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The NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health celebrated 10 years of using science to improve lives across the country.

Microplastics research needs innovation, health focus

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Exposure to microplastics is widespread and well documented, but health effects are unclear.

Asthma worsens when signaling pathway is triggered

NIEHS scientists show how the TLR5 pathway activates and worsens lung inflammation after contact with airborne substances.

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FDA reviews asbestos testing in cosmetics and powders

Christopher Weis and others discussed updating methods to test talc-containing products for asbestos and similar particles.

Data science dominates council meeting

The big data era calls for creating common vocabularies, recruiting expertise, and serving different uses and users.

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Science symposium to honor Birnbaum

The April 6 event features an international group of researchers and is free to attend in person or watch online.

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Black History Month speaker takes on health care disparities

A Duke University surgeon explained how breast cancer outcomes vary significantly between black and white women.

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NTP board discusses reinventing tox testing, new research topics

Focus is on using approaches more relevant to humans when studying chemicals.

The environment influences brain development, experts say

Experts at a North Carolina State University meeting examined how toxicants may affect brain development.

Voices Unheard Arizona's Environmental History

Oral histories shed light on exposures near Superfund sites

Voices Unheard gathers stories of residents and former workers around Superfund sites in Arizona.

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Global health career day attracts diverse crowd

Leaders from business, academia, nonprofits, and government shared advice with students and scientists during a Feb. 7 networking event.

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Communication tools support breast cancer prevention efforts

Kami Silk, Ph.D., helps healthcare providers better explain to patients how environmental factors can contribute to the disease.

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Science and music: a meeting of the minds

A lunch-and-learn event co-sponsored by NIEHS offered insight into how music and the brain interact, and live jazz improvisation.

Extramural papers of the month

Intramural papers of the month

Calendar

Mar
05

NIEHS Diversity Speaker Series presents the Annual Spirit Lecture and recognizes Women’s History Month with “Translational Research to Prevent Environmental Threats to Children: From Chemicals to Climate Change”
Event Details

Location: Keystone Building, Room 1003AB
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Frederica Perera, Ph.D., Dr.P.H., from Columbia University
Webcast

Mar
10

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Seminar Series presents “New Pathways in Cellular and Systemic Lipid Transport'
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Peter Tontonoz, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of California at Los Angeles

Mar
11

NIEHS Exposure Science and the Exposome Webinar Series presents “Materializing the Exposome: The Center of Excellence for Exposure Health Informatics”
Event Details

Location: Webinar
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Ram Gouripeddi, Julio Facelli, Ph.D., and Katherine Sward, Ph.D., all from the University of Utah
Abstract and registration

Mar
11

NIEHS Office of the Director presents Bruce Tromberg, Ph.D., director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Event Details

Location: Building 101, Room F193
Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m.

Mar
12

NIEHS Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “Using Cohort Studies to Understand Joint Effects of the Environment and Lifestyle on Health”
Event Details

Location: Keystone 1003AB
Time: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Speaker(s): Emily Oken, M.D.

Mar
17-18

NIEHS Worker Training Program workshop
Event Details

Location: Atlanta

Mar
19

Research Triangle Cytometry meeting features “Implementation of an Analysis Pipeline for High-Complexity Cytometry”
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium C
Speaker(s): El-ad David Amir, Ph.D.

Mar
20

Estrogen Receptor Hormone Action Symposium: Continuing Advancements
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium
Time: 8:45 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Register

Mar
21

Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology annual meeting
Event Details

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

Mar
26-27

National Institutes of Health Tribal Advisory Committee meeting
Event Details

Location: Rodbell Auditorium

Mar
27

Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program presents “Marine Medicine: Oceans and Human Health Symposium”
Event Details

Location: Duke University School of Nursing Christine Siegler Pearson Building, 307 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
Agenda, speaker list, and registration

Apr
04

Women’s Health Awareness Day
Event Details

Location: Mary Townes Science Building, 1900 Concord Street, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina
Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Details and pre-registration

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March 2020

Turning research into real-world benefits, one community at a time

Microplastics research needs innovation, health focus

Asthma worsens when signaling pathway is triggered

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