Seminars & Events

Astrid M. Müller, PhD - Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester

 Jan 23, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: PFAS defluorination, Perfluorooctane sulfonate, Perfluorooctanoic acid, GenX, Aqueous electrocatalysis

 Medical Center | 4-8820

Thomas Hartung, MD PhD - Professor, Johns Hopkins University

 Jan 30, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Organoid culture, mini-brains, artificial intelligence

 Medical Center | 4-8820

Stacy Stanifer, PhD, APRN, AOCNS - Assistant Professor, College of Nursing University of Kentucky

 Feb 14, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Formicola Conference Room – Wilmot 2.0727

Eliseo F. Castillo, PhD - Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences

 Feb 27, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Gut microbiota, intestinal epithelium, the mucosal immune system

 Medical Center | 4-8820

Luke Montrose, PhD - Assistant Professor of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University

 Mar 06, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

 Medical Center | 4-8820

Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, BCES - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville

 Mar 27, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Climate and health, health equity, air quality, extreme heat

 Helen Wood Hall | 1W-304 School of Nursing Auditorium

Emily Barrett, PhD - Professor, Rutgers University School of Public Health

 Apr 10, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Endocrine disruptors, maternal child health, food contaminants

 Medical Center | 4-8820

Jacques Robert, PhD - Professor, University of Rochester

 Apr 17, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: exposure to microplastics, immune homeostasis, chronic inflammation, antimicrobial immunity

 Medical Center |  4-8820

Rebecca Simmons, MD - Professor of Neonatology; Associate Director, Center for Research, Reproduction and Women’s Health, University of Pennsylvania

 May 01, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.

Highlighted topic: TBD

 Medical Center | Adolph Lower Auditorium (1-7619)

Host: Co-sponsored by the EHSC, IHHE, and the Division of Neonatology

 May 08, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: PFAS, pesticides, and heavy metals

Speakers: 
Kurunthachalam Kannan, PhD
Deputy Director of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Wadsworth Center
Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Integrated Health Sciences, University at Albany

Anne Pysnik, MPH
Biomonitoring NY Project Coordinator
NYSDOH, Center for Environmental Health

 Medical Center | 4-8820

Host: Co-sponsored by the Finger Lakes Occupational Health Services Clinic

Xiao Wu - Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Columbia University

 May 22, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted Topics: air pollution, exposure to wildfire smoke, climate change

 Medical Center | 4-8820

 May 29, 2025 @ 9:00 a.m.

Keynote Address: “Epigenomic Reprogramming Induced by Early Life Environmental Exposures”

May 29, 2025
11:00am - 12:00pm, SMD Large Auditorium (2-6424)

Cheryl Walker, PhD
Alkek Presidential Chair in Environmental Health; Director, Center for Precision Environmental Health; Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology and Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Flyer  Schedule

 Medical Center | SMD Large Aud. (2-6424)

Host: Department of Environmental Medicine

Kelly Baker, PhD - Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Buffalo

 Sep 11, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: One Health, infectious disease, enteric infections, child health, global development, eco-epidemiology methods

 School of Medicine and Dentistry | 4-8820

Host: Elaine Hill, PhD

Katrina Korfmacher, PhD - Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, Center for Community Health and Prevention, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester

 Sep 25, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: lead exposure and children’s health

 Medical Center | 4-8820

Tess Eidem, PhD - Senior Research Associate, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder

 Oct 16, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBA

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

Host: Daniel Croft, MD

Dean Jones, PhD - Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine

 Oct 23, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBA

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

Host: Souvarish Sarkar, PhD

Matthew Rand, PhD - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester

 Oct 30, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Mercury and muscle toxicity, gut microbiome, genetic susceptibility and resistance

 Medical Center | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)

Jalonne White-Newsome - Associate Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan

 Nov 06, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: TBA  

 School of Medicine and Dentistry | Adolph (Lower) Auditorium (1-7619)

Host: Katrina Korfmacher, PhD

Kinari Webb, MD - Founder, Health in Harmony

 Nov 19, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.

Highlighted topic: radical listening approach, planetary health, community health

 Medical Center | Class of '62 Auditorium (G-9425)

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

Kerry O'Banion, MD, PhD - Professor of Neuroscience, University of Rochester

 Dec 04, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Highlighted topic: Alzheimer’s disease, neuroinflammation, interleukins, mouse models

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