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Seminars & Events

EnLight 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

Mar 05, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Endotoxin, Organic Dust, Environmental Microbiome, PAMPs

School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

Highlighted topic

Host: Alison Elder, 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

Apr 16, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted words: fish consumption, methylmercury exposure, nutritional status, lifespan, neurodevelopment, aging

School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado

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

Apr 23, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Tooth chemistry, Dental caries, Micro-CT, Isomorphous substitution

School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado

Host: Todd Jusko, PhD

Future Researchers in Environmental Science and Health (FRESH) Seminar: “TBD"

Jose Guillermo Cedeno Laurent, MSc, ScD - Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice, Rutgers University

Apr 30, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted Topics: TBD

Medical Center | 4-8820

EnLight Seminar Series: TBD

Ivan Rusyn, MD., PhD - Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

May 14, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado

Host: Paige Lawrence, PhD

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)