Environmental Factor

NIEHS helps write landmark report on climate change and human health

NIEHS played a vital role developing a scientific assessment of the impacts of climate change on human health in the United States.

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Who lives and dies in a hotter world, challenges for researchers

Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., discussed the challenges of studying direct effects of temperature, and impacts on different populations.

Connecting oceans, lakes, and human health

NIEHS Oceans and Human Health research program grantees shared findings on algal blooms in oceans and Great Lakes, and marine pollutants.

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The wide-ranging effects of a bone protein

Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D., described the many biological roles of osteocalcin, a bone protein, in the April NIEHS Distinguished Lecture.

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International environmental health conference crosses borders and disciplines

The Superfund Research Program co-sponsored a conference in Prague, to highlight promising approaches reducing exposures in the region.

Treating menopause symptoms without promoting breast cancer

Three NIEHS labs hosted Richard Santen, M.D., who discussed compounds that may relieve menopause symptoms without promoting breast cancer.

Geneticists highlight communication, outreach, and careers

The Genetics and Environmental Mutagenesis Society’s spring meeting took a new approach, focusing on outreach and communicating science.

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Carcinogens concepts receive input from NTP advisers

National Toxicology Program advisers gave scientific input on the bacteria Helicobacter pylori, and certain water disinfection by-products.

Estrogen receptor alpha is required for metabolic health

Andrea Hevener, Ph.D., discussed the critical role of estradiol and estrogen receptor alpha for proper metabolic function in men and women.

Yale environmental health program broadens focus

Vasili Vasiliou, Ph.D., shared his vision for the future of the Yale Department of Environmental Health Sciences.

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May
05

Wetterhahn Award Lecture, “Taking a Holistic Approach to Risk Reduction: Nutritional Intervention, Pollutant Remediation, and Research Translation,” presented by Bradley Newsome, Ph.D.
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

May
09

Office of the Director seminar on Obesity, Electrosensitivity, Mycotoxicosis, and the Clinical Practice of Environmental Medicine
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Lisa Nagy, M.D., director, Vineyard Personalized Medicine, and president, The Preventative and Environmental Health Alliance Inc.; Magda Havas, Ph.D., from the Trent School of the Environment in Ontario; and William Meggs, M.D., Ph.D., from East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

May
09

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Overview of Data in Simons Foundation Autism Cohorts,” by Alex Lash, M.D., and “Tissue-specific View of Human Disease” by Olga Troyanskaya, Ph.D.
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Alex Lash, M.D., is the chief informatics officer at the Simons Foundation; and Olga Troyanskaya, Ph.D., is deputy director for genomics at the Simons Center for Data Analysis; the talk is hosted by Cindy Lawler, Ph.D.

May
10

Dr. Martin Rodbell Lecture by Myles Brown, M.D., from Harvard Medical School, on “Hacking the Hormone Code”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon

May
10

Signal Transduction Laboratory seminar presents Mohamed Trebak, Ph.D., from Penn State College of Medicine, discussing “Vascular STIM and Orai Proteins: Role in Smooth Muscle Function and Dysfunction During Disease”
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Location: Building 101, Room D350
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

May
11

Office of the Director seminar by David Gee, Visiting Fellow, Brunel University Institute of Environment, Health, and Societies, London, on “Late Lessons From Early Warnings of Hazards From Chemicals, Food Additives, and Radiations, 1896-2013”
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Location: Building 101, Room F193
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

May
13

Office of the Director Seminar by Janine Clayton, M.D., director of the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health, discussing “Better With Both: Frontier for Discovery”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

May
16

Division of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Special Seminar on “Safety Assessment of Chemicals Without the Use of Animals: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities”

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Location: Building 101, F193
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Warren Casey, Ph.D., director of the NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM)

May
17

North Carolina State University Postdoctoral Research Symposium
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Location: Talley Student Union Ballroom, 2610 Cates Ave., Raleigh, N.C.
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May
24

National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council meeting
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
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May
26

Alternative Approaches for Acute Inhalation Toxicity to Address Global Regulatory and Nonregulatory Data Requirements webinar series
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Location: webinar
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon
Speaker(s): Grace Patlewicz, Ph.D., from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Dan Wilson, Ph.D., from the Dow Chemical Company discuss ‘State-of-the-science and Practical Application of In Silico Methods”
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