Environmental Factor

Personalized treatment will help people with asthma breathe easier

Stavros Garantziotis, M.D., explains how understanding the lung microbiome reduces environment-induced asthma, aids in personalized medicine.

Reducing phthalates in beauty products may lower health risks, disparities

Limiting exposure to products containing endocrine-disrupting chemicals may decrease likelihood of preterm birth and breast cancer.

5 things to know when applying for new funding to improve report-back

Responsibly returning environmental health results to research participants is the focus of a new $3.1 million funding opportunity.

New technologies connect environmental exposures to DNA damage, cancer

Keystone Science Lecturer Bevin Engelward, Sc.D., described models and screening tests she developed to explain how exposures affect DNA stability.

Gene expression shapes how our faces are formed

Joanna Wysocka, Ph.D., discussed how changes in gene function underpin human development and disease at annual Rodbell Lecture.

Brain scans yield insights into autism, other developmental disabilities

During World Autism Month, NIEHS hosted a guest lecture by Mark Shen, Ph.D., an expert on brain imaging and autism from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Modeling of ultrafine particles highlights potential exposure effects

NIEHS grantee Kevin Lane, Ph.D., uses geospatial analysis to inform community-level health policies related to traffic and air pollution.

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May
04

National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting
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Location: Online
Time: 12:30-6:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Multiple presentations.
Webcast

May
05

NIEHS SRP Progress in Research Webinar: “Heavy Metals in Native American Communities”
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Location: Online
Time: Noon-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Multiple presenters from the University of New Mexico Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center and Columbia University Northern Plains SRP Center; moderated by Brittany Trottier, health specialist, NIEHS SRP.
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May
08

Keystone Science Lecture Seminar Series: “Environmental Exposures and Diet During Pregnancy”
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Location: Online
Time: 11:00 a.m.-Noon
Speaker(s): Emily Oken, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Hosted by Abee Boyles, Ph.D., health scientist administrator, NIEHS Population Health Branch.
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May
11

Division of Translational Toxicology (DTT) Seminar Series: “Crossing Borders for Equity in Brain Health”
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Location: Online
Time: 10:00 a.m.-Noon
Speaker(s): Gladys Maestre, M.D., Ph.D., director, Rio Grande Valley Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR); co-director, South Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC); and professor at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
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May
12

NIEHS SRP Progress in Research Webinar: “Environmental Justice and Emerging Contaminants”
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Location: Online
Time: Noon-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Multiple presenters from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Rhode Island SRP Centers; moderated by Jean Balent, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Technology Innovation and Field Services Division.
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May
18-19

Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) Public Forum
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Location: Hybrid event: Webcast and in-person at Natcher Auditorium, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20894.
Time: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
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May
19

NIEHS SRP Progress in Research Webinar: “Chemical Exposures Across the Life Course”
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Location: Online
Time: Noon-2:00 p.m.
Speaker(s): Multiple presenters from the Duke University, University of Louisville, and Wayne State University SRP Centers; moderated by Jean Balent, U.S. EPA Technology Innovation and Field Services Division.
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