2021-2022 EHS Seminars

DateRIGSpeakerDept/AffiliationPresentation Title
April 1, 2021MultiMadhavi Rane, Ph.D.Nephrology and HypertensionExploring the potential role of Nuclear Factor-Erythroid derived 2 (NF-E2) protein in renal disease and injury
May 6, 2021CancerShesh Rai, Ph.D.Bioinformatics and Biostatistics University of LouisvilleIssues, Analyses, and Sample Size Justification involving miRNA Data
June 3, 2021Neuro host: External SpeakerDeborah A. Cory-Slechta, Ph.D.Dept. of Environmental Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
Ambient Ultrafine Particle Air Pollution and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
July 1, 2021MultiTimothy O’Toole, Ph.D.Medicine University of LouisvilleMicroplastics exposure and cardiovascular disease
August 5, 2021CancerMatthew Cave, Ph.D.Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Biochemistry and Molecular GeneticsEnvironmental Liver Disease Update
September 2, 2021Multi host: External SpeakerMiroslav Styblo, Ph.D.Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel HillHumanized mouse models for arsenic toxicology
October 7, 2021NeuroJohn Wise, Jr, Ph.D.Dept. of PediatricsA Toxic Aging Coin: Cr(VI) Neurotoxicity and Brain Aging
November 4, 2021MultiMichael L Merchant, Ph.D.Dept. Medicine/Nephrology & HypertensionMetal toxicity in the kidney
December 2, 2021Cancer host: External SpeakerMarcelo G. Bonini, Ph.D.Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Electrochemical determinants of cellular phenotypic transitions
January 6, 2022NeuroLonnie L Sears, Ph.D.Dept. of PediatricsNeurobehavioral Health in Children Living Near Coal Power Plants
February 3, 2022CancerAlexandra Nail, Ph.D.Dept. of Pharmacology & ToxicologyArsenic Dysregulation of the DNA Damage Response in Human Keratinocytes
March 3, 2022External SpeakerMichael Aschner, Ph.D.Director, Einstein Center of Toxicology 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine 
Montefiore, Yeshiva University 
Manganese Neurotoxicity: what can we learn from worms?