Environmental Factor Newsletter, September 2022

Researchers hope discovery leads to potential treatments for mitochondrial diseases.

Combining plants and fungi, an NIEHS-funded technology presents an environmentally friendly approach to clean up the 'forever chemicals.'

Institute research helps to identify health effects, innovate cleanup technologies, and impart evidence to inform policy.

Chemicals from Deepwater Horizon disaster associated with more wheeze.

Visiting researcher aims to advance relationships with key stakeholders and increase data integration.

Sep
13-14

National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council Meeting
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Sep
15

NIH Climate and Health Scholars Program
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Speaker(s): The Climate and Health Scholars Program is seeking to bring climate- and health-focused scientists from outside the U.S. federal government to work with NIH staff and build climate and health capacity.
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Sep
16

28th National Health Equity Research Webcast: “Environmental Justice: The Science, the People, the Politics”
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Location: Online
Time: 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Speaker(s): Ryan Emanuel, Ph.D., Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University; Naeema Muhammad, North Carolina Environmental Justice Network; Kyle Whyte, Ph.D., School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan; and moderated by Sherri White-Williamson, J.D., North Carolina Conservation Network.
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Sep
17

Women’s Health Awareness 2022 Presents: “Your Health Is Your Job!” — Health Education and Career Exploration
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Location: North Carolina Central University Student Center located at 500 Nelson St., Durham, NC 27707
Time: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Multiple speakers and workshops
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Sep
21-22

Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods (SACATM) Meeting
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