Environmental Factor Newsletter, February 2021

NIEHS program builds careers, changes lives

This latest in our series on racial equity initiatives highlights a new podcast about the Environmental Career Worker Training Program.

Watch out for radon! Podcast, citizen scientists spotlight health risk

During National Radon Action Month, NIEHS-funded efforts helped sound the alert about dangers of this naturally occurring radioactive gas.

Calendar

Feb
02-03

National Academies of Science presents “The Interplay Between Environmental Exposures and Mental Health Outcomes”
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Workshop description and registration

Feb
04

NIEHS Disaster Research Response Environmental Health Sciences Network presents “Compounding Environmental Health Crises: COVID-19 Research Response — Part 2: Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 Response”
Event Details

Location: Zoom
Time: noon-1:30 p.m.

Feb
04

“Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: Farm-Level Actions (Workshop Session 2),” an Environmental Health Matters Initiative workshop from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 2:30-5:30 p.m.
Learn more and register

Feb
11

“Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: Landscape-Level Actions (Workshop Session 3),” an Environmental Health Matters Initiative workshop from NASEM
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 2:30-5:30 p.m.
Register and learn more

Feb
11

Women’s Health Awareness: “Real Talk With the Experts” — You Are Your Own Best Heart Health Advocate: Women and Heart Disease
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Feb
12

The Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series presents “What Is Implementation Science? And How Can It Advance Environmental Health Research?”
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 11:00 a.m.-noon
Speaker(s): Gila Neta, Ph.D., from the National Cancer Institute
Register

Feb
16

National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council meeting (Day 1)
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 10:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
Agenda and council documents

Feb
17

National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council meeting (Day 2)
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Agenda and council documents

Feb
18

“Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: Policies and Markets (Workshop Session 4),” an Environmental Health Matters Initiative workshop from NASEM.
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 2:30-5:30 p.m.
Speakers and registration

Feb
24-25

“The Impact of Environmental Exposures on the Microbiome and Human Health,” an NIEHS virtual meeting
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Description, agenda, registration

Feb
25

“Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: Reflection and Synthesis (Workshop Session 5),” an Environmental Health Matters Initiative workshop by NASEM
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 2:30-5:30 p.m.
More details and registration

Feb
25

NIEHS Disaster Research Response Environmental Health Sciences Network presents “Compounding Environmental Health Crises: COVID-19 Research Response — Part 2: Addressing COVID Challenges With Community Partners”
Event Details

Location: Zoom
Time: noon-1:30 p.m.

Feb
26

Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology Annual Meeting
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

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