Seminars & Events
EHSC Seminar Series: Advances and set backs in understanding the health effects of e-cigarettes EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: E-cigarettes and pulmonary toxicity
Laura Crotty Alexander, MD - Associate Professor, Medicine, Univ. California San Diego
CIFT/CRofT and EHSC joint seminar: Advances and set backs in understanding the health effects of e-cigarettes
EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: E-cigarettes and pulmonary toxicity
Dec 09, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski TerryEHSC Seminar Series: Extracellular Vesicles in Environmental Health and Disease
Quan Lu, PhD - Professor, Harvard University
EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Gene-Environment interaction, neurotoxicology and asthma
Nov 18, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski TerryPublic Health Grand Rounds - Gen X and Emerging Perfluorinated Exposures in the Cape Fear River Basin
Jane Hoppin, ScD - Deputy Director, Center for Human Health and the Environment; Professor, Department of Biological Sciences; University Faculty Scholar, NC State
Jane Hoppin, ScD, deputy director, Center for Human Health and the Environment; professor, Department of Biological Sciences; University Faculty Scholar, North Carolina State University, will present "Responding to Community Concerns about Chemical Exposure: The GenX Exposure Study." This presentation will highlight the development and implementation of the GenX Exposure Study, a community based study designed to answer community questions about GenX and other PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances) chemicals discovered in drinking water in Wilmington, NC in 2017.
GenX was one of many PFAS produced by a chemical manufacturing facility on the Cape Fear River upriver of the water intake for Wilmington. Dr. Hoppin will describe the community engagement activities, the discovery of novel fluoroethers in the blood of study participants, report back efforts, and next steps for the project.
Nov 05, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
EHSC Seminar Series: Parkinson's Disease: A Tale of Two Cities—Genome and Exposome
(NOTE TIME CHANGE)
Souvarish Sarkar, PhD - Researcher, Harvard Medical School
EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Gene-Environment interaction and neurotoxicology
Nov 04, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m.
for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski TerryEHSC Seminar Series: Early life exposure to vaping aerosols lead to later life health outcomes: Translation from a mouse model
Judy Zelikoff, PhD - New York University
EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: E-cigarettes
Oct 21, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski TerryInhalation toxicological assessment of tobacco and menthol flavored e-cigarettes
Thivanka Muthumalage, PhD - Dr. Irfan Rahman’s Laboratory, University of Rochester
EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: E-cigarettes
Oct 07, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
for Zoom link contact Laura Bean or Marissa Sobolewski TerryHigh Resolution Analysis of Inhaled Exogenous vs Bio-generated Endogenous Nanoparticles in Olfactory Bulbs of Humans with Neurodegeneration: Significance of Iron and Phosphate
Uschi Graham, PhD - University of Kentucky
EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Climate change, Particulate Matter and Air Pollution
Sep 30, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
for Zoom link contact Laura Bean or Marissa Sobolewski TerryEHSC Seminar Series: The Coupling of Air Quality and Climate Change
Lee Murray, PhD - Earth & Environmental Sciences - University of Rochester, Earth & Environmental Sciences - University of Rochester
EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Climate change, Particulate Matter and Air Pollution
Sep 16, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
for Zoom link contact Laura Bean or Marissa Sobolewski TerryOccupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Too Hot to Work: Climate Change and Outdoor Workers’ Health
Brenda Ekwurzel, PhD - Director of Climate Science and Senior Climate Scientist, Director of Climate Science and Senior Climate Scientist - Union of Concerned Scientists
Dr. Ekwurzel is Director of Climate Science and Senior Climate Scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists
Zoom https://rochester.zoom.us/j/95321679104
Sep 09, 2021 @ 8:00 a.m.
Zoom linkEHSC Seminar Series: TBA
Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf - University of Kentucky
Jun 10, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
Zoom InvitationThe 12th Annual Lung Research & Trainee day
Guest Speaker Dr. Anne Hilgendorff from Munich, Germany
Jun 07, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomToxicology Training Program Retreat: Microglia and the Lung-Brain Axis in Amyloid Pathology: Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease
Keynote speaker, Dr. Michelle Block - Indiana University School of Medicine
May 27, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m.
ZoomTOX 558 Seminar Series: Changes in the Glial Landscape Following Single-Dose Brain Radiation
TOX 558 Seminar Series: Characterizing Microglia in the Developing Cerebellum
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Causation in OEM: Judging work-related causation in individual patients
George Friedman-Jimenez, MD, DrPH - Director, Bellevue / NYU Occupational Environmental Medicine Clinic, Assistant Professor of Population Health, Medicine and Environmental Medicine Bellevue Hospital Center, NYU School of Medicine
May 13, 2021 @ 8:00 a.m.
ZoomOccupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Is this patient’s cancer work-related? Determination of work-related causation of cancer in an individual patient
George Friedman-Jimenez, MD, DrPH - Director, Bellevue / NYU Occupational Environmental Medicine Clinic, Assistant Professor of Population Health, Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, NYU School of Medicine
May 13, 2021 @ 8:00 a.m.
ZoomTOX 558 Seminar Series: Cellular Effects of Zwitterionic-Coated Nanoparticles
EHSC Seminar Series: TBA
Caleb Finch - University of Southern California
May 06, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
Zoom InvitationTOX 558 Seminar Series: Comparative analysis of developmental toxicity mechanisms of mercury, lead, and arsenic in the Drosophila model
EHSC Seminar Series: TBA
Tom O’Connor - University of Rochester
Apr 22, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
Zoom InvitationLung Biology Research Seminar Series: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a role for aberrant cell quality control and dysfunctional endophenotypes in the distal lung epithelium
Michael F. Beers, MD - Robert L. Mayock & David A. Cooper Professor of Medicine, Perlman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Apr 20, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationTOX 558 Seminar Series: Bioactivity of Environmental Microplastics and their Adsorbed Pollutants
TOX 558 Seminar Series: The aryl hydrocarbon receptor influences the hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells during viral infection
EHSC Seminar Series: TBA
Devon Payne-Sturges - University of Maryland
Apr 08, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
Zoom InvitationLung Biology Research Seminar Series: Dopamine signaling in lung fibrosis and resolution
Daniel J. Tschumperlin, PhD - Professor, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic
Apr 06, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationOccupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Overview of Spine Surgery
Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Viral manipulation of the cellular environment
Joshua C. Munger, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center
Mar 30, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationTOX 558 Seminar Series: Mesenchymal stem cell phagocytosis a facultative process that induces senescence
TOX 558 Seminar Series: Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) disrupts protective tight junction proteins in lung epithelial cells
Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Type I Interferons as Regulators of Allergic Inflammation
Regina K. Rowe, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center
Mar 16, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationTOX 558 Seminar Series: Pregnancy is a critical window for endocrine disrupting chemical effects on maternal endocrine and metabolic health
Alyssa Merrill - TOX PhD Candidate
Mar 15, 2021 @ 1:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, PhD, & Marissa Sobolewski, Ph.D.
EHSC Seminar Series: Old Order Mennonite lifestyle and protective factors against early childhood allergic disease
Kirsi Jarvinen-Seppo - University of Rochester
Mar 11, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
ZoomTOX 558 Seminar Series: Flavoring Chemicals Found in E-Cigarettes Induce Inflammation in Macrophages
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Marijuana in New York State: an update
Karl Auerbach MD, MS, MBA, FACOEM - Board Certified Occupational Medicine, Staff Physician, OEHC of Eastern NY
Mar 04, 2021 @ 8:00 a.m.
ZoomLung Biology Research Seminar Series: Organoid modeling of lung disease and lung cancer
Carla Kim, PhD - Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Mar 02, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationTOX 558 Seminar Series: Biotransformation of MeHg to Hg2+ is a key determinant of toxicokinetics & toxicity
EHSC Seminar Series: Emerging Toxicology of Flavorings with a focus on menthol/mint on activation of Chemosensory Receptors and Respiratory Irritation Responses (Brain-Lung connection)
Sven Jordt - Duke University
Mar 01, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
ZoomHost: Joint Seminar with Center for Flavorings Toxicology
Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase and Lung Inflammation
Chen Yan, Ph.D. - Department of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research, Institute University of Rochester
Feb 16, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomTOX 558 Seminar Series: The Role of Lactate in Macrophage Polarization in RIPF
EHSC Seminar Series: TBA
Emily Barrett - Rutgers University
Feb 11, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
ZoomTOX 558 Seminar Series: Thyroid disrupters perturb thymocyte development in Xenopus laevis
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Managing the Workforce During the Pandemic
Michael J. Apostolakos, MD, FCCP - Chief Medical Officer, Vice President, University of Rochester Medical Center, Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Feb 04, 2021 @ 8:00 a.m.
ZoomLung Biology Research Seminar Series: The Natriuretic Peptide System – a New Surfactant Regulator?
Rita M. Ryan, MD - Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Feb 02, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationTOX 558 Seminar Series: Mediators and Moderators of Methylmercury Toxicity in Drosophila Neuromuscular Development
EHSC Seminar Series: TBA
Katarzyna Kordas - University of Buffalo
Jan 28, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
Zoom InvitationTOX 558 Seminar Series: The Influence of Developmental Iron Deficiency on Lead Exposure
Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: CFTR-expressing ionocytes in the salivary gland
Catherine E. Ovitt, PhD - Professor, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center
Jan 19, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationTOX 558 Seminar Series: Targeting the Proton Sensing GPCR OGR1 to Inhibit TGF-β Induced Myofibroblast Differentiation
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Workplace Stress and Resilience Training in Health Care
Kristen Chalmers, LMSW - Social Worker, Finger Lakes Occupational Health Services, University of Rochester Medical Center
Jan 07, 2021 @ 8:00 a.m.
ZoomLung Biology Research Seminar Series: Inhalation exposure facility: Infrastructure to facilitate multidirectional translation
Alison Elder, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center
Jan 05, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomToxicology Training Program Seminar TOX 558: Paraquat Inhalation, a Translationally Relevant Route of Exposure, Produces Male-specific Deficits in Locomotor Behavior, Decreased Midbrain Dopamine, and Alterations to Striatal Glutamine and Serotonin
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Managing the Workforce During the Pandemic
Michael J. Apostolakos, MD, FCCP - Chief Medical Officer Vice President, University of Rochester Medical Center Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Jan 04, 2021 @ 8:00 a.m.
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