween in style

Members of the NIEHS Laboratory of Signal Transduction were in a festive mood for their Halloween international potluck lunch.

NIEHS celebrates Native American Heritage Month

This year’s featured speaker, Wilbur Woodis, is a Native American who focuses on health, social, and educational issues for American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

Dec 10, Rodbell ABC 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. — Seminar on “The environmental health atlas: A portal to discovering the promise of environmental health,” by Bruce Lanphear, Ph.D.
Dec 11, Rodbell Auditorium 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting
Dec 17, Rodbell Auditorium 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. — Biostatistics Branch Seminar Series with Andrew Allen, Ph.D.