2023-2024 EHS Seminars

DateRIGSpeakerDept/AffiliationPresentation Title
April 6, 2023MultiVenkatakrishna Jala, PhDAssociate Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
University of Louisville
Arsenic-induced gut toxicity and role of gut microbial metabolites.
May 4, 2023CancerCarolyn M Klinge, PhDProfessor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
University of Louisville
Diet and Exposures to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Regulate the Liver Epitranscriptome in a Mouse Model of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
June 1, 2023Neuro Host: External SpeakerRobyn Tanguay, PhDDistinguished University Professor
College of Agricultural Sciences
Environmental & Molecular Toxicology Department
Oregon State University
Thinking Outside the Tank to Unravel and Predict Chemical Activity Mechanisms.
July 6, 2023MultiBarbara J Clark, PhDAssociate Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
University of Louisville
The Cholesterol Transporter STARD5 is Hepatoprotective Against Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-induced Lipid Accumulation: Are Stard5-/- Mice a New Model to Study Fatty Liver Disease?
August 3, 2023NeuroGregory Barnes, MD, PhDDepartment of Neurology
University of Louisville
Impact of Environment and the Microbiome on GABA Signaling in Developmental Disorders
September 7, 2023External SpeakerThomas Begley, PhDProfessor of Biological Sciences
Associate Director of The RNA Institute
University at Albany
Stressing Out with the Epitranscriptome, Implications for Exposure Biology and Human Disease
October 12, 2023External SpeakerKymberly Gowdy, MS, PhDAssociate Professor
Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity
Ohio State University
Examining the Interaction of Diet and the Pulmonary Response to Environmental Exposures
November 2, 2023MultiTed R. Smith, PhDAssociate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology & Toxicology
Multimethod approaches to maximize insights from wastewater-based epidemiology
January 4, 2024NeuroLuz Huntington-Moskos, PhD, RN, CPNAssociate Professor
School of Nursing
Connecting with Communities to Support Disaster Preparedness Research and Programming
February 1, 2024CancerNatalie DuPré, ScDAssistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
The Louisville Environmental Assessments Pilot Study (LEAPS) in Colorectal Cancer
March 7, 2024External SpeakerYvonne Fondufe- Mittendorf, PhDProfessor
Department of Epigenetics
Van Andel Institute
3D chromatin structure at the intersection of Toxicology and Disease