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Environmental Factor

Environmental Factor

Your Online Source for NIEHS News

February 2024

Features of the built environment can lead to elevated lead exposure in tribal communities. (Image courtesy of Shutterstock)

Reduced blood lead levels linked to lower blood pressure in American Indians

NIEHS and NHLBI grantees share a public health win ahead of American Heart Month.

Science Day celebrates NIEHS research, trainees

Myeongjin Yi, Ph.D., right, with Jason Watts, M.D., Ph.D, left

20th annual event highlights outstanding contributions by early-career researchers and their mentors.

Ask the Experts: Metabolomics Core offers cutting-edge services across NIH

The Trans-NIH Metabolomics Core can measure how the levels of small molecules change in a cell or tissue sample, and then piece together the meaningfulness of those changes using core-developed software. (Image courtesy of Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock.com)

Michael Fessler, M.D., and Alan Jarmusch, Ph.D., describe how the new trans-NIH core facility can benefit researchers at all NIH campuses.

Katrina Korfmacher, Ph.D., and Julia Brody, Ph.D.
Grantees create framework to report back environmental health results

Drs. Katrina Korfmacher and Julia Brody outline steps to help researchers responsibly share study results with participants.
Meghan Lane-Fall, M.D.
Implementation science can advance environmental justice research

Keystone Lecturer Meghan Lane-Fall, M.D., shared how promoting uptake of evidence-based interventions could help environmental justice communities.

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Ana Navas-Acien, M.D., Ph.D.
Scientific journeys: From preventive medicine to environmental health sciences

NIEHS grantee Ana Navas-Acien, M.D., Ph.D., described her journey to uncover the link between exposure to metals and cardiovascular disease.

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Top row left to right, Adriana Alexander, Ph.D., and Mandy Goldberg, Ph.D. Second row from left to right, Virginia Savy, Ph.D., and Emily Werder, Ph.D.
Four NIEHS postdoctoral fellows take next steps in research careers

Learn more about their Pathway to Independence grants, fellowship awards, and innovative research.
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NIEHS News in Brief

Black History Month, Cosmetics Fact Sheet, and CFC Donations.

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