NIEHS Spotlight

Birnbaum leads delegation to Dioxin 2014

NIEHS and National Toxicology Program Director Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., led a delegation of 7 scientists to the international symposium Aug. 31-Sept. 5 in Madrid.

Council meeting — from tributyltin to tribal health disparities

The 143rd meeting of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council included two science talks and updates on NIEHS research and activities.

International epidemiology conference shares NIEHS research themes

NIEHS staff and grantees were active at the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology meeting, which shared institute research priorities.

ISEE workshop offers insights on NIEHS grant awards

A preconference funding workshop helped ISEE attendees better understand NIH grants, particularly those related to environmental epidemiology.

Healthy People 2020 webinar highlights respiratory research at NIEHS

Lead researcher Steven Kleeberger, Ph.D., was one of two experts highlighted Sept. 18 in a Healthy People 2020 webinar on respiratory diseases and environmental quality.

NIEHS marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month

NIEHS joins individuals and organizations across the U.S. in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month in October.

Trainees celebrate NIEHS Postdoc Appreciation Week

A week of activities, including workshops, appreciation, and fun, celebrate the key role trainees play at NIEHS.

Oregon State University Superfund program completes pilot assistance project

Curriculum on mercury and environmental health is the first product of a program to assist communities affected by Superfund sites.

Town hall event explores ways to increase research funding

The meeting Sept. 2 was the first public event organized by the newly reinstated North Carolina Triangle Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience.

University of Massachusetts junior faculty visit NIEHS to find a home for their research

Junior faculty from the University of Massachusetts Amherst visited NIEHS Sept. 12 to discover how their research fits in with the mission of the institute.

Compatible mining to protect vulnerable populations and the environment

An NIEHS-supported international conference set up a regional hub to promote mining practices compatible with human health, the environment, and local culture.

Inside the Institute

NIEHS celebrates years of service with 2014 honorees

Birnbaum recognized dozens of NIEHS and NTP staff Sept. 8 for 10, 20, 30, and 40 years of service, as well as those who retired in the past year.

Future NIH administrative leaders visit NIEHS

Several NIH Management Interns and Presidential Management Fellows spent a day exploring NIEHS and learning about working at the institute.

NIEHS launches 2014 CFC drive

The Combined Federal Campaign launched two months of activities Sept. 17, encouraging employees to give to their favorite charities.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

Oct 02, Rodbell Auditorium 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. — NIEHS Office of the Director seminar featuring Christopher Austin, M.D., director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, speaking on “Catalyzing Translational Sciences”
Oct 06, Rodbell Auditorium 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. — Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presentation on “Evaluation of the Economic Impact of the NIEHS Worker Training’s Minority Worker Training Program to Improve Public Health,” by Bryan Engelhardt, Ph.D.
Oct 09, Rodbell Auditorium 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — North Carolina Society of Toxicology Fall Meeting, register
Oct 10 (Off-site event), Environmental Hall Field Auditorium at Duke University noon–1:30 p.m. — Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program Fall 2014 Seminar Series featuring Sven-Eric Jordt, Ph.D., discussing “Counter-irritation by Menthol: Pharmacological Targets and Implications for Smoking Initiation”
Oct 14, Rodbell Auditorium 11:00 a.m.–noon — NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Thomas Platts-Mills, M.D., Ph.D., on “Epidemics of Allergic Disease 1870–2010: Hay Fever, Asthma, Peanut Allergy, and Now Delayed Anaphylaxis to Red Meat”
Oct 14, Executive Conference Room noon–1:00 p.m. — Receptor Mechanisms Discussion Group with David Miller, Ph.D., discussing “Regulation of Blood-Brain Barrier Xenobiotic Transporter Expression by Xenobiotics”
Oct 21 (Off-site event), Toxicology Building, Room 2104, Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. — Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Program Seminar Series, featuring Suzanne Fenton, Ph.D., topic TBA
Oct 24 (Off-site event), Searle Center Lecture Hall at Duke University 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. — Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program Fall Symposium, “Low Dose Effects/Non-Monotonic Responses of Endocrine Disruptors,” register
Oct 27, Rodbell Auditorium 11:00 a.m.–noon — Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Laboratory Special Seminar, “Characteristics of Function, Expression, and Modulation by Flavonoids,” by Hiroaki Yuasa, Ph.D.