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24th Annual Environmental Health Sciences Research Symposium
(Pictured: Gwen Collman)
On February 13th, 2019 the Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center (M-LEEaD) and the Environmental Toxicology and Epidemiology Program (ETEP) co-sponsored the 24th Annual Environmental Health Sciences Research Symposium. The symposium featured talks by Dr. Susan Nagel, Dr. Paige Lawrence, and Dr. Gwen Collman.
Dr. Susan Nagel, Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, spoke about her team’s research on endocrine disrupting and developmental effects of chemicals used in natural gas extraction.
Dr. Paige Lawrence, Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Medicine and Professor of Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, gave a talk on how exposure to water contaminants associated with unconventional oil and gas extraction have been associated with adverse effects on the immune system.
Dr. Gwen Collman, Director of the Division of Extramural Research and Training at the National Institute of Environmental Health sciences, discussed environmental health opportunities and career paths. Her talk included descriptions of several types of research training grants that researchers may apply for at different stages in their career path.
Following the talks by the guest speakers, students and faculty were invited to attend a poster session featuring current research of EHS students and post-doctoral fellows. Poster presenters were evaluated and awards were given for first (Evan Hill), second (Elana Elkin), and third (Katrina Burns) place. ETEP and the M-LEEaD center would like to thank the speakers, staff, and students that helped to make this year’s symposium a success!
(Pictured Below: Katrina Burns, Evan Hill, Elana Elkin)
Now accepting Center Scientist Applications!
Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Center is accepting applications for two Center Scientists. The Center Scientist position provides special mentorship experiences to an early stage investigator and includes a contribution to salary and benefits. The Center Scientist is expected to engage in research that addresses the goals of the M-LEEaD Center to define, explain, or mitigate impacts of environmental exposures during vulnerable stages of life.
Application due date: March 18, 2019; expected funding period: May 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020
Purpose is to support multi-center collaborative projects that fit within one of the following five categories:
1) Research: emerging issues and can include community-engaged research projects;
2) Technology: testing or developing new tools and technologies to meet identified needs;
3) Communication and Education: strengthening bi-directional efforts among EHSCCs and the audience(s) they serve;
4) Capacity Building: sharing best practices and advancing research, translational research and community engagement by addressing knowledge gaps through the development of a product such as a publication, white paper, set of recommendations, or a set of educational materials; and
5) Externships for junior faculty: providing translational/transdisciplinary opportunities and experiences within other EHSCC programs such as learning a new research technique or developing skills in community engagement.
Application due date: March 29, 2019 Notify Michelle Daoud at Lowdenm@umich.edu indicating which of the 5 categories you are interested in submitting an application for.
EPA is seeking applications proposing to develop a community participatory research program to facilitate addressing the following topics that will foster a better understanding of environmental contamination, impact, and mitigation options at the Vieques, Puerto Rico site which functioned as a military training installation:
1) develop approaches and methods to detect and characterize the baseline level of contamination in Vieques;
2) assess human health and ecosystem impacts caused by contaminant exposure in Vieques; and
3) develop innovative approaches to mitigate contamination and enhance remediation at the Site.
RFA open Feb 21, 2019 – April 23, 2019 Feel free to distribute to anyone who may be interested.
02/25/2019- Noon - Room 3755 SPH I Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Environmental Medicine,
Population Health New York University
“Role of environmental exposures in childhood obesity and cardiovascular risks, including assessment of economic cost burden” Administrative Core Winter Seminar Series
02/25/2019- 4:30pm - 6:30pm - Room M1020 SPH II Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
Environmental Medicine, Population Health New York University Book Talk & Signing, "Sicker, Fatter, Poorer: The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Our Health and Future . . . and What We Can Do About It"
In Discussion with: Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP Director, Pediatric Public Health Initiative
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Human Development
02/26/2019- 4:00-6:30pm - Palmer Commons Kim Knowlton, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Environmental Health Sciences ,and Senior Scientist and Deputy Director of NRDC's Science Center,
& John Balbus, MD, MPH Senior Advisor for Public Health, and Director, NIEHS-WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Sciences
"Climate Change & Health: real world problems" Environmental Practice Workshop
Co-sponsored by SEAS
Registration required: https://goo.gl/forms/3uK2Qj8SztrhzK4o2
03/28/2019- Noon - Room 1655 SPH I
Yoel Sadovsky, MD Executive Director, Magee-Womens Research Institute
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Administrative Core Winter Seminar Series
Recent Publications citing M-LEEaD:
Lewis TC, Metitiri EE, Mentz GB, Ren X, Goldsmith AM, Eder BN, Wicklund KE,
Walsh MP, Comstock AT, Ricci JM, Brennan SR, Washington GL, Owens KB, Mukherjee
B, Robins TG, Batterman SA, Hershenson MB; Community Action Against Asthma
SteeringCommittee. Impact of community respiratory viral infections in urban
children with asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2019 Feb;122(2):175-183.e2.
doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2018.10.021. Epub 2018 Oct 29. PubMed PMID: 30385348; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC6360098.
Aker AM, Ferguson KK, Rosario ZY, Mukherjee B, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. The associations between prenatal exposure to triclocarban, phenols
and parabens with gestational age and birth weight in northern Puerto Rico.
Environ Res. 2019 Feb;169:41-51. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.10.030. Epub 2018 Oct
31. PubMed PMID: 30412856; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6347499.
Aung MT, Ferguson KK, Cantonwine DE, Bakulski KM, Mukherjee B, Loch-Caruso R,
McElrath TF, Meeker JD. Associations between maternal plasma measurements of
inflammatory markers and urinary levels of phenols and parabens during pregnancy:
A repeated measures study. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Feb 10;650(Pt 1):1131-1140.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.356. Epub 2018 Aug 29. Erratum in: Sci Total
Environ. 2019 Mar 25;658:1640. PubMed PMID: 30308801; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC6236678.
Rodríguez-Carmona Y, Cantoral A, Trejo-Valdivia B, Téllez-Rojo MM, Svensson K, Peterson KE, Meeker JD, Schnaas L, Solano M, Watkins DJ. Phthalate exposure
during pregnancy and long-term weight gain in women. Environ Res. 2019
Feb;169:26-32. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.10.014. Epub 2018 Oct 19. PubMed PMID:
30408750; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6347540.
Aung MT, Ferguson KK, Cantonwine DE, McElrath TF, Meeker JD. Preterm birth in
relation to the bisphenol A replacement, bisphenol S, and other phenols and
parabens. Environ Res. 2019 Feb;169:131-138. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.10.037.
Epub 2018 Nov 1. PubMed PMID: 30448626; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6347500.
Click here for a PDF with useful information about NIH Public Access Policy regarding citing the center grant.
Per NIH grants policy, all publications, press releases, and other documents relevant to research funded by the center must include a specific acknowledgement of support. For the EHS Core Center, this statement may read:
“Support for this research was provided by grant P30ES017885 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”
National Academies workshop on Single Cell and Single Molecule Analysis Tools Webcast March 7-8, 2019
This workshop will explore the current status of this rapidly evolving field of study, review the preliminary use of single cell and single molecule analysis tools in environmental health studies, and investigate the resources needed to make the data generated most useful to the biomedical and public health fields and to regulatory decision makers.
Held in Washington D.C. and webcast live, the workshop may include presentations and panel discussions on topics such as:
What kinds of environmental health questions or challenges could be explored with single cell and single molecule detection tools and analysis?
What does single cell and single molecule analysis enable researchers to do better, for example in terms of precision, accuracy, and speed?
What are the key goals to advance or improve single cell and single molecule tools, particularly as they pertain to environmental health research and decision needs?
What are the key barriers or limitations to the use of data emerging from the use of single cell and single molecule detection tools, for example in terms standards, comparability across technologies, and the limit of detection uncertainties?
Translational Research Town Hall Set
April 5, 2019 at 11:30am Danto Auditorium – Frankel Cardiovascular Center | 1500 E. Medical Center Drive | Ann Arbor, MI
Learn the latest advances and trends in translational research at U-M and beyond, and discover the many services and resources available for your research team.
Mark your calendar for June 10-11, 2019
The Epigenetics Boot Camp led by Dr. Andrea Baccarelli and colleagues from Columbia University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and University of California Berkeley.
Epigenetics Boot Camp: Planning and Analyzing DNA Methylation Studies: This two-day intensive workshop of seminars and hands-on analytical sessions will provide an overview of concepts, techniques, and data analysis methods utilized in environmental epigenetics studies. Students and investigators at all career stages are welcome.
Dates: June 10-11, 2019
Location: Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
