Environmental Factor Newsletter, January 2019

Earlier puberty linked with personal care products

Girls exposed before birth to chemicals found in personal care products may enter puberty earlier, NIEHS-funded researchers reported.

Greenness may promote heart health

A new study provides the first evidence linking neighborhood greenness to changes in the body related to cardiovascular health.

lead study author Joseph Rodriguez, Ph.D.

New study finds active genes may be inactive for long periods

New research on genes suggests that active genes may have long periods of inactivity.

Extramural Papers of the Month

Intramural papers of the month

Calendar

Jan
08

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Series presents “Genes, Environment, Autism, and Precision Public Health: At the Nexus of Multi-Factor Etiology and Environmental Justice,' hosted by Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., director, NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D., from the University of California, Davis

Jan
15-16

The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions Workshop presents “Toward Understanding the Interplay of Environmental Stressors, Infectious Disease, and Human Health”
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Location: The NASEM Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001
Registration is required to attend in person or via webcast

Jan
17

Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program Spring Seminar Series presents “Characterizing Environmental Health Literacy Related to Fish Consumption Advisories: Knowledge and Beliefs of Informal Educators in a Southeastern State”
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Location: Field Auditorium, Grainger Hall, Duke University
Speaker(s): Kathleen Gray, Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Jan
22

Interagency Coordinating Committee on Validating Alternative Methods Communities of Practice Webinar: “Nonanimal Approaches for Inhalation Toxicity Testing”
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Location: Webinar
Time: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Jan
31

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series
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Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Andrew Dillin, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, University of California, Berkeley

Feb
01

Triangle Global Health Consortium Career Day
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
More information and registration

NIEHS Public Calendar

NIEHS Grants