Environmental Factor Newsletter, November 2017

NIEHSers among first responders for hurricane relief

Three staffers from NIEHS were deployed to assist in hurricane relief — Cmdr. Mark Miller, and volunteers Julie Nixon and James Williams.

NIEHS expands recognition during Fellows’ Appreciation Week

NIEHS honored the critical contributions of all trainees, including predoctoral and postbaccalaureate fellows, with a week full of events.

Calendar

Nov
03

Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory Seminar presents “Using Microfluidic Devices to Engineer Female Reproductive Tissues”
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Location: Building 101, Room D450
Time: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Joanna Burdette, Ph.D., from the University of Illinois at Chicago

Nov
04-08

American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Creating the Healthiest Nation: Climate Changes Health
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Location: Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd. NW, Atlanta, Georgia
Learn more

Nov
07

Genetics and Environmental Mutagenesis Fall Meeting, Human Genetic Susceptibility to Environmental Toxicants
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Location: North Carolina Biotechnology Center, 15 TW Alexander Dr., Durham, North Carolina
Time: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Register online by Nov. 3, or in person on Nov 7.

Nov
11

NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health webinar, Wildfires and Human Health
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Location: Webinar
Time: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Rima Habre, Sc.D., and Remy Landon from the University of Southern California; and Chris Migliaccio, Ph.D., Pharm.D., from the University of Montana
Register for webinar

Nov
16

NIEHS Community Forum on Breast Cancer
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Location: City of Hope, Cooper Auditorium, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, California
Time: 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., director of NIEHS and National Toxicology Program; Peggy Reynolds, Ph.D., from the Cancer Prevention Institute of California; Rosario Quintanilla, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Christopher Sistrunk, Ph.D., City of Hope; and Kim Tankersley, Community Leadership Committee Representative
Register

Nov
21

North Carolina State University (NCSU) Toxicology Program Seminar presents “Prenatal Exposure and the Origins of Disease” by Kelly Ferguson, Ph.D., from NIEHS
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Location: NCSU Toxicology Building, Room 2104
Time: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
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