Seminars & Events
Toxicology Training Program Annual Retreat
Keynote Address
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
May 29, 2025 @ 9:00 a.m.
Medical Center |
Host: Department of Environmental Medicine
EnLight Seminar Series: "Biomonitoring New York"
Karen Wilson, MPH - Research Scientist, NYS Department of Health
Highlighted topic: TBD
May 08, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: "TBA"
Jacques Robert, PhD - Professor, University of Rochester
Highlighted topic: TBA
Apr 17, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series “Emerging endocrine disruptors: learning from and looking beyond the usual suspects”
Emily Barrett, PhD - Professor, Rutgers University School of Public Health
Highlighted topic: Endocrine disruptors, maternal child health, food contaminants
Apr 10, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series, co-sponsored by the IHHE and the Center for Community Health & Prevention: A Green Heart for Healthy Communities
Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, BCES - Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville
Highlighted topic: Climate and health, health equity, air quality, extreme heat
Mar 27, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Helen Wood Hall | 1W-304 School of Nursing Auditorium
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: "Follow Your Passion, Not the Rules: My Atypical 'Cell to Society' Approach to Studying Wildfire Smoke Health Effects"
Luke Montrose, PhD - Assistant Professor of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University
Highlighted topic: TBD
Mar 06, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: "Examining the in vivo effects of microplastics: Gut and Systemic Response"
Eliseo F. Castillo, PhD - Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences
Highlighted topic: Gut microbiota, intestinal epithelium, the mucosal immune system
Feb 27, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: “Brain Organoids + AI = Organoid Intelligence (OI)”
Thomas Hartung, MD PhD - Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Highlighted topic: Organoid culture, mini-brains, artificial intelligence
Jan 30, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
For Zoom link contact Anisah MercadoEnLight Seminar Series: "Complete Electrocatalytic Aqueous Defluorination of PFAS with Nonprecious Materials"
Astrid M. Müller, PhD - Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester
Highlighted topic: PFAS defluorination, Perfluorooctane sulfonate, Perfluorooctanoic acid, GenX, Aqueous electrocatalysis
Jan 23, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | 4-8820
For Zoom link contact Anisah Mercado