NIEHS Spotlight

Climate justice conference focuses on needs of vulnerable populations

"Responding to Emerging Health Effects” drew scientists, public health professionals, and community groups to the event at NIEHS.

Council digs into a day of data

At the June 2 meeting of the advisory council, big data emerged as a theme among the many topics covered.

Tox21 tools promoted at UC Davis meeting

A delegation of scientists from NIEHS and NTP promoted high throughput screening tools at a meeting June 18-19 at the University of California, Davis.

Scholars Connect kicks off fourth year of boot camp

The NIEHS Scholars Connect Program welcomed five new recruits June 8 to a weeklong boot camp in laboratory techniques.

NIEHS marks advances in diversifying the biomedical workforce

NIEHS announced six awards in the Undergraduate Research Education Program (UP) to Enhance Diversity in the Environmental Health Sciences.

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Ethics Day marks sixth year with presentation by Nobel laureate

NIEHS continues its award-winning Ethics Day program with a standing-room-only talk by Nobel prize winner Oliver Smithies, D.Phil.

Seven promising Superfund trainees receive K.C. Donnelly award

The K.C. Donnelly Externship Award Supplement supports SRP trainees pursuing transdisciplinary and translational opportunities.

Public forum highlights progress on replacing animals used in safety testing

Federal agencies shared progress and answered questions on finding alternatives to using animals in product safety testing at the May 27 event.

Innovative training program launched in the wake of Ebola

The NIEHS Worker Training Program brought experts together to discuss training needs for future infectious disease outbreaks.

Inside the Institute

Preparing for the unthinkable

Four months in the planning, Operation Sleipnir tested NIEHS emergency response to an active shooter scenario.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

July 08, Keystone 1003 AB 10:30 a.m–11:30 a.m. — NIEHS Office of the Director Special Seminar featuring Qamar Rahman, Ph.D., D.Sc.(h.c.), speaking on “Women! A Vulnerable Population in Occupational Settings”
July 09, (webinar), 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. — NIEHS Superfund Research Program Progress in Research webinar, “Reducing Exposure to Mercury, Arsenic, and Asbestos,” presented with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, register
July 10, (webcast), 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. — NIEHS hosts “Virtual Forum on Near-Roadway Pollution and Health,” register
July 13–14, Rodbell Auditorium — July 13, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.; July 14, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. — Workshop on “Statistical Approaches for Assessing Health Effects of Environmental Chemical Mixtures in Epidemiology Studies,” register
July 15 (Off-site event), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland, 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. — NIH Graduate and Professional School Fair, register
July 20, Rodbell Auditorium 10:30 a.m–11:30 a.m. — NIEHS Office of the Director seminar, “Charting Our Future Together: Setting an Agenda for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,” by Gary Gibbons, M.D., director of NHLBI.
July 29 (Off-site event), NIH Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. — Rwandan Health Minister Agnes Binagwaho, M.D., Ph.D., presents Barmes Global Health Lecture, "Medical Research and Capacity Building for Development: The Experience of Rwanda," sponsored by the Fogarty International Center and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, webcast
July 30, Rodbell Auditorium 9:00 a.m.–noon — Summer Internship Program Poster Session