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Seminars & Events

TOX 558 Spring 2022 Student Seminar Series

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EHSC Seminar Series: Understanding social and environmental risk factors for psychosis

David Dodell-Feder, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Rochester Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Dec 15, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: Air pollution and autism: novel methods to explore live birth bias

Marc Weisskopf, PhD, ScD - Professor, Harvard University

Dec 08, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: Lake sturgeon as bioindicators of Genesee River health

Jeffrey Wyatt, DVM, MPH - Professor, University of Rochester

Nov 17, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: Tales from the lung: modeling immune cell dynamics during acute and chronic stress

Alessandro Venosa, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Utah

Oct 27, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: Translational impact of neurotoxicant-neuromelanin interactions critical to catecholaminergic neurotoxicity

Jason Cannon, PhD - Associate Professor, Purdue University

Sep 22, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: Endocrine disruptors, green chemistry, and the mammary gland

Laura Vandenberg, PhD - Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Sep 15, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

Toxicology Retreat Keynote Seminar

Kenneth Olden, Ph.D. - former NIEHS and NTP Director

May 26, 2022 @ 11:15 a.m.

Medical Center | Class of '62 Auditorium

Hybrid Zoom

EHSC Seminar Series: Ambient air pollution and pediatric brain development: insights from the ABCD study

Megan Herting, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Southern California

May 19, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: “Forever Chemicals” in Your Body: Bioaccumulation of Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)

Carrie McDonough, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University

Apr 14, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

Host: EHSC and Environmental and Earth Science Joint Seminar

EHSC Seminar Series: Translational research validating the emerging field of obesogens

Michele A La Merrill, PhD MPH she/her/hers - Associate Professor
Chancellor’s Fellow, Department of Environmental Toxicology
Genome-, Environmental Health-, Comprehensive Cancer-, and Perinatal Origins of Disparities- Centers
University of California at Davis

Mar 03, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: TBA

Folami Ideraabdullah - University of North Carolina

Feb 24, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: The Truth Fairy Project: Assessing legacy pollution in communities near a lead-acid battery smelter

Jill Johnston, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Southern California

Feb 17, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

TOX 558 Student Series: Pregnancy is a critical window for endocrine disrupting chemical effects on maternal endocrine and metabolic health

Alyssa Merrill - PhD Candidate, Cory-Slechta/Sobolewski Labs

Feb 07, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.

EHSC Seminar Series: When T cells get stressed: the role of the stress-activated transcription factor Nrf2 in host defense and allergy

Cheryl Rockwell, PhD - Michigan State University

Feb 03, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

TOX 558 Student Series: Investigating the impact of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid on the pulmonary epithelial barrier

Joseph Lucas - PhD Candidate, I. Rahman Lab

Jan 31, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.

TOX 558 Student Series: Acute exposure to flavored e-cigarettes results in lung inflammation in C57BL/6J mice

Thomas Lamb, Jr. - PhD Candidate, I. Rahman Lab

Jan 24, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.

EHSC Seminar Series: Effects of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) aerosols on the developing mouse lung

Alexandra Noel, PhD - Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University

Jan 20, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

TOX 558 Student Series: Biotransformation of methylmercury modulates its toxicokinetics in a tissue-specific and life-stage dependent manner

Ian Krout - PhD Candidate, Rand Lab

Jan 10, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.

EHSC Seminar Series: Mano a mano: Addressing tobacco-related disparities among Latinos via community-led research and technology solutions

Francisco Cartujano-Barrera, M.D. - Research Assistant Professor, Univ. of Rochester

Jan 06, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry