Environmental Factor Newsletter, November 2016

Ebola and infectious disease biosafety training launched

Worker-related risks of emerging infectious diseases and best approaches for interventions to decrease risk in a variety of occupational settings.

Fellows get an ELITE introduction to local industry

The ELITE program supports postdoc career searches via visits to local industry — such as the Duke University Office of Clinical Research.

Children’s environmental health gains visibility

The first Children’s Environmental Health Day and a website launch raised awareness and increase public outreach for this important issue.

Ferguson discusses phthalates and pregnancy

In a Duke University seminar, NIEHS epidemiologist Kelly Ferguson, Ph.D., discussed links between phthalate exposure and pregnancy outcomes.

New initiative to modernize regulatory toxicity testing

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Methods wholeheartedly endorsed speeding up efforts to reduce animals use in toxicology testing.

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Nov
01

North Carolina State University (NCSU) Biological Sciences' Toxicology Program Seminar presents “Evaluation of 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol Developmental Toxicity, the Primary Chemical in the Elk River Spill”
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Location: NCSU Centennial Campus, Toxicology Building Auditorium, Room 2104
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Chad Blystone, Ph.D., from the National Toxicology Program

Nov
01

NIEHS 50th Anniversary Celebration
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 10:00 a.m. – noon
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Nov
02

Hans L. Falk Memorial Lecture presents Jeffrey Gordon, M.D., from Washington University in St. Louis, discussing “Childhood Undernutrition and Gut Microbiota Immaturity: Human Development Viewed From a Microbial Perspective”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon

Nov
03-04

NIEHS Science Days
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Location: Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium

Nov
18

Office of the Director seminar with Mike Taylor, Ph.D., from WinTech LLC, speaking on “Methodology Review of Environmental Health Hazard Assessments and Enhanced Data Utilization for Predictive Toxicology and/or Exposome Research.”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Nov
29

Wetterhahn Awardee Seminar
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Nishad Jayasundara, Ph.D., from Duke University Superfund Research Center

Nov
30

“New Tools for Investigating Chemicals in Consumer Products” hosted by the National Toxicology Program Office of Health Assessment and Translation
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Location: Keystone Building 1003AB
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Katherine Phillips, Ph.D.; Kristin Isaacs, Ph.D.; and Kathie Dionisio, Sc.D.; from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Exposure Research Laboratory

Dec
05-08

NIEHS Environmental Health Science Fest
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Location: Durham Convention Center
More information, including agenda and free registration

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