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Environmental Factor

Environmental Factor

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October 2022

Danielle Carlin, Ph.D.

Role of complex exposures in breast cancer highlighted during workshop

Efforts to better understand the effects of chemical mixtures, communicate risks to the public discussed at event hosted by NIEHS.

Making history: NIEHS trainee named 2022 Astronaut Scholar

Tanae Lewis

Tanae Lewis makes history as North Carolina HBCU's first student to be named both a Barry Goldwater Scholar and an Astronaut Scholar.

Majority of North Carolinians have antibodies against coronavirus

Stavros Garantziotis, M.D.

NIEHS COVID-19 serological surveillance study tracked the presence and rate of development of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in North Carolina.

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Progress in exposomics, precision health made at scientific summit

Exposome community of practice to be developed, strategic planning under way.
Manolis Kogevinas, M.D., Ph.D., and Gwen Collman, Ph.D.
Collman named to inaugural fellows’ cohort at international conference

Climate change, implementation science, and environmental risks were among the topics presented by NIEHS researchers, grantees at ISEE.
Frederick Tyson, Ph.D.
NIEHS hosts second annual DRIVEN! networking event

The institute's special supplemental funding improves representation in the environmental health sciences, participants noted.
Brian Berridge, D.V.M., Ph.D.
A new era: introducing the NIEHS Division of Translational Toxicology

Formerly called the Division of the National Toxicology Program, the organization aims to improve the translational relevance of toxicology research.
Lida Chatzi, M.D., Ph.D.
Liver injury linked to PFAS exposures, NIEHS grantee says

Lida Chatzi described her research during webinar hosted by the Collaborative on Health and the Environment.
Sam Wilson, M.D.
Sam Wilson honored at annual mutagenesis conference

His scientific legacy was celebrated by collaborators, mentees at annual Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society meeting.
2022 K.C. Donnelly Externship Awardees
Superfund Research Program trainees win prestigious K.C. Donnelly awards

Seven trainees will complete short-term externships at other institutions.
Rick Woychik, Ph.D.
PFAS, worker safety, data sharing, and more on tap at Council meeting

Translational toxicology and strategic planning efforts were also discussed during the Sept. 13-14 event.
Feds Feed Families - A Community Service
NIEHS helps raise nearly 120,000 pounds of food for families in need

Staff from across NIEHS joined forces with others from the National Institutes of Health during this year's Feds Feed Families campaign.
Warren Casey, Ph.D.
Big questions on reducing animal testing tackled by panel

Experts at federal meeting considered approaches to measuring progress and building confidence in new chemical safety testing methods.

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