New NIEHS research innovation award recognizes four trainees
Postdoctoral fellows Motoki Takaku, Ph.D., Bart Phillips, Ph.D., Shannon Farris, Ph.D., and Fei Zhao, Ph.D., will receive $50,000 grants as winners of the first NIEHS Division of Intramural Research Innovative Research Awards, announced Jan. 31 by Scientific Director Darryl Zeldin, M.D.
NIEHS-funded scientists report dementia risk from gene variant plus air pollution, and impaired sense of smell may be an early warning sign.
The National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council backed initiatives on the microbiome, rodent models, and genome integrity.
New technology developed with NIEHS funding will provide safe drinking water in California, at lower cost and without secondary waste.
The National Toxicology Program will support a cancer and environment study that was a Cancer Research United Kingdom Grand Challenge winner.
NIEHS trainee Matthew Quinn, Ph.D., won an Endocrine Society Early Investigator Award for his work on women’s health, particularly menopause.
Matthew Gillman, M.D., wants Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes research to seek solutions that consider all life stages.
Fifteen trainees competed in presenting three-minute, plain language summaries of their research, and three winners will receive travel awards.
Sherick Hughes, Ph.D., discussed the implicit and explicit bias facing black students in science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
Projects and individuals recognized with merit awards reflect the scientific work and the efforts behind the scenes necessary to success of the NIEHS mission.
Ronald Evans, Ph.D., discussed how a synthetic version of vitamin D impacts wound healing and may prevent liver scarring known as fibrosis.
An NIEHS grantee laboratory is validating tissue chip models of human organ systems for replacing animal use in toxicity testing.
Toxic metals were the focus of the North Carolina State University Center for Human Health and the Environment’s first annual symposium.
