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EHSC Seminar Series
The Environmental Health Science Center seminar series will resume in person seminar.
Please join us in the Environmental Health Science Center Conference Room 4-8820. There will still be an option to join virtually through Zoom.
If you would like to be added to the seminar list serve or to discuss potential speakers, please contact Dr. Marissa Sobolewski.
The University of Rochester is committed to providing inclusive experiences and equal access to programs, services, and meetings. If you anticipate needing any type of communication access (ASL interpreting or real-time captioning), please contact (Rebecca_Ruston@URMC.Rochester.edu). In all situations, a good faith effort (up until the time of the meeting) will be made to provide accommodations.
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URMC Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Occupational Health Hazards in Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Anna Mehrotra, PhD PE - Director, Wastewater Surveillance Program, Water Environment Federation
NO CME CREDIT IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY
Apr 06, 2023 @ 8:00 a.m.
For Zoom Link contact
Brenda Herrmann EHSC Seminar Series: Environmental Science & Justice: Strengthening Communities through Integrative Practice, Policy & Public Science
Lemir Teron, PhD - Assistant Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Environmental Justice and Air pollution
Project narrative: This seminar will focus on the joint role of environmental justice and public science in addressing health inequality. His lecture will focus on the role of community partnerships in improving local air quality and urban forestry's role in advancing public & environmental health.
Apr 13, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
for Zoom link contact
Gabriela Cuadra or
Marissa Sobolewski Terry EHSC Seminar Series: The Early Life Microbiome and Asthma
Augusto A. Litonjua, MD, MPH - Professor, University of Rochester
EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Microbiome
Project narrative: TBA
Apr 20, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
for Zoom link contact
Gabriela Cuadra or
Marissa Sobolewski TerryFinger Lakes Microbiome Symposium (FiLMS)

April 21, 2023: Finger Lakes Microbiome Symposium (FiLMS), held at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The symposium will feature a poster session and platform talks from trainees, two outstanding keynote speakers (Gloria Dominguez-Bello, PhD and Jose Scher, MD) and a career panel including keynote speakers, Anika Dzierlenga (NIEHS Program Officer) and Eric Schott (co-founder of Solarea Bio).
- Abstract Deadline: February 21, 2023
- Registration Deadline: March 21, 2023
- Additional information on FiLMS can be found here
- For further inquiries, please email UR_Microbiome@URMC.Rochester.edu.
Apr 21, 2023 @ 8:00 a.m.
EHSC Seminar Series: Mixing PFAS – Mechanistic observations and dose additive effects in developmental toxicity studies of PFAS
Justin Conley, PhD - Reproductive Systems Biologist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Highlighted topic: Mixtures and Reproductive Health
May 11, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
for Zoom link contact
Gabriela Cuadra or
Marissa Sobolewski TerryEHSC Seminar Series: Environmental Health at the Intersection of Research and Policy
Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, BCES - Assistant Professor, University of Louisville
Highlighted topic: Environmental Health and Climate Change
Mar 28, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
for Zoom link contact
Gabriela Cuadra or
Marissa Sobolewski Terry