Environmental Factor Newsletter, December 2019

Botanical dietary supplements and essential oils in glass jars

Botanicals in the limelight during scientists’ social media Q&A

NIH, American Botanical Council, and Campbell University experts answered questions from the public about botanical dietary supplements.

Screenshot of the women's health study on an Apple iPhone and watch

NIEHS provides analysis for Apple Women’s Health Study

The long-term study will evaluate menstrual cycles and such health conditions as infertility and osteoporosis.

Translational Research Framework gains a following

An NIEHS-developed tool to track movement of environmental health research toward public health benefits is gaining wide interest.

Calendar

Dec
06

Duke University Program in Environmental Health and Toxicology Fall Seminar Series presents, “Using Zebrafish as a Model to Investigate the Potential Threat of Nanoplastics to Aquatic Species”
Event Details

Location: Duke University Levine Science Research Center, Love Auditorium B101, 308 Research Drive, Durham, North Carolina
Time: 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Rafael Trevisan, Ph.D., Duke University
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Dec
09

Signal Transduction Laboratory Seminar Series presents 'Understanding and Targeting SIRT2 for Treating Cancer'
Event Details

Location: NIEHS Building 101, Room F193
Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Hening Lin, Ph.D., Cornell University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Dec
10

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility and the Children's Research Institute present 'Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure in Pregnancy in Association with Ultrasound and Delivery Measures of Fetal Growth'
Event Details

Location: UNC Bioinformatics Building Room 1131, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Time: 12:15-1:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Kelly Ferguson, Ph.D., head of the NIEHS Perinatal and Early Life Epidemiology Group
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Dec
12

National Toxicology Program (NTP) Peer Review of the Draft NTP Technical Reports on the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone and Perfluorooctanoic Acid
Event Details

Location: Webcast
Time: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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