Seminars & Events
Toxicology Training Program Retreat Keynote Address: "From Molecules to Mechanisms: Decoding Chemical Bioactivity Using Zebrafish"
Robyn Tanguay, PhD - University Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Director of Superfund Research Program, Director of Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Laboratory, Oregon State University
May 28, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | Large Auditorium (2.6424)
EnLight Seminar Series: "Metals, Tooth Crystallography and Dental Health"
Aderonke Akinkugbe MPH, PhD - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Highlighted topic: Tooth chemistry, Dental caries, Micro-CT, Isomorphous substitution
Apr 23, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoHost: Todd Jusko, PhD
EnLight Seminar Series: "Methylmercury exposure, health and development across the lifespan in high fish consumers: Recent findings from the Seychelles Child Development Study"
Edwin van Wijngaarden, PhD - Associate Chair & Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester
Highlighted words: fish consumption, methylmercury exposure, nutritional status, lifespan, neurodevelopment, aging
Apr 16, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: "Pattern Recognition Signals and the Hygiene Hypothesis: Bridging Toxicology and Population Health"
Peter Thorne, PhD - Co-Director of the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa
Highlighted topic: Endotoxin, Organic Dust, Environmental Microbiome, PAMPs
Mar 05, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
Highlighted topicHost: Alison Elder, PhD
EnLight Seminar Series: "Almost Human: Ethical Challenges for Reporting Back Environmental Health Research"
Jonathan Herington, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics and Department of Philosophy, University of Rochester
Highlighted words: research ethics, report back, scientific uncertainty, precautionary principle
Feb 19, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: "Manganese and dopamine dysregulation in neurodevelopmental disorders"
Fiona Harrison, PhD - Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Vanderbilt Neurobehavioral Core, Director of the T32 Environmental Toxicology Training Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Keywords: Oxidative stress, neurotoxicity, neuroinflammation
Feb 05, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoHost: Toxicology Trainees
EnLight Seminar Series: "Environmental Mercury Toxicity: Lessons from history, hair, microbes and flies"
Matthew Rand, PhD - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester
Highlighted topic: Mercury and muscle toxicity, gut microbiome, genetic susceptibility and resistance
Jan 29, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: "Using omics biomarkers to unravel the role of prenatal metals exposures in child development"
Allison Kupsco, PhD - Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University
Highlighted topic: TBA
Jan 22, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoHost: Sally Thurston, PhD