Environmental Factor

Biomarker suggests severity of COVID-19 respiratory distress

Higher levels of certain fatty acids predicted poorer outcomes in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress in a new NIEHS-funded study.

Water contaminant NDMA linked to cancer cluster in Massachusetts

N-nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA, has been linked to a 1990s spike in childhood cancer in the town of Wilmington, Massachusetts.

New predictive model may speed toxicity screens, reduce animal use

The freely available CATMoS combines the strengths of 139 different computational approaches to organic chemical screening.

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May
05

14th National Institutes of Health Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 1:00-4:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Anne Case, Ph.D., Princeton University professor emeritus; Kaitlyn Lawrence, Ph.D., NIEHS; and others
Full agenda, speakers, registration link

May
06

National Academies presents “Guidance on PFAS Testing and Health Outcomes Meeting 3 — Middle U.S. Town Hall”
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 3:00-7:00 p.m.
Learn more and register

May
13

NIEHS Diversity Speaker Series presents “Growing Pains: The Journey to Being My Authentic Self”
Event Details

Location: Zoom
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Caroline Goon, from the National Institutes of Health Office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion
Join on Zoom

May
17

NIEHS Superfund Research Program presents “Risk e-Learning Webinar Series: Session I — Data Sharing Tools, Workflows, and Platforms”
Event Details

Location: Webinar
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Description and link to register

May
24

“Exploring Critical Windows of Exposure to Heavy Metals in Health Disparity Cohorts,” presented by the National Institutes of Health-Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Health Disparities Research Webinar Series
Event Details

Location: Webinar
Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Caitlin Howe, Ph.D., from Dartmouth College; Deborah Keil, Ph.D., from Montana State University; and Esther Erdei, Ph.D., from the University of New Mexico

May
25

National Academies presents “Guidance on PFAS Testing and Health Outcomes Meeting 4 — Western U.S. Town Hall”
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Description and registration

May
27

North Carolina (NC) Women of Color Research Network (WoCRN) Annual Symposium
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

May
27

Interagency Coordinating Committee for the Validation of Alternative Methods public forum
Event Details

Location: Online
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Register to attend public forum

Jun
03

NIEHS Superfund Research Program presents “Risk e-Learning Webinar Series: Session II — Geospatial Platforms for Analysis and Visualization Across Environmental Data”
Event Details

Location: Webinar
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Speakers and registration link

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