2022-2023 EHS Seminars

DateRIGSpeakerDept/AffiliationPresentation Title
April 7, 2022MultiPetra Haberzettl, PhDDepartment of Medicine 
University of Louisville
Pulmonary Oxidative Stress, a potential mechanistic pathway to air pollution-induced cardiovascular and metabolic toxicity. 
May 5, 2022CancerAlexandra Nail, PhDDepartment of Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Louisville
Chronic Arsenic Exposure Reduces DNA Damage Response Activation in Human Keratinocytes
June 2, 2022Cancer host: External SpeakerFei Chen, PhDDepartment of Pathology 
Renaissance School of Medicine
Stony Brook University
Mineral dust-induced gene and H3K36me3 in breast cancer metastasis
July 7, 2022MultiBanrida Wahlang, PhDDepartment Medicine/Liver Research 
University of Louisville
Mechanisms of Environmental Contributions to Fatty Liver Disease
August 4, 2022NeuroCynthia Corbitt, PhDDepartment of Biology 
University of Louisville
Effects of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure on mouse anxiety-like behavior
September 1, 2022Cancer host: External SpeakerAna Navas-Acien, MD, PhDProfessor and Vice-Chair of Research
Department of Environmental Health Sciences 
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Metallomics: a powerful tool to advance medicine and public health
October 6, 2022NeuroGregory Barnes, MD, PhDDepartment of Neurology 
University of Louisville
Impact of Metal Exposure and Cerebellar Neuroinflammation on Cognitive Circuits in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
November 3, 2022MultiLu Cai, MD, PhDDepartment of Pediatrics 
University of Louisville
Diabetic complications, role of zinc and metallothionein
December 1, 2022Multi host: External SpeakerPhoebe Stapleton, PhD, ATCRutgers University- Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy EOHSI-ToxicologyExposure to micro- and nanoplastic particles, considerations in a maternal-fetal environment.
January 5, 2023NeuroJun Cai, MD, PhDDepartment of Pediatrics
University of Louisville
Roles of Early-Life Cadmium Exposure and High-Fat Diet in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
January 26, 2023CancerSanjay Srivastava, PhDProfessor of Medicine
Director, UofL Superfund Research Center
University of Louisville
Carbonyl Stress and Cardiometabolic Disease
March 16, 2023External SpeakerKoren K. Mann, PhDProfessor and Department Chair
Pharmacology & Therapeutics
McGill University
Mechanisms of Arsenic-Enhanced Atherosclerosis