Environmental Factor

Chemotherapy workers face risks, reduced with safe handling

Analysis finds moderate level of evidence that workplace exposure is associated with increased risk of miscarriage and genetic damage

One Health conference draws experts to Thailand

Fourth Annual International Conference on One Medicine One Science (iCOMOS)

Participants in the International Conference on One Medicine One Science explored the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health.

NTP board explores new directions

Advisors explored the National Toxicology Program’s role as the field transforms to a more predictive science.

Sarin poses health risk after initial effects, peer reviewers agree

A panel of experts agreed with National Toxicology Program conclusions on long-term neurological effects of exposure to nerve agent.

Council backs renewal of undergraduate research funds

Director Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D. and Phil Brown, Ph.D.

The NIEHS advisory group voted to continue the student grants, and heard talks on children’s health, cyber needs, and clean cookstoves.

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MOU aims to improve cardiovascular safety of pharmaceuticals

NTP associate director, Brian Berridge, D.V.M., Ph.D.

NTP is part of a new interagency research collaboration to foster more novel, human-relevant safety testing methods

Texas workshop prepares trainees for disaster research

TAMU SRP Center Director Ivan Rusyn, M.D., Ph.D. and Candice Brinkmeyer-Langford, Ph.D.,

Superfund Research Program scientists at Texas A&M host the first disaster research response workshop aimed at grad students and postdocs.

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Sexual and gender minority health research highlighted

Karen Parker, Ph.D. speaking at a podium

Environmental health research may play a role in addressing health disparities among LGBT populations.

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Mar
05

NIEHS Spirit Lecture presents “A Winding Path to a Rewarding Career in Public Health”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Germaine Buck Louis, Ph.D., from George Mason University

Mar
06-07

National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine present “The Promise of Single Cell and Single Molecule Analysis Tools to Advance Environmental Health Research”
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Location: National Academy of Science Building, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
More information and registration to attend in person or via webcast

Mar
10-14

Society of Toxicology 58th Annual Meeting and Tox Expo
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Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Information, registration, agenda, and more

Mar
12

NIEHS Rodbell Lecture presents “Defects in mRNA Translation, Neurodegeneration, and Modifier Genes”
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m. – noon
Speaker(s): Susan Ackerman, Ph.D., from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of California, San Diego

Mar
13-17

CitSci 2019 Conference
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Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Details on speakers, schedules, and registration

Mar
19

NIEHS Exposure Science and the Exposome Webinar Series presents “Leveraging Mass Spectrometry Data to Understand Maternal and Fetal Exposome in Pregnancy and Implications for Health”
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Location: Webinar or call in to 1-650-479-3208. Access code: 624 712 579
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Tracey Woodruff, Ph.D., from the University of California San Francisco
Join the webinar online

Mar
19

North Carolina State University Toxicology Series presents Alison Harrill, Ph.D., from the National Toxicology Program
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Location: Toxicology Building, Room 2104, 850 Main Campus Dr., Raleigh, North Carolina
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Mar
20-22

Third International Workshop on Chronic Kidney Diseases of Uncertain/Non-traditional Etiology in Mesoamerica and Other Regions
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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
Description and registration

Mar
21

Duke University Integrated Toxicology Environmental Health Spring Seminar Series presents “Are Maternal Exposures to Nanoparticles During Pregnancy a Risk Factor for the Development of Cardiovascular Disease?”
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Location: Field Auditorium, Grainger Hall, Duke University
Time: 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Phoebe Stapleton, Ph.D., from Rutgers School of Public Health

Mar
23-25

Trans-NIH Workshop on Inflammation Resolution Biology
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Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Register by March 15

Mar
27

PEPH webinar — Citizen Science
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Location: Webinar
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Register in advance

Apr
02

Reddit Ask Me Anything on the Environmental Risk Factors of Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Location: Reddit website
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Rebecca Schmidt, Ph.D., from the University of California at Davis; and Cindy Lawler, Ph.D., from NIEHS
Post questions starting about 8:00 a.m.

Apr
06

Women’s Health Awareness Day
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Location: 1900 Concord St., Mary Townes Science Building, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Learn more and preregister

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