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EnLight Seminar Series: "Manganese and dopamine dysregulation in neurodevelopmental disorders"

Fiona Harrison, PhD - Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Vanderbilt Neurobehavioral Core, Director of the T32 Environmental Toxicology Training Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 Feb 05, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Keywords: Oxidative stress, neurotoxicity, neuroinflammation

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

For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado

Host: Toxicology Trainees

EnLight Seminar Series: "Almost Human: Ethical Challenges for Reporting Back Environmental Health Research"

Jonathan Herington, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics and Department of Philosophy, University of Rochester

 Feb 19, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted words: research ethics, report back, scientific uncertainty, precautionary principle

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

For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado

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.

Keywords: Endotoxin, Organic Dust, Environmental Microbiome, PAMPs

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

For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado

Host: Alison Elder, PhD

EnLight Seminar Series: TBD

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: TBA

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

For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado

Host: Todd Jusko, PhD

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