Environmental Factor

Study finds chemicals added to plastics pollute oceans and may increase risk of miscarriage, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.

David Reif, Ph.D., head of the Predictive Toxicology Branch, described his path from academia to NIEHS and shared research goals.

Funding awarded to four sites as part of the Alliance for Community Engagement on Climate and Health.

New NIEHS-funded devices could help communities identify air pollution hot spots and take action.

NIEHS scientists, grantees presented their latest findings at the 2023 meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.

Anita Hopper, Ph.D., explained how environmental stressors drive changes in movement of transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) within cells.

Apr
06

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series: “DNA Damage, Repair, and Mutations in the Context of Environmental Health”
Event Details

Location: Hybrid event. Attend virtually via Zoom or in person at Keystone Building, Room 2164/2166, located at 530 Davis Drive, Durham, NC 27709.
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Bevin Engelward, Sc.D., professor and director at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Superfund Research Program (SRP)
Preregister here

Apr
11

Dr. Martin Rodbell Lecture Series Seminar — "Making Faces: Transcriptional Enhancers in Human Development, Disease, and Evolution"
Event Details

Apr
14

NIEHS Scholars Connect Program (NSCP) Annual Spring Symposium
Event Details

Location: Hybrid event. Attend virtually via Zoom or in person at NIEHS Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium, located at 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27713.
Time: 3:00-5:15 p.m.
Speaker(s): Multiple presentations. Sponsored by the NIEHS Office of Science Education and Diversity.
Zoom link

Apr
15

Women’s Health Awareness: “Transforming Communities by Enhancing Women’s Health”
Event Details

Location: North Carolina Central University, Mary Townes Science Building, located at 1900 Concord St., Durham, NC 27707.
Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): This women’s wellness conference will feature free health screenings including mammograms, health education sessions, healthy living sessions, and health resources.
Free registration

Apr
20

2023 John P. Wyatt, M.D., Environment and Health Symposium
Event Details

Location: Hybrid event. In-person events will be held at the Rosenberg College of Law Grand Courtroom at the University of Kentucky, located at 620 South Limestone, Lexington, KY 40508.
Time: 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Multiple presenters. Keynote speaker is NIEHS grantee Johnnye Lewis, Ph.D., director of the Community Environmental Health Program at the University of New Mexico.
More information

Apr
28

NIEHS Take Your Child to Work Day (TYCTWD)
Event Details

Location: NIEHS located at 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27713; and at the Keystone Building, Room 2164/2166, located at 530 Davis Drive, Durham, NC 27709.
Time: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Contact Sherrie Shorts for more information

Apr
28

NIEHS SRP Progress in Research Webinar: “Emergencies and Emerging Contaminants”
Event Details

Time: 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Multiple presenters from the Texas A&M University, Michigan State University, and Yale University SRP Centers; moderated by Jean Balent, U.S. EPA Technology Innovation and Field Services Division.
For more information

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