NIEHS Spotlight

HP2020 progress report webinar features Birnbaum

NIEHS and National Toxicology Program Director Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., was one of two scientific experts featured on a Dec. 5 Healthy People 2020 webinar.

NIEHS leads disaster research response project

Aubrey Miller, M.D., shared details of the new project, dubbed DR2, at the 2014 Worker Safety and Health Technical Conference this fall in Washington, D.C.

ONES awardee honored by Society of Toxicology

Vishal Vaidya, Ph.D., will receive the 2015 Achievement Award from the Society of Toxicology in recognition of his significant early-career contributions to toxicology.

London delivers prestigious Harvard lecture

Stephanie London, M.D., Dr.P.H., returned Nov. 19 to her academic home at the Harvard School of Public Health to deliver the 17th annual James L. Whittenberger lecture.

Eight current and former NIEHS grantees elected 2014 AAAS fellows

Among the 401 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science are eight outstanding scientists who have been funded by NIEHS.

Zeldin honored with NICHD Partnership Award

NIEHS Scientific Director Darryl Zeldin, M.D., was recognized Dec. 3 by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

EPA pesticide panel considers new approach for chemical screening

NTP scientists were on hand Dec. 2–5 to support a high-throughput proposal for screening and prioritizing chemicals in the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.

NIEHS visits classrooms of STaRS teachers

NIEHS followed the successful Science, Teachers, and Research Summer Institute with co-teaching visits to participants’ classrooms.

Inside the Institute

The good, the bad, and the ugly of the blood-brain barrier

The popular Big Picture, Small Talk series continued with David Miller, Ph.D., and additional speakers are lined up for 2015.

Volunteers from NIEHS wrap up outreach module at middle school

Now entering its third year, the NIEHS Citizen Schools outreach program completed its latest module Dec. 11 at Lowes Grove Middle School in Durham, North Carolina.

NIEHS celebrates commitment to excellence

NIEHS celebrated staff achievements at the Dec. 12 annual awards ceremony.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

Jan 06, Executive Conference Room noon–1:00 p.m. — Receptor Mechanisms Discussion Group, featuring Masahiko Negishi, Ph.D., discussing “Biology of the Conserved Phosphorylation of Nuclear CAR, ER alpha, and FXR”
Jan 13, Rodbell Auditorium 11:00 a.m.–noon — Distinguished Lecture Series presentation on “The Fetal Window of Susceptibility: Using Molecular Epidemiology to Understand the Role of Prenatal Environmental Exposures on Child Health and Development,” by Frederica Perera, Dr.P.H., Ph.D.
Jan 14–15, Rodbell Auditorium 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — NIEHS Exposome Workshop
Jan 20, Keystone 1003AB 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. — Big Picture, Small Talk: Elk River Spill, by Scott Auerbach, Ph.D.
Jan 23, Rodbell Auditorium 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. — Cross-divisional Minisymposium on Epigenetics
Jan 27, Rall D350 11:00 a.m.–noon — National Toxicology Program Laboratory Seminar Series presentation on “Brain Slice Models for CNS Drug Discovery: Tales of Natural and Unnatural Products,” by Donald Lo, Ph.D.
Jan 27, webinar 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. — Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods Community of Practice Webinar, with John Wambaugh, Ph.D., and Barbara Wetmore, Ph.D., discussing “Reverse Toxicokinetics: Using In Vitro Data to Estimate Exposures That Could Be Associated With Adverse Effects In Vivo,” register
Jan 29, Rodbell Auditorium 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. — NIEHS Office of the Director seminar with Manijeh Berenji, M.D., discussing “Environmental Exposures and Impact on Reproductive Health: Current Knowledge and Future Directions”