NIEHS Spotlight

Low-dose mixtures and cancer highlighted at NIEHS symposium

The Halifax Project Low Dose Theory Symposium considered how exposures to low doses of chemical mixtures may contribute to cancer.

Global collaboration to combat e-waste

NIEHS and international collaborators focused on strategies to combat e-waste at a conference and workshop in Indonesia.

Environmental justice featured in new NIEHS report

A new NIEHS report analyzes the role of the institute’s grant funding in reducing environmental disparities and promoting environmental justice.

Summer interns share research at poster session

At the July 30 poster session, NIEHS interns shared the results of research they conducted over the summer.

Phil Brown receives environmental sociology award for outstanding work

The American Sociological Association recognized the work of NIEHS Council member Phil Brown, Ph.D., with the Practice and Outreach Award.

EHP welcomes new editor in chief

NIEHS welcomed Sally Perreault Darney, Ph.D., as the new editor in chief of Environmental Health Perspectives, on Aug. 24.

Two SRP grantees selected as prestigious AAAS Fellows

Two SRP researchers began prestigious appointments as American Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology policy fellows.

NIEHS fellow begins career as assistant professor

Wipawee (Joy) Winuthayanon, Ph.D., has begun her new career as an assistant professor at Washington State University.

Endocrine disruption pioneer Lou Guillette remembered

Louis Guillette, Ph.D., a renowned researcher in environmental health and reproductive endocrinology, died Aug. 6.

Inside the Institute

NIEHS employees stock local food banks through Feds Feed Families

The Feds Feed Families campaign concluded Aug. 24, beating its goal and sending 3,830 pounds of food to local food banks.

Bee-cause - NIEHS pitches in for pollinator health

NIEHS has joined the national effort to protect the health of pollinating species by nurturing their habitats, including installation of bee boxes.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

Sep 02, Rodbell Auditorium 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods meeting, register to attend in person or via webcast
Sep 09, Rodbell Auditorium 8:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. — National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council meeting
Sep 15, Rodbell Auditorium 11:00 a.m.–noon — Distinguished Lecture Seminar Series talk by mitochondrial geneticist Doug Wallace, Ph.D., of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, speaking on “Mitochondrial-Cellular Interactions and Pathophysiology of Disease,” hosted by Bill Copeland, Ph.D.
Sep 16–18 (Off-site event), NIH in Bethesda, Maryland — NIH Research Festival
Sep 18, Keystone 1003 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. — NIEHS Worker Training Program Ebola Biosafety and Infectious Disease Response Training — Funding Opportunity Announcement 2015 Briefing Information Meeting, register to attend in person or via webcast
Sep 18 (Off-site event), Environmental Hall Field Auditorium, Duke University noon–1:30 p.m. — Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) Fall 2015 Seminar Series talk, featuring Carolyn Mattingly, Ph.D., from North Carolina State University, discussing “Casting a Wide Net to Uncover Pathways Between Environmental Exposures and Disease”
Sep 24, Keystone 1003 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m — Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series talk by James Dearing, Ph.D., of Michigan State University, and lead researcher with the National Cancer Institute Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research
Sep 24–25 (Off-site event), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland — NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods workshop “Alternative Approaches for Identifying Acute Systemic Toxicity: Moving from Research to Regulatory Testing,” register by Sept. 11
Sep 25 (Off-site event), Environmental Hall Field Auditorium, Duke University noon–1:30 p.m. — ITEHP Fall 2015 Seminar Series talk, featuring Lilah Glazer, Ph.D., from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, highlighting “Environmental Toxicity of PCBs: Lessons From Fish as Environmental and Human Health Models”
Sep 28, Rodbell Auditorium 1:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. — NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP) 2015 Fall Awardee Meeting, register to attend
Sep 29 – Aug 30, Rodbell Auditorium — Sept. 29, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Sept. 30, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. — WTP Awardee Workshop, register to attend
Sep 30 – Oct 01 (Off-site event), National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Washington, D.C. — NAS Workshop on Interindividual Variability, register to attend in person or via webcast