Lainie Ross Honored with Distinguished Graduate Award from Penn
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
The dean's professor and inaugural chair of the Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics received the award for her nationally and internationally recognized work addressing ethical and policy issues in transplant, pediatrics, genetics, research, and health care disparities. Ross, who earned her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, joins the ranks of accomplished alumni honored for their outstanding service to the medical profession and to society at-large.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
A new Rochester-based research center will study the lifecycle of microplastics, including its origin as plastic waste, distribution and movement in the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem, and human exposure and health impact. The research will also focus on how climate change could intensify the environmental and health threats posed by microplastics.
The Lake Ontario Center for Microplastics and Human Health in a Changing Environment is a collaboration between the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and supported by $7.3 million in funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Science Foundation under the federal Oceans and Human Health program.
“The center will seek to develop a better understanding of the interactions between plastic pollution, the Great Lakes environment, and human health in both current and projected real-world conditions,” said Katrina Korfmacher, PhD, a professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and co-director of the new center. “This research will catalyze a new understanding of both environmental and human health aspects of microplastics, engage new groups in strategies to reduce the source of waste and mitigate exposure, and provide a model for similar approaches in other communities.”
Read More: New Microplastics Center Awarded $7.3MHousing, Health and Environmental Justice Research Workshop
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Housing, Health and Environmental Justice Research Workshop - Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, 9 AM – 5 PM - Helen Wood Hall, School of Nursing Auditorium
Event Flyer
The University of Rochester Institute for Human Health and the Environment invites you to join a Research Workshop on Housing, Health and Environmental Justice in the Rochester Region to learn how home-based environmental exposures affect health equity. This workshop will:
- Build researchers’ and community partners’ understanding of the connections between housing environments and health
- Identify unique opportunities for healthy homes research in the Rochester region
- Foster new projects to inform solutions
Keynote Speaker
Amanda L. Reddy, M.S.
Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing