Seminars & Grand Rounds

 Sep 15, 2026 @ 9:00 a.m.

Translational Impact of Environmental Health Sciences: from Bench to Broad Street

The University of Rochester and Rochester’s Environmental Health Sciences Center is proud to host the 2026 NIEHS P30 Center Meeting, bringing together leaders, researchers, trainees, and partners from Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers across the country. This year’s theme, Translational Impact of Environmental Health Sciences: from Bench to Broad Street, highlights the journey of discovery from foundational laboratory research to meaningful improvements in clinical care, public health practice, policy, and community well-being.

Over three days, attendees will engage in scientific sessions, collaborative discussions, networking opportunities, and presentations showcasing innovative research that advances our understanding of how environmental exposures influence human health. The meeting will emphasize interdisciplinary partnerships, community engagement, and real-world applications that move science beyond the lab and into the places where people live, work, and thrive. 

We look forward to welcoming colleagues to Rochester in September 2026 for an inspiring exchange of ideas focused on translating environmental health science into broader impact.

For questions related to registration, abstracts/programming, accessibility accommodations, or sponsorship inquiries, please contact EHSCC2026@urmc.rochester.edu.

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Host: University of Rochester Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health Sciences (EMPHS)

Katarzyna Kordas, PhD - Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Buffalo

 Sep 24, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Lead, arsenic, cadmium, baby food, exposure assessment, measurement uncertainty

Stella Volpe, PhD, RDN, ACSM-CEP - FACSM, department head and professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech

 Sep 25, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.

Leonard Egede, MD, MS, FACP - Charles and Mary Bauer Endowed Chair of Medicine at University at Buffalo

 Oct 09, 2026 @ 8:30 a.m.

University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute
fifth floor

875 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY, 14203

Darren Lipomi, PhD - Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chair of Department of Chemical and Sustainability Engineering, University of Rochester Medical Center

 Oct 15, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Photovoltaics, critical materials, electronic waste, dynamic covalent chemistry

Jessica Blackburn, PhD - Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 Oct 22, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Cigarette smoke and deployment-related respiratory disease

Ivan Rusyn, MD., PhD - Professor, Department of Veterinary & Pharmacology, Texas A&M University

 Oct 29, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Aza Nedhari, DHS, CPM, LPC - President, CEO, and co-founder of Mamatoto Village

 Nov 06, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m.
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Benjamin Miller, PhD - Dean’s Professor of Dermatology, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Material Sciences, Optics, University of Rochester Medical Center

 Nov 19, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Magda Kaczmarska, MFA - Global Atlantic fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Global Brain Health Institute & Founding executive director, Dance Stream Projects

 Nov 20, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.

Todd Jusko, PhD - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center

 Dec 03, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Karen M. Mustian, PhD, MPH - Dean’s professor of Surgery, Cancer Control, professor of Radiation Oncology, and co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at the Wilmot Cancer Institute

 Dec 04, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.

Phoebe Stapleton, PhD., ATC - Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Division Director for Environmental and Population Health, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University

 Dec 17, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Brian Jackson, PhD - Research Professor, Director of Trace Element Analysis Core, Director of Biomedical National Elemental Imaging Resource, Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College

 Jan 28, 2027 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Robert Tighe, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine and in the Division of Environmental Natural Sciences, Department of Medicine at Duke University

 Feb 25, 2027 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

Jason Richardson, PhD - Dianne Isakson Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research at University of Georgia

 Mar 25, 2027 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD