Environmental Factor Newsletter, August 2020

cityscape and women handling chemicals in a lab

Eleven outstanding scientists recognized by NIEHS grant awards

The awards are part of an NIEHS initiative to support individual scientists and their research programs, rather than specific research aims.

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K.C. Donnelly Externships awarded to outstanding Superfund trainees

Promising Superfund Research Program trainees received funding for short-term research at outside institutions.

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2020 NAGC Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Award, 2nd place Writer's Portfolio presented to NIEHS

NIEHS newsletter editor-in-chief wins writing award

The Environmental Factor wins its third award in four years from the National Association of Government Communicators.

Calendar

Aug
03

NIEHS Global Environmental Health Program presents “Working With NOAA Climate and Weather Data: Opportunities to Enhance Infectious Disease Modeling and Pandemic Preparedness”
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Location: Webex webinar
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Stan Benjamin, Ph.D., and Juli Trtanj, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Registration

Aug
12-13

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents “Predicting Human Health Effects From Environmental Exposures: Applying Translatable and Accessible Biomarkers of Effect”
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Location: Webcast
Workshop description

Aug
14

National Institutes of Health (NIH) presents “Coping With COVID-19 Livestream: Sleep and Health”
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Location: NIH Facebook and Twitter pages
Time: 1:00 p.m. –
Speaker(s): Marishka Brown, Ph.D., from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and Chandra Jackson, Ph.D., from NIEHS
NIH Facebook page

Sep
02-03

Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods annual meeting
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Location: Zoom webinar
Meeting agenda

NIEHS Public Calendar

NIEHS Grants