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Environmental Lectures in Global Health and Toxicology (EnLIGHT) Seminar Series

The Environmental Lectures in Global Health and Toxicology seminar series will resume in person seminar. This seminar series features research that encompasses multidisciplinary and cutting-edge approaches to understand how environmental agents (including chemical, nutritional, social, and economic factors) influence health and disease, and contribute to health inequities at local, regional, and global levels. These seminars are supported by our National Institute of Environmental Health Science Center (P30 ES001247), the Department of Environmental Medicine, the Toxicology Training Grant (ES007026), and the Institute for Human Health and the Environment.

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. In all situations, a good faith effort (up until the time of the meeting) will be made to provide accommodations.

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EnLIGHT Seminar Series: "Intersection of Olfaction and Nasal Mucosal Immune Responses"

Regina Rowe, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester

Highlighted topic: Reproductive and endocrinology

 Apr 11, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EnLIGHT Seminar Series: TBA

Chris Carlsten, M.D., MPH - Professor, Medicine, Univ. of British Columbia

Highlighted topic: Inhalation toxicity

 Apr 18, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Marissa Sobolewski Terry

Housing, Health and Environmental Justice Research Workshop

Amanda L. Reddy, MS - Executive Director, National Center for the Healthy Housing

Housing, Health and Environmental Justice Research Workshop - Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM - Helen Wood Hall, School of Nursing Auditorium

The University of Rochester Institute for Human Health and the Environment invites you to join a Research Workshop on Housing, Health and Environmental Justice in the Rochester Region to learn how home-based environmental exposures affect health equity. This workshop will:

  • Build researchers’ and community partners’ understanding of the connections between housing environments and health
  • Identify unique opportunities for healthy homes research in the Rochester region
  • Foster new projects to inform solutions

Registration is now open!
Deadline: April 1st

Register Here

For questions or enquiries, please contact us at ihhe@urmc.rochester.edu

Event Flyer

Keynote Speaker

Amanda L. Reddy, M.S.
Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing

Local Overview Presenter

Melissa Berrien
Director of Resident Services
Rochester Housing Authority

Healthy Housing Research Panelists

Michelle Del Rio, PHD
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
Indiana University, Bloomington

Kevin Kennedy, MPH, CIEC
Environmental Health Scientist
Healthy Indoors Consulting

Robin Dodson, ScD
Associate Director of Research Operations
Chemical Exposure & Risk Assessment
Silent Spring Institute

 May 01, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
 Helen Wood Hall | School of Nursing Auditorium

Host: Department of Environmental Medicine Institute for Human Health and the Environment

EnLIGHT Seminar Series: TBA

Humphrey Hung-Chang Yao, PhD - Senior Principal Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Highlighted topic: Mammalian reproductive differentiation

 May 02, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EnLIGHT Seminar Series: "Androgen Actions in Female Reproductive Endocrinologyā€¯

Olga Astapova, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Endocrinology, University of Rochester

Highlighted topic: Inhaled agents and Inflammation

 May 16, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EnLIGHT Seminar Series: "ADME Phenoconversion in MASH: Diagnostic Opportunity or Risk of Toxicity"

Nathan Cherrington, PhD - Associate Dean, University of Arizona

Highlighted topic: Liver Biology and Toxicology

 Oct 10, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EnLIGHT Seminar Series: "A Developmental Neurotoxicity "Who Done It": Identifying Culprits in Real World Mixtures"

Heather Patisaul, PhD - Professor, North Carolina State University

Highlighted topic: Neurotoxicology and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

 Nov 07, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Marissa Sobolewski Terry