Environmental Factor Newsletter, February 2020

NIEHS Sustainability Report 2019 cover image

Sustainability report notes progress in reducing waste, energy use

Water conservation, solar energy, landfill diversion, and lower vehicle emissions at NIEHS improve sustainability of biomedical research.

Debra King holding microphone and standing by stage with balloons

NIEHS supports charities across the country

Employees contributed almost $90,000 in money and volunteer time during the latest Combined Federal Campaign.

Calendar

Feb
03

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Communication Science in a Transdisciplinary Model: The Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program”
Event Details

Location: Keystone Building, Room 1003AB, 530 Davis Drive, Morrisville, North Carolina
Time: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Kami Silk, Ph.D., University of Delaware

Feb
07

Triangle Global Health Career Day
Event Details

Location: RTI International, 3040 E. Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Time: 9:15 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Agenda and registration

Feb
11-12

National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council meeting
Event Details

Location: Durham Convention Center, 301 W. Morgan Street, Durham, North Carolina
Agenda and more information

Feb
12-13

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health annual meeting — PEPH 2020: Past, Present, and Future
Event Details

Location: Durham Convention Center, 301 W. Morgan Street, Durham, North Carolina
Registration, agenda, abstracts, and more

Feb
13

NIEHS Diversity Speaker Series presents “Lifting All Boats: How We Can Eliminate Disparities Among Patients and the Doctors Who Treat Them”
Event Details

Location: Rall Building, Room F193
Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju, M.D., Duke University School of Medicine and Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center

Feb
18

Music and Science Lunch, Listen and Learn, sponsored by NIEHS and Research Triangle Foundation
Event Details

Location: Research Triangle Park Headquarters, 12 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Neuroscientist Richard Mooney, Ph.D., and jazz bassist John Brown, J.D., both from Duke University
Register

Feb
21

National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors meeting
Event Details

Location: Keystone Building, Room 1003AB and WebEx
Time: noon-5:00 p.m.
Register and view agenda

Feb
24

NIEHS Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents Julian Schroeder, Ph.D., from the University of California at Davis
Event Details

Location: Keystone Building, Room 1003AB
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon

Feb
28

The Basic Science of Uterine Fibroids scientific meeting, sponsored by the Campion Fund
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

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