Environmental Factor – May 2019: Spring GEMS meeting focuses on mechanisms

Pandiri, left, introduced the speakers at the April 16 meeting. Xu, foreground, was one of the trainees invited to present research (see sidebar). (Photo courtesy of

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Environmental Factor – December 2020: NIEHS science education office focuses on diversity and equity

NIEHS is unusual among National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes and centers in having an Office of Science Education and Diversity (OSED). According to OSED

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Environmental Factor – February 2021: Superfund Research meeting focuses on community, cutting-edge science

The NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) held its annual meeting virtually for the first time Dec. 14-15, 2020. Though the format changed, the substance of

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Environmental Factor – May 2021: Earth Day at NIEHS focuses on global health, renewables

“The COVID pandemic has laid bare the vulnerability of some populations, as well as health systems and infectious disease threats,” said Balbus. (Photo courtesy of

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Environmental Factor – July 2021: Women of color research network focuses on mentorship, collaboration

Lifting up each other toward career success despite the challenges of stereotyping and bias in hiring was the focus of the annual symposium(https://tools.niehs.nih.gov/conference/ncwocrn_2021/assets/ReidE21_1747_Women_of_Color_Agenda_v11_508.pdf) of the

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Environmental Factor – April 2022: Falk Memorial Lecture focuses on how inflammation ends

A wide variety of human diseases — obesity, asthma, atherosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and severe COVID-19 — have been linked to excessive inflammation. For four

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Environmental Factor – October 2022: Autism researcher focuses on maternal diet, prenatal exposures

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) Scientific conferences that I attend often focus on bad things in

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Environmental Factor – November 2022: Women’s Health Awareness event focuses on health and career readiness

The NIEHS Women’s Health Awareness (WHA) Program sponsored an event titled “Your Health is Your Job” at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in Durham, North

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Environmental Factor – September 2024: Wilson Memorial Lecture focuses on telomeres and toxicology

Telomeres, the repetitive DNA sequences that protect the ends of chromosomes from fraying like the caps on a shoelace, are more complicated than previously thought.

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