Environmental Factor Newsletter, September 2018

Racial disparities in sleep and cardiometabolic health may have more to do with the environment than previously thought, says new study.

Liver disease and environmental exposures

Matthew Cave, M.D., discussed links between liver diseases and exposures to chemicals, such as vinyl chloride, in an NIEHS seminar.

Building data-competent scientists, training ideas explored

Experts grappled with approaches to training environmental health scientists to make the most of big data at an NIEHS gathering in August.

Slideshow

High-tech tool detects diet-cancer links

Robert Turesky, Ph.D., uses noninvasive samples, such as hair, to find evidence of dietary exposure to certain carcinogens.

Replacing animal testing — progress and challenges

Environmental Factor spoke with Warren Casey, Ph.D., on progress and challenges in reducing and replacing animals in safety testing.

Calendar

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
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
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 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
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
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
24-25

NIEHS Inflammation Faculty Workshop on “Circulating Cell-Free DNA: Applications in the Clinical and Toxicology Setting”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Agenda and registration

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

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