2025 - 2026 EHS Seminars

Date RIG Speaker Dept/Affiliation Presentation Title
April 10, 2025 MTT Mayukh Banerjee, Ph.D. Pharmacology/Toxicology Arsenic and Zinc at the Crossroads of Environmental Carcinogenesis
May 1, 2025 PEH/E Natalie DuPre, ScD. Epidemiology and Population Health, SPHIS Urinary Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Metabolites, Ambient VOCs and Colorectal Cancer Incidence
June 5, 2025 External Speaker Diana Rohlman, Ph.D. Associate Professor,
Oregon State University		 Reporting back residential PAH exposures near a wood preservation facility in West Eugene, OR
July 3, 2025 MTT Sara Watson, MD Associate Professor,
Dept of Pediatrics – Endocrinology
University of Louisville		 The role of vitamin D in prevention of type 2 diabetes in youth
August 7, 2025 EEPH Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold Boehl Chair in Property and Land Use
Professor of Law
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law		 Resilience Justice Project
September 4, 2025 External Speaker Kirsten Beyer, Ph.D., MPH Professor,
Division of Epidemiology
Medical College of Wisconsin		 Housing, Environment and Health Outcomes in the United States
October 2, 2025 EEPH Mikus Abolins-Abols, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Department of Biology		 Using birds in environmental health science
November 6, 2025 MTT Petra Haberzettl, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Environmental Medicine		 Chemical and Non-chemical Environmental Determinants of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health
December 4, 2025 External Speaker Trang VoPham, PhD Assistant Professor,
Epidemiology Program Public Health Sciences Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center		 Geospatial Science Analytics for Environmental and Cancer Epidemiology
January 8, 2026 EEPH To Be Determined To Be Determined To Be Determined
February 5, 2026 PEH/E To Be Determined To Be Determined To Be Determined
March 12, 2026 External Speaker Kelly G. Pennell, PhD, PE Environment and Sustainability Professor
Director, University of Kentucky Superfund Research Center
University of Kentucky		 To Be Determined