2025 - 2026 EHS Seminars

DateRIGSpeakerDept/AffiliationPresentation Title
April 10, 2025MTTMayukh Banerjee, PhDPharmacology and ToxicologyArsenic and Zinc at the Crossroads of Environmental Carcinogenesis
May 1, 2025PEH/ENatalie DuPre, ScDEpidemiology and Population Health, SPHISUrinary Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Metabolites, Ambient VOCs and Colorectal Cancer Incidence
June 5, 2025External SpeakerDiana Rohlman, PhDAssociate Professor, 
Oregon State University
Reporting back residential PAH exposures near a wood preservation facility in West Eugene, OR
July 3, 2025MTTSara Watson, MDAssociate Professor, 
Dept of Pediatrics – Endocrinology
University of Louisville
The role of vitamin D in prevention of type 2 diabetes in youth
August 7, 2025EEPHCraig Anthony (Tony) ArnoldBoehl Chair in Property and Land Use
Professor of Law
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Resilience Justice Project
September 4, 2025External SpeakerKirsten Beyer, PhD, MPHProfessor, 
Division of Epidemiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Housing, Environment and Health Outcomes in the United States
October 2, 2025EEPHMikus Abolins-Abols, PhDAssistant Professor
Department of Biology
Using birds in environmental health science
November 6, 2025MTTPetra Haberzettl, PhDAssistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Environmental Medicine
To Be Determined
December 4, 2025External SpeakerTrang VoPham, PhDAssistant Professor, 
Epidemiology Program Public Health Sciences Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Geospatial Science Analytics for Environmental and Cancer Epidemiology
January 8, 2026EEPH

Naveen Nagarajan, PhD
 


Emmanuel Osei-Osarfo

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics Research Institute
Department of Pediatrics/Child Neurology

Graduate Student
Department of Biology, and Autism Center (Department of Pediatrics)
Investigation of Lipid Signaling Role in Autism Pathogenesis
February 5, 2026PEH/ENatalie Dupré, ScDAssociate Professor
UofL School of Public Health & Information Sciences
Updates on the Louisville Environmental Assessments Pilot Study in Colorectal Cancer: Carcinogenic Metals and Volatile Organic Compounds
March 5, 2026External SpeakerKelly G. Pennell, PhD, PEEnvironment and Sustainability Professor
Director, University of Kentucky Superfund Research Center
University of Kentucky
Identifying and Mitigating Chemical Exposure Pathways at the Subsurface–Building Interface.