Environmental Factor Newsletter, September 2018

Graphic of research by NIEHS Schurman Garantziotis including woman using inhaler, cars with smog and gene variations

Genetics and pollution drive severity of asthma symptoms

Asthma patients with a certain genetic profile have worse symptoms after exposure to traffic pollution, according to a team led by NIEHS.

Boy looking out window with headphones over ears

New insights on pesticide exposure and autism

Pregnant women with high levels of DDT in their blood are more likely to have children who develop autism, according to NIEHS grantees.

PCE exposure linked to stillbirth risk, NIEHS grantee says

An NIEHS grantee reported that women who drank water contaminated with the solvent PCE had double the rate of a certain type of stillbirth.

Extramural Papers of the Month

Intramural papers of the month

Calendar

Sep
05-06

Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods annual meeting
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Agenda, other materials, and registration to attend in person or via webcast

Sep
05

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Reversing Air Pollution Impact on Human Neurons”
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Location: Keystone Building, Room 1003AB
Time: 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Speaker(s): Daniel Campbell, Ph.D., from Michigan State University

Sep
07

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health webinar series presents 'Engaging Youth in Environmental Public Health'
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Location: Webinar
Time: noon-1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Dana Haine and Grace Baucom from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Kim Harley, Ph.D., James Nolan, Giselle Lazaro, and Daisy Gallardo from the University of California, Berkeley
More information and registration

Sep
11

National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council meeting Day 1
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 10:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
Agenda and council documents

Sep
12

National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council meeting Day 2
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 8:30-10:00 a.m.
Agenda and council documents

Sep
12

National Toxicology Program seminar “Untargeted Metabolomics for Assessing Similarity, Detecting Adulteration, and Identifying Bioactive Constituents from Botanical Dietary Supplements”
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Location: Keystone Building, Room 1003AB
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Nadja Cech, Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Sep
16

Environmental Health in Africa: Opportunities to Expand Research Capacity in the H3Africa Consortium
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Location: Radisson Blu Hotel and Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
More information

Sep
18

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Series presents “Deciphering the Pathologic Code in Parkinson’s Disease”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Valina Dawson, Ph.D., from Johns Hopkins University

Sep
20

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Formation of Hazardous Breakdown Products During Remediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Contaminated Superfund Sites”
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Location: Keystone Building, Room 1003AB
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Staci Simonich, Ph.D., from Oregon State University

Sep
24

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health webinar series presents, “Air Sensor Stories”
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Location: Webinar
Time: noon-1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Katrina Korfmacher, Ph.D., from the University of Rochester; Kathleen Gray, Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; John Prochaska, Dr.P.H., from the University of Texas Medical Branch; and Lubna Ahmed, from WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Registration is required

Sep
24-25

NIEHS Inflammation Faculty Workshop on “Circulating Cell-Free DNA: Applications in the Clinical and Toxicology Setting”
Event Details

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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Agenda and registration

NIEHS Public Calendar

NIEHS Grants