Environmental Factor – December 2021: Links between air pollution, diet, and heart health focus of webinar

The NIEHS Women’s Health Awareness (WHA) program hosted a Nov. 18 webinar titled “Healthy Air, Healthy Food, Healthy Heart.” The event was part of a

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Environmental Factor – December 2021: Disaster Research Response Program helps communities build resiliency

Building collective resilience to effectively prepare for and respond to environmental catastrophes and other public health emergencies was the overall goal of a summit hosted

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Environmental Factor – December 2021: High-caliber research at NIEHS takes center stage during Science Day

Luecke said it is remarkable how productive NIEHS scientists have been during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS) NIEHS held its

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Environmental Factor – December 2021: NIEHS sweeps awards at meeting on genetics, cancer, and toxicology

NIEHS scientists discussed cancer mutation biomarkers, molecular toxicology, and the latest advances in carcinogen identification at the virtual fall meeting of the Genetics and Environmental

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Environmental Factor – December 2021: Mitochondrial damage likely a cause, not a consequence, of Parkinson’s

Surmeier recently received a $9 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s initiative to further support his research into new diagnostics and therapeutics for

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Environmental Factor – December 2021: Chemical risk assessment aided by new WHO framework, NIEHS effort

Learn more about Beverly’s career path and research interests in this August 2020 Environmental Factor Q&A. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS) NIEHS scientists

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Environmental Factor – December 2021: Innovation in toxicology demands novel strategies, public health focus

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) Since joining NIEHS in 2018 as Scientific Director of the institute’s

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Environmental Factor – December 2021: Rural health disparities influenced by structural factors, experts say

Collins said he was particularly delighted to see a full session of the seminar devoted to training early-stage investigators. (Photo courtesy of NIH) Compared to

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Environmental Factor – December 2021: Scientific Journeys: From summer camp to veterinary medicine

Dondrae Coble, D.V.M., recently was appointed chief of the NIEHS Comparative Medicine Branch and animal program director. He succeeds Kathy Laber-Laird, D.V.M., who is retiring

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Environmental Factor – December 2021: Totality of human exposures, new research center explored by grantees

NIEHS grantees discussed topics ranging from environmental influences on chronic diseases to interventions aimed at reducing harmful exposures during the Exposome and Health Conference, which

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