NIEHS and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) have announced the 2020 NIEHS-NIA Joint Fellowship Program (JFP) grant winners. The funding opportunity supports dual research projects, with scientists from the institutes working together for two years. The financial support allows each team to hire a postdoctoral fellow to work exclusively with them. In 2018, NIEHS principal investigators Douglas Bell, Ph.D., Guohong Cui, M.D., Ph.D., and Frederick Miller, M.D., Ph.D., received
Summarize this content to 1000 words IntramuralBy Victoria Placentra, Prashant Rai, Saniya Rattan, Payel Sil, and Nancy Urbano Butylparaben exposure targets the liver in rats Researchers from the Division of the National Toxicology Program studied the effects of butylparaben (BP) exposure on reproductive fitness and development in rats. BP is a member of the paraben family, a group of chemicals that has antimicrobial and antifungal properties. Parabens are used liberally
Summarize this content to 1000 words Before becoming director of OFCD, Collins chaired the NIEHS Trainees’ Assembly, which helped her learn about the needs of early-career scientists. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw)The 23rd Annual NIEHS Biomedical Career Symposium drew more than 370 people from around the country July 24.“The [event] aims to provide trainees and early-career scientists with an opportunity to explore various career options in the biomedical sciences and
Summarize this content to 1000 words A new exhibit of scientific images made by NIEHS researchers using cutting-edge technology is being hung throughout the institute. As the pandemic eases in the coming months and more employees return to work onsite, they will be greeted by 27 new framed images displayed in laboratory and administrative areas. Organized by a group of NIEHS trainees led by Joseph Dahl, Ph.D., former president of
Summarize this content to 1000 words Ewan Birney, Ph.D., delivered a talk July 21 titled “Using Genetics to Understand the Environment: A Story of Fish and Humans” as part of the NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Series. He is deputy director general of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and director of the EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). NIEHS Health Scientist Administrator Kimberly McAllister, Ph.D., hosted the virtual event. Birney said the
Summarize this content to 1000 words “We’re now recognizing that the nervous system is highly vulnerable to [chemicals],” said Jensen. (Photo courtesy of Frances Jensen) More than 400 experts from academia, government, and nonprofits met online June 25 for a workshop titled “Environmental Neuroscience: Advancing the Understanding of How Chemicals Impact Brain Health and Disease.” The event was hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Forum on
Summarize this content to 1000 words The fourth annual NIEHS Global Environmental Health Day (GEH Day) attracted more than 1,000 registrants from around the world. The July 1 virtual event doubled as that month’s NIEHS Global Environmental Health Program webinar on climate, environment, and health. “Today’s lineup is a supercharged installment in this [webinar] series,” said NIEHS and National Toxicology Program (NTP) Director Rick Woychik, Ph.D. The theme of this
Summarize this content to 1000 words Accurate, fast, easy-to-use, and widely accessible testing is required before the nation can safely return to normal life, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). New NIH funding supports expanded availability and development of technologies to test both sick and healthy people for SARS-CoV-2 and stop the spread of COVID-19. Once Lozoya validates his method and determines it is precise, sensitive, and reproducible,
Summarize this content to 1000 words This year, the NIEHS Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP) celebrates 25 years of preparing disadvantaged, underserved people for jobs involving environmental cleanup, construction, hazardous waste removal, and emergency response. ECWTP, which is part of the institute’s Worker Training Program (WTP), provides participants with pre-employment education, health and safety instruction, and life skills. Trainees in Chicago learned how to install solar panels. (Photo courtesy
Brandy Beverly, Ph.D., a health scientist in the Division of the National Toxicology Program Office of Health Assessment and Translation, evaluates how traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) affects pregnant women, especially in regard to hypertensive disorders. High blood pressure during pregnancy can lead to complications that harm both mother and fetus, and even cause death. “My background in physiology helped me transition to toxicology,” said Beverly. “Knowing how a normal system
