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Translational Impact of Environmental Health Sciences: from Bench to Broad Street

The University of Rochester and Rochester’s Environmental Health Sciences Center is proud to host the 2026 NIEHS P30 Center Meeting, bringing together leaders, researchers, trainees, and partners from Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers across the country. This year’s theme, Translational Impact of Environmental Health Sciences: from Bench to Broad Street, highlights the journey of discovery from foundational laboratory research to meaningful improvements in clinical care, public health practice, policy, and community well-being.

Over three days, attendees will engage in scientific sessions, collaborative discussions, networking opportunities, and presentations showcasing innovative research that advances our understanding of how environmental exposures influence human health. The meeting will emphasize interdisciplinary partnerships, community engagement, and real-world applications that move science beyond the lab and into the places where people live, work, and thrive. 

We look forward to welcoming colleagues to Rochester in September 2026 for an inspiring exchange of ideas focused on translating environmental health science into broader impact.

For questions related to registration, abstracts/programming, accessibility accommodations, or sponsorship inquiries, please contact EHSCC2026@urmc.rochester.edu.

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 Sep 15, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.
 Memorial Art Gallery | 

Katarzyna Kordas, PhD - Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Buffalo

Highlighted topic: Lead, arsenic, cadmium, baby food, exposure assessment, measurement uncertainty

 Sep 24, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
 School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

Darren Lipomi, PhD - Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chair of Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering, University of Rochester Medical Center

Highlighted topic: Photovoltaics, critical materials, electronic waste, dynamic covalent chemistry

 Oct 15, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
 School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

Jessica Blackburn, PhD - Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Highlighted topic: Cigarette smoke and deployment-related respiratory disease

 Oct 22, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
 School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

Ivan Rusyn, MD., PhD - Professor, Department of Veterinary & Pharmacology, Texas A&M University

Highlighted topic: TBD

 Oct 29, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
 School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

Benjamin Miller, PhD - Dean’s Professor of Dermatology, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Material Sciences, Optics, University of Rochester Medical Center

Highlighted topic: TBD

 Nov 19, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
 School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

Todd Jusko, PhD - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center

Highlighted topic: TBD

 Dec 03, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
 School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

Phoebe Stapleton, PhD., ATC - Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Division Director for Environmental and Population Health, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University

Highlighted topic: TBD

 Dec 17, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
 School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Rm (4.8820)

Brian Jackson, PhD - Research Professor, Director of Trace Element Analysis Core, Director of Biomedical National Elemental Imaging Resource, Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College

Highlighted topic: TBD

 Jan 28, 2027 @ 11:00 a.m.
 School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

Robert Tighe, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine and in the Division of Environmental Natural Sciences, Department of Medicine at Duke University

Highlighted topic: TBD

 Feb 25, 2027 @ 11:00 a.m.
 School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

Jason Richardson, PhD - Dianne Isakson Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research at University of Georgia

Highlighted topic: TBD

 Mar 25, 2027 @ 11:00 a.m.
 School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)