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Environmental Lectures in Global Health and Toxicology (EnLIGHT) Seminar Series

The Environmental Lectures in Global Health and Toxicology seminar series will resume in person seminar. This seminar series features research that encompasses multidisciplinary and cutting-edge approaches to understand how environmental agents (including chemical, nutritional, social, and economic factors) influence health and disease, and contribute to health inequities at local, regional, and global levels. These seminars are supported by our National Institute of Environmental Health Science Center (P30 ES001247), the Department of Environmental Medicine, the Toxicology Training Grant (ES007026), and the Institute for Human Health and the Environment.

Please join us in the Environmental Health Science Center Conference Room 4-8820. There will still be an option to join virtually through Zoom.

If you would like to be added to the seminar list serve or to discuss potential speakers, please contact Hae-Ryung Park.

The University of Rochester is committed to providing inclusive experiences and equal access to programs, services, and meetings. If you anticipate needing any type of communication access (ASL interpreting or real-time captioning), please contact Rebecca Ruston. In all situations, a good faith effort (up until the time of the meeting) will be made to provide accommodations.

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EnLight Seminar Series: Decoding Climate Vulnerability: Harnessing the Power of Data Science and Causal Inference

Francesca Dominici, PhD, MPH, BCES - Professor, Harvard University

Highlighted topic: Air Pollution

 Dec 14, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EnLight Seminar Series: Climate change, air pollution and respiratory infections

Daniel Croft, M.D., M.P.H. - Assistant Professor, Univ. of Rochester

Highlighted topic: Air Pollution and Pulmonary Toxicology

 Dec 07, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EnLight Seminar Series: Gut microbiota regulation of host immunity determines osteomyelitis severity in obesity-related type 2 diabetes

Steven R. Gill, PhD - Professor, Univ. of Rochester

Highlighted topic: Microbiome and metabolism

 Nov 30, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EnLight Seminar Series: "Environmental Chemical Impact on the Host-Microbiome Dialogue"

Andrew Patterson, PhD - Professor, Penn State

Highlighted Topic: Microbiome and metabolism

 Nov 16, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: "Characterizing residential PFAS exposures: Are we overlooking an important exposure pathway?"

Robin Dodson, ScD - Research Scientist, Silent Spring Institute

Highlighted topic: PFAS exposure

 Nov 09, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: Gene-environment interaction in islet serotonin metabolism and impacts of maternal glucose regulation

Martha Susiarjo, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Environmental Medicine, Univ. Rochester

Highlighted topic: Pregnancy and PFAS

 Oct 26, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

The Inaugural Jack Finkelstein lecture
“Human Milk Components: Guiding Gut and Immune Health”

Edward Barrett, PhD - Toxicology Program Alum
Senior Scientist, Senior Director of Translational Research in Pharmacology, Lovelace Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Lunch is provided; trainees are invited to meet and share their meal with Dr. Barrett in 4-8820 after the lecture

 Oct 12, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)

Zoom

Host: Neonatology Research Seminar Series and Toxicology Training Grant

EHSC Seminar Series: Influence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances on Breastfeeding Duration and Human Milk

Megan Romano, PhD - Associate Professor, Dartmouth University

Highlighted topic: Pregnancy and PFAS

 Oct 12, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

FUTURE Workshop: Focus on Uncovering Themes Unifying Research on Environment

 Sep 26, 2023 @ 8:00 a.m.

EHSC Seminar Series: Particles, Disruption of Iron Homeostasis, and Biological Effects

Andrew Ghio, MD - Medical Officer, Environmental Protection Agency

Highlighted Topic: air pollution and metals

 Sep 21, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: Mixing PFAS – Mechanistic observations and dose additive effects in developmental toxicity studies of PFAS

Justin Conley, PhD - Reproductive Systems Biologist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Highlighted topic: Mixtures and Reproductive Health

 May 11, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

Finger Lakes Microbiome Symposium (FiLMS)

Finger Lakes Microbiome Symposium Flyer

April 21, 2023: Finger Lakes Microbiome Symposium (FiLMS), held at the University of Rochester Medical Center.  The symposium will feature a poster session and platform talks from trainees, two outstanding keynote speakers (Gloria Dominguez-Bello, PhD and Jose Scher, MD) and a career panel including keynote speakers, Anika Dzierlenga (NIEHS Program Officer) and Eric Schott (co-founder of Solarea Bio).

  • Abstract Deadline: February 21, 2023
  • Registration Deadline: March 21, 2023
  • Additional information on FiLMS can be found here 
  • For further inquiries, please email UR_Microbiome@URMC.Rochester.edu.

 Apr 21, 2023 @ 8:00 a.m.

EHSC Seminar Series: The Early Life Microbiome and Asthma

Augusto A. Litonjua, MD, MPH - Professor, University of Rochester

EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Microbiome

Project narrative: TBA

 Apr 20, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: Environmental Science & Justice: Strengthening Communities through Integrative Practice, Policy & Public Science

Lemir Teron, PhD - Assistant Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Environmental Justice and Air pollution

Project narrative: This seminar will focus on the joint role of environmental justice and public science in addressing health inequality. His lecture will focus on the role of community partnerships in improving local air quality and urban forestry's role in advancing public & environmental health.

 Apr 13, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Gabriela Cuadra or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

URMC Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Occupational Health Hazards in Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Anna Mehrotra, PhD PE - Director, Wastewater Surveillance Program, Water Environment Federation

NO CME CREDIT IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY

 Apr 06, 2023 @ 8:00 a.m.

For Zoom Link contact Brenda Herrmann

URMC Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Workplace Bullying: A Preventable Occupational Health Hazard

Kristen Chalmers, LMSW - Social Worker, Finger Lakes Occupational Health Services

Join Zoom Meeting:
Meeting ID: 918 6888 1600
Passcode: 018047

Flyer

NO CME CREDIT IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY

 Mar 09, 2023 @ 8:00 a.m.

Join Zoom Meeting

Host: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Department of Environmental Medicine
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

EHSC Seminar Series: Tobacco and Radon Exposure: Environmental Risk Reduction using a Community Science Approach

Ellen Hahn, Ph.D., RN - Professor, University of Kentucky

EHSC Seminar Series Highlighted Topic: Cancer and Community Outreach

Project narrative: Co-exposure to tobacco smoke and radon dramatically increases new cases of lung cancer. Yet, few test their homes for radon and public awareness of the seriousness of radon exposure is minimal. BREATHE’s multidisciplinary community-academic team at the University of Kentucky engages with community scientists, community-based organizations, and public libraries to boost home radon testing using digital radon technology and access to affordable radon mitigation.

 Feb 23, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

Taking Aims Seminar

Matt McCall, PhD - Associate Professor, URMC Dept. Biostatistics and Computational Biology

 Feb 09, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | EHSC 4.8820

URMC Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds

Ray Dorsey , MD - David M. Levy Professor of Neurology, Author, Ending Parkinson’s Disease, Center for Health + Technology (CHeT), University of Rochester

TOPIC: Likely Environmental Causes of Parkinson’s Disease

Join Zoom Meeting:  

Watch the video.

NO CME CREDIT IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY

 Feb 09, 2023 @ 8:00 a.m.

Zoom Link

Host: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Department of Environmental Medicine
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

EHSC Seminar Series: TBA

Sabina Halappanavar, PhD - Research Scientist, Health Canada; Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa

Highlighted topic: Adverse Outcome Pathways and Nanoparticles

 Feb 02, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

EHSC Seminar Series: The fate and effects of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems

Chelsea Rochman, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Highlighted topic: Environmental Health and Microplastics

Seminar narrative: Microplastic particles are unique from other contaminants in that they are a physical particle composed of a complex mixture of different chemicals (e.g., monomers, additives). In the environment, they are found in diverse shapes and sizes. This talk will be about how the multidimensional characteristics of microplastics affect their fate, and the exposure and effects to biota in aquatic ecosystems.

 Jan 12, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 4-8820

for Zoom link contact Rebecca Ruston or Marissa Sobolewski Terry

Taking Aims Seminar

Paige Lawrence, PhD - Professor and Chair, URMC Dept. Environmental Medicine

 Jan 05, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | EHSC 4.8820

URMC Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds: Coffee Roasting and the Risk of Severe Respiratory Tract Infections

Matthew McGraw, MD - Assistant Professor, URMC Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Zoom Meeting Passcode: 017531

NO CME CREDIT IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY

 Jan 05, 2023 @ 8:00 a.m.

Zoom Meeting Link

Host: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Department of Environmental Medicine
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine