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EnLight Seminar Series: "Using omics biomarkers to unravel the role of prenatal metals exposures in child development"
Allison 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 MercadoHost: 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 MercadoEnLight 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 MercadoHost: 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 MercadoEnLight 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.
Highlighted topic: Endotoxin, Organic Dust, Environmental Microbiome, PAMPs
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
Highlighted topicHost: Alison Elder, PhD
EnLight Seminar Series: "Methylmercury exposure, health and development across the lifespan in high fish consumers: Recent findings from the Seychelles Child Development Study"
Edwin van Wijngaarden, PhD - Associate Chair & Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester
Apr 16, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
Highlighted words: fish consumption, methylmercury exposure, nutritional status, lifespan, neurodevelopment, aging
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: "Metals, Tooth Crystallography and Dental Health"
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: Tooth chemistry, Dental caries, Micro-CT, Isomorphous substitution
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoHost: Todd Jusko, PhD
Future Researchers in Environmental Science and Health (FRESH) Seminar: “Wildfire Air Pollution and the Brain: Advancing Exposure Science Beyond PM Mass Metrics"
Jose Guillermo Cedeno Laurent, MSc, ScD - Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice, Rutgers University
Apr 30, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
Highlighted Topics: TBD
Medical Center | 4-8820
Toxicology Training Program Retreat Keynote Address: "From Molecules to Mechanisms: Decoding Chemical Bioactivity Using Zebrafish"
Robyn Tanguay, PhD - University Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Director of Superfund Research Program, Director of Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Laboratory, Oregon State University
May 28, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | Large Auditorium (2.6424)
EnLight Seminar Series: "TBD"
Kasia Kordas, PhD - Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Buffalo
Sep 24, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
EnLight Seminar Series: "TBD"
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: "TBD"
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: TBD
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: "TBD"
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: TBD
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: “Easier Said than Done: Experience with Qualification of Complex In Vitro Models and Microphysiological Systems as Alternatives to Animal Testing in Toxicology Studies”
Ivan Rusyn, MD., PhD - Professor, Department of Veterinary & Pharmacology, Texas A&M University
Oct 29, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
Highlighted topic: TBD
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: “TBD”
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
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: “TBD”
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
School of Medicine and Dentistry | EHSC Conference Room (4.8820)
For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado