2021-2022 EHS Seminars

Date RIG Speaker Dept/Affiliation Presentation Title
April 1, 2021 Multi Madhavi Rane, Ph.D. Nephrology and Hypertension Exploring the potential role of Nuclear Factor-Erythroid derived 2 (NF-E2) protein in renal disease and injury
May 6, 2021 Cancer Shesh Rai, Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Biostatistics University of Louisville Issues, Analyses, and Sample Size Justification involving miRNA Data
June 3, 2021 Neuro host: External Speaker Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, Ph.D. Dept. of Environmental Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
Ambient Ultrafine Particle Air Pollution and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
July 1, 2021 Multi Timothy O’Toole, Ph.D. Medicine University of Louisville Microplastics exposure and cardiovascular disease
August 5, 2021 Cancer Matthew Cave, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Environmental Liver Disease Update
September 2, 2021 Multi host: External Speaker Miroslav Styblo, Ph.D. Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Humanized mouse models for arsenic toxicology
October 7, 2021 Neuro John Wise, Jr, Ph.D. Dept. of Pediatrics A Toxic Aging Coin: Cr(VI) Neurotoxicity and Brain Aging
November 4, 2021 Multi Michael L Merchant, Ph.D. Dept. Medicine/Nephrology & Hypertension Metal toxicity in the kidney
December 2, 2021 Cancer host: External Speaker Marcelo G. Bonini, Ph.D. Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University  Electrochemical determinants of cellular phenotypic transitions
January 6, 2022 Neuro Lonnie L Sears, Ph.D. Dept. of Pediatrics Neurobehavioral Health in Children Living Near Coal Power Plants
February 3, 2022 Cancer Alexandra Nail, Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology Arsenic Dysregulation of the DNA Damage Response in Human Keratinocytes
March 3, 2022 External Speaker Michael Aschner, Ph.D. Director, Einstein Center of Toxicology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Montefiore, Yeshiva University 
Manganese Neurotoxicity: what can we learn from worms?