2024-2025 EHS Seminars

DateRIGSpeakerDept/AffiliationPresentation Title
April 4, 2024MTTEboni Neal Cochran


Megan Poole, PhD		Co-Director
Rubbertown Emergency Action (REACT)

Assistant Professor
Department of English
University of Louisville		The Work of Air Justice.
May 2, 2024PEH/ELonnie Sears, PhDProfessor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Louisville		Indoor air pollution and child neurobehavioral health
June 6, 2024MTT Host: External Speaker Jennifer Schlezinger, PhDDepartment of Environmental Health
Boston University School of Public Health		The Multi-Faceted Toxicity of PFAS: Structures, Targets and Adverse Health Outcomes.
July 11, 2024MTTLu Cai, PhDProfessor
Pediatrics, Radiation Oncology, and Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology 		What you should know before collaborating with Lu Cai, MD, PhD -- his lab's research interests.
August 1, 2024EHCCharlie Zhang, PhDProfessor
Department of Geographic & Environmental Sciences
University of Louisville		Examining Health Impacts of Proximity to Coal Ash Storage Facilities in the United States: A National Geospatial Study
September 5, 2024MTT Host: External SpeakerXinliang Ma, MD, PhDDepartment of Emergency Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University		Two Faces of Adipocytes in Ischemic Heart Injury: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets.
October 3, 2024EHCLesley Harris, MSW, PhDAssociate Professor
Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science		Our World Our Say: Engaging Arts-Based Research to Explore Environmental Health Disparities with Youth Impacted by HIV in Hai Phong, Vietnam
November 7, 2024MTTSandra Wise, PhDAssistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology		Scrambling the Genome: New Insights on Cr(VI)-induced Chromosome Instability
December 5, 2024EHC Host: External SpeakerRebecca Pass Philipsborne, MD, MPADepartment of Pediatrics
Emory University
School of Medicine		Climate and Health:  Towards Actionable Teaching, Research and Translation.
January 9, 2025EHCNaveen Nagarajan, PhDAssistant Professor
Pediatrics Research Institute
Department of Pediatrics/Child Neurology
University of Louisville		Microglia specific circuit defects in Repetitive behaviors and neurodevelopmental disorders
February 6, 2025PEH/ETed R. Smith, PhDProfessor
Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology & Toxicology		Wastewater Monitoring for Population Health and Health Risk: What is UofL’s Best Opportunity?
March 6, 2025External SpeakerTo Be DeterminedTo Be DeterminedTo Be Determined