Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / Toxicology / Seminars and Events Seminars & Events TOX 558 Spring 2022 Student Seminar Series Upcoming20242023202220212020 Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: MYC disruption of the circadian clock in early non-small cell lung cancer developmentBrian J. Altman, Ph.D. - Department of Biomedical Genetics University of Rochester Dec 17, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly TNF-α Drives Progressive Obliterative Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Represents a Novel Model of Connective-Tissue Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (CTD-PAH)Benjamin Korman, M.D. - Department of Medicine Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology University of Rochester Nov 19, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)EHSC Seminar Series: Mechanisms of Environmentally Induced and Inherited Epigenetic EffectsPatrick Murphy - Department of Biomedical Genetics, URMC Nov 07, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Breaking the Bubble: Community Collaboration to Address Environmental Health DisparitiesKatrina Korfmacher, PhD - Associate professor of environmental medicine Oct 28, 2019 @ 7:30 p.m.EHSC Seminar Series: Dissecting the epigenetic machinery underlying the memory of chemical exposurePatrick Allard, PhD - UCLA EpiCenter on Epigenetics, Reproduction, and Society UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics Oct 17, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: EC-SOD regulation of redox sensitive signaling in pulmonary vascular diseasesEva Nozik Grayck, M.D. - University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Research Lab Oct 15, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly Environmental Medicine PhD Defense Seminar: Learning and Memory Deficits Following Ambient Ultrafine Particulate Matter Exposure in an Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse ModelKatrina R. Jew - Toxicology PhD Student Oct 15, 2019 @ 9:30 a.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: Research supervised by Alison C. P. Elder, PhD EHSC Seminar Series: Functionally adapting to an oxygen environment at birth: A maladaptive response later in lifeDr. Michael O'Reilly - UR/Dept. of Pediatrics-Neonatology Oct 10, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Crosstalk between monocytes and endothelial cells in progression of pulmonary artery hypertensionJinjiang Pang, B. Med., Ph.D. - Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute University of Rochester Oct 01, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly Celebrating the publication of “Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities”Written by Katrina Smith Korfmacher, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine Director of the Environmental Health Sciences Center Community Engagement Core Sep 26, 2019 @ 4:00 p.m. Saunders Research Bulding | AtriumEHSC Seminar Series: A fishy story: Uncovering the molecular interactions between pulmonary lipid metabolism and environmental lung diseasesKym Gowdy - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University Sep 26, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Environmental Medicine Faculty Candidate: Identifying novel gene-environment interactions in Parkinson’s diseaseBriana Rae De Miranda Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases University of Pittsburgh Sep 23, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m. Medical Center | EHSC Conference Room (4-8820)EHSC Seminar Series: Identifying sources of and evidencebased strategies for mitigating pathogen contamination in farm and freshwater environmentsDan Weller - Postdoc with Sally Thurston and Tanzy Love Sep 12, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Toxicology PhD Defense: Contribution of Toll-like receptor 4 signaling to the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis: Origins of fibroblast apoptosis resistanceKelly M. Hanson - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Jul 29, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Lower Auditorium (1-7619)Host: (Research supervised by Jacob Finkelstein, PhD) Toxicology Retreat: The Effects Of Phthalate Exposure On Female ReproductionJodi Flaws, PhD - University of Illinois, Urbana May 30, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | Lower Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)Effective Science and Risk Communication: Insights from the National AcademiesDr. David Butler - Health and Medicine Division; The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine May 23, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | EHSC Conference Room (4-8820)High-resolution metabolomics: Advanced blood chemistry for sequencing the human exposomeDr. Douglas Walker - Dept. of Environ Med & Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai May 09, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Host: Dr. Mark Utell Consider the Lung as a Sensory OrganDr. Xin Sun - University of California, San Diego Department of Pediatrics May 07, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: Dr. Michael O'Reilly Tox 558 Seminar Series: Investigating the influence of developmental origins on bone matrix compositionEmily Quarato - Ph.D. student, Toxicology May 06, 2019 @ 1:30 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Tox 558 Seminar Series: Effects of Thyroid Hormone Disruptors on Tadpole Innate Immune system during Response to Mycobacterium Marinum InfectionAlexandra Strohm - Ph.D. student, Toxicology May 06, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Tox 558 Seminar Series: Developmental Neurotoxicity of Ultrafine Air Pollutant ByproductsAlyssa Merrill - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Apr 29, 2019 @ 1:30 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Tox 558 Seminar Series: Multiwalled carbon nanotubes induce cytotoxicity and oxidative stress in human lung cellsJoseph Lucas - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Apr 29, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Tox 558 Seminar Series: JUUL flavors produce trace metals and reactive oxygen species, potentially eliciting differential oxidative stress and inflammatory responsesThomas Lamb - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Apr 22, 2019 @ 1:30 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Tox 558 Seminar Series: Investigating the Role of the Notch target gene Enhancer of Split m? in mediating Methylmercury toxicity in muscle developmentIan Krout - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Apr 22, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Consider the Lung as a Sensory OrganDr. Xin Sun - University of California, San Diego, Professor, Pediatrics and Biological Sciences Apr 16, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly Tox 558 Seminar Series: The tissue-specific developmental role of CncC (Nrf2) in response to methylmercury-induced toxicityJakob Gunderson - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Apr 15, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Matthew Rand, PhD) Indecent Exposure? Investigating the relationship between respiratory viruses and nanomaterialsTara Sabo-Attwood, Ph.D. - University of Florida Dept. of Environmental & Global Health Apr 11, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | EHSC Conference Room (4-8820)The Dermal Toxicity and Immunomodulatory Effects of Topically Applied Engineered Nanomaterials in a Model of Allergic Contact DermatitisBrian Palmer - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Apr 10, 2019 @ 1:30 p.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)Host: (Research supervised by Lisa DeLouise Ph.D.) Tox 558 Seminar Series: Exposure to a mixture of suspected thyroid disrupting chemicals alters metamorphic remodeling of the adaptive immune system in Xenopus laevisConnor McGuire, MSc - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Apr 08, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Jacques Robert, Ph.D.) The Airway Epithelium in Chemical-Induced Lung Disease: A Sentient Sentinel or Masked Marauder?Dr. Matthew McGraw - University of Rochester Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Apr 02, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly Tox 558 Seminar Series: Dysregulated Lactate Metabolism Offers Novel Therapeutic Targets for Radiation-Induced Pulmonary FibrosisMackenzie Palmer - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Apr 01, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Patricia Sime, M.D.) Tox 558 Seminar: Methylmercury & Muscle Development: Investigating Targets Across The Myotendinous Junction of DrosophilaAshley Peppriell - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Mar 25, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Matthew Rand, M.D.) Emerging mass spectrometry (MS)-based technologies for multi-scale mapping of the lungDr. Charles Ansong - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Senior Research Scientist, Integrative Omics group Biological Division Mar 19, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Ravi Misra From the brain to the cell… Lead exposure under iron deficiencyJanine Cubello - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Mar 18, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Margot Mayer-Pröschel, Ph.D.) To Eat or Not to Eat? How Environmental Health Knowledge and Beliefs Influence Consumption of Contaminated FishDr. Kathleen Gray - Assoc. Dir. for Outreach and Public Service Clinical Assistant Professor UNC Institute for the Environment Mar 07, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Plasticity of lymphatics in lung diseaseDr. Donald McDonald - University of California, San Francisco, Professor Cardiovascular Research Institute, Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Department of Anatomy Mar 05, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Arshad Rahman Tox 558 Seminar: Targeting the proton sensing GPCR OGR1 to inhibit myofibroblast differentiationTyler Bell - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Mar 04, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Robert Mathew Kottmann MD, MS-CTR and Patricia J. Sime MD) Tox 558 Seminar Series: Paraquat Inhalation, a Translational Route of Exposure, Results in Sex-specific Alterations in Locomotor Behavior and Midbrain Tyrosine Hydroxylase ConcentrationsTim Anderson - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Feb 25, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Deborah Cory-Slechta, Ph.D.) Mammalian organogenesis: Making blood before a blood stem cellDr. James Palis - UR/Pediatrics Feb 19, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Tox 558 Seminar: Differential regulation of Ahr expression controls hematopoietic stem cell proliferationKeegan Vaughan - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Feb 18, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by B. Paige Lawrence, Ph.D.) Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Women's Health: A Translational Epidemiological Approach to Environmental Reproductive HealthTamarra James-Todd, Ph.D., MPH - Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Assistant Professor of Environmental Reproductive & Perinatal Epidemiology Feb 14, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Tox 558 Seminar: Mechanisms of Fibrosis Across Organ SystemsAshley Rackow - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Feb 11, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Patricia J. Sime, M.D.) Lung Megakaryocyte is a Novel Antigen Presenting CellDaphne Pariser - Ph.D. student, UR Microbiology & Immunology Feb 05, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly Tox 558 Seminar: Investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying the transgenerational inheritance of Pb toxicityKadijah Abston - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Feb 04, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: (Research supervised by Xin Li, Ph.D.) Neurotoxicological Consequences of Developmental Exposure to Hyperoxia and Ultrafine Ambient Particulate Matter: Concurrent Risk Factors of Premature Birth• Keith Morris-Schaffer - Toxicology Feb 04, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)Host: Dr. Deborah Cory-Slechta PhD Thesis Defense: Neurotoxicological Consequences of Developmental Exposure to Hyperoxia and Ultrafine Ambient Particulate Matter: Concurrent Risk Factors of Premature BirthKeith Morris-Schaffer - Ph.D. student, Toxicology Feb 04, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)Host: (Research supervised by Deborah Cory-Slechta Ph.D.) Tox 558 Seminar: Vitamin B6 deficiency negatively influences glucose tolerance during pregnancyAshley Fields Jan 28, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307, Room 3-6408Host: Research supervised by Martha Susiarjo, Ph.D. The mammary gland: a sensitive target to environmental endocrine disruptorsSuzanne E. Fenton, Ph.D. - National Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences Division of the National Toxicology Program Jan 24, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 4-8820Neonatal and juvenile immune responses to lower respiratory tract gram negative bacteriaDr. Sharon Ann McGrath-Morrow - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Program Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship program, Professor of Pediatrics Jan 15, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly Tox 558 Seminar Series: Effects of diesel exhaust particles on the composition and integrity of the lung epithelial barrier Timothy Smyth Jan 14, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: (Research supervised by Steve Georas, M.D.) 11th Annual Lung Research and Trainee Day: Building and repairing the lung at single cell levelDr. Jeffrey Whitsett - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Co-Director, Perinatal Institute, Chief, Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology Jan 11, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (Rm. 3-6408)Host: Dr. Michael O’Reilly Tox 558 Seminar Series: Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and pregnancy outcomes: mechanisms related to maternal-fetal immune toleranceJasmine Reed Jan 07, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: (Research supervised by Martha Susiarjo, Ph.D.)