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Seminars & Events

EnLight Seminar Series: "Using omics biomarkers to unravel the role of prenatal metals exposures in child development"

Alison Kupsco, PhD - Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University

Jan 22, 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: Sally Thurston, PhD

EnLight Seminar Series: "Environmental Mercury Toxicity: Lessons from history, hair, microbes and flies"

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

Jan 29, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

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

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

For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado

EnLight Seminar Series: TBD

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.

Highlighted topic: TBD

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

For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado

Host: Toxicology Trainees

EnLight Seminar Series: TBD

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.

Highlighted topic: TBD

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