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EHSC Seminar Series

The Environmental Health Science Center seminar series will resume for the 2020-2021 starting in Sept 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all seminars will be conducted virtually through Zoom until further notice. Please contact Dr. Marissa Sobolewski to discuss potential speakers. Please see the University of Rochester’s Medical Center COVID-19 web page for the latest updates, resources for avoiding infection, what to do if you think you may be infected, and visitor restrictions at our hospital.

Upcoming 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

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

EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Immunotoxicology

Feb 03, 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

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

EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Metals and Community Outreach

Feb 17, 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: TBA

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

EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Climate change, Particulate Matter and Air Pollution

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: TBA

Jason Cannon, PhD - Associate Professor, Purdue University

EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Gene-Environment Interaction and Neurotoxicology

Apr 28, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: TBA

Alessandro Venosa, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Utah

EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Air Pollution and Pulmonary Toxicity

May 12, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: TBA

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

EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Air Pollution and Neurotoxicity

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

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry