Environmental Factor Newsletter, January 2017

EHS FEST: community engagement for effective research

Community-based environmental health research was addressed at EHS FEST and the Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative Summit.

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Environmental Health Science Streets Theater

EHS FEST takes it to the streets with public science events

The NIEHS Environmental Health Science FEST took science into the community with a film festival and an evening of 3-minute science talks.

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Jan
10

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Seminar Series featuring Rob Knight, Ph.D., from the University of California, San Diego, discussing "Mapping the Microbiome: From Pattern to Mechanism"
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon

Jan
12

Division of Intramural Research Special Seminar on "Mutation Signatures in Human Cancer"
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: noon – 1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Michael Stratton, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, U.K.

Jan
13

Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) Seminar on "The Solution to Pollution is Evolution? The Genomic Basis of Rapid Adaptation in Killifish"
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Location: Duke University Environment Hall, Field Auditorium
Time: noon – 1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Andrew Whitehead, Ph.D., from the University of California, Davis
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Jan
18

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series on "The Epigenetic Mechanism of Metal Carcinogenesis"
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Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Chengfeng Yang, Ph.D., from the University of Kentucky

Jan
20

Duke University ITEHP Seminar on "Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: A Costly Public Health Threat With Opportunities for Policy Prevention"
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Location: Duke University Environment Hall, Field Auditorium
Time: noon – 1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Leonardo Trasande, M.D., from New York University
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Jan
24

Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods Communities of Practice Webinar on "Incorporating Chemical Information: Resources, Limitations, and Characterizing the Domain of Applicability for 21st Century Toxicity Testing"
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Location: Webinar
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
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Jan
27

Duke University ITEHP Seminar on "Prenatal Heavy Metal Burden and Early Signs of Cardiometabolic Dysfunction: Insights From a Durham-based Cohort"
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Time: noon – 1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Duke University Environment Hall, Field Auditorium
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