Environmental Factor Newsletter, November 2021

Experts explore how environment affects key cell functions

NIEHS workshop focused on how toxicants can interact with vesicles that enable communication among cells, providing early signs of disease.

Molecular motors determine fate of proteins

Tania Baker, Ph.D., described her efforts to characterize specialized proteins called AAA+ ATPases, which unfold and remodel other proteins.

Increasing evidence links air pollution with breast cancer

NIEHS epidemiologist Alexandra White, Ph.D., conducts research with potential for significant public health impact.

Agencies advised on reducing animal testing, embracing alternatives

Experts at federal meeting stressed importance of human relevance and clear communication.

Calendar

Nov
02

NIH-wide Climate Change and Health Webinar Series — “Climate Resilience and Health Equity in Black Neighborhoods: The Case for Urban Nature”
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Location: Online
Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Eugenia South, M.D., University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Nov
03-04

Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative 2021 Summit — “Disaster Research Response and Public Health Emergencies: Creating an Environment for Resilience in North Carolina”
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Location: Online
Event details and registration

Nov
04

Triangle Global Health Consortium 2021 Virtual Annual Conference: “Reframing Global Health in a Changing World”
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Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Conference agenda and registration

Nov
09

NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Series — “Acquired Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Parkinsonism, and Network Determinants of Disability”
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Location: Online
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): D. James Surmeier, Ph.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Nov
18

2021 NIH Rural Health Day Seminar: “Structural-level Determinants of Rural Health Disparities”
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Location: Online
Time: 11:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Meeting information and registration

Nov
18

NIEHS Women’s Health Awareness Virtual Series, RealTalk With the Experts — “Healthy Air, Healthy Food, Healthy Heart”
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Location: Online
Time: 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Speaker(s): Rosemary Moody, NIEHS program specialist; Anjum Hajat, Ph.D., University of Washington School of Public Health; Nicole Farmer, M.D., staff scientist, NIH Clinical Center
Event details and registration

Nov
29

National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council Meeting, Special Open Session: Climate Change and Health Initiative
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Location: Online
Time: 3:30-5:00 p.m.
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