Summarize this content to 1000 words The NIEHS Diversity Speaker Series recognized Native American Heritage Month with a Nov. 30 webinar featuring Ashley Wells, principal strategist for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Special Emphasis Portfolio for Native Americans.Wells was the final speaker in the 2021 series, which was sponsored by the NIEHS Office of Science Education and Diversity. She leads one of seven portfolios designated by the NIH Office
Summarize this content to 1000 words Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) When I launched this column three years ago, one of the first topics I highlighted was the exposome, which refers to the totality of our environmental exposures and their corresponding biological effects. It has become clear to me that the environmental health sciences community should strive to assess how real-world
Employees who are 40 years and older are valuable members of the workforce, yet many are discriminated against based on their age, according to Patricia Fletcher, Ph.D., principal strategist for the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Aging Employment Portfolio. Fletcher discussed the new initiative during a Diversity Speaker Series virtual talk May 23. The NIEHS Office of Science Education and Diversity (OSED) sponsored the event in recognition of Older Americans
Summarize this content to 1000 words Director meets with global health leaders during Asia tripDuring a May trip to Asia, NIEHS Director Rick Woychik, Ph.D., met with leaders of the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) in Taipei, Taiwan, most notably NHRI President Huey-Kang Sytwu, M.D., Ph.D. NHRI is Taiwan’s equivalent to the National Institutes of Health. Woychik also visited Taipei Medical University, where he gave a talk on the future
Summarize this content to 1000 words The Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP) has selected NIEHS Molecular Pathology Group lead Arun Pandiri, Ph.D., as its inaugural Mid-Career Excellence Award recipient. The award was presented at a June 19 recognition ceremony during the STP Annual Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland.“Arun is the epitome of an outstanding scientist," said Robert Sills, D.V.M., Ph.D., of the Division of Translational Toxicology (DTT), who nominated Pandiri for
Summarize this content to 1000 words The NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP) is addressing disparities among workers in order to narrow the gaps that make some more vulnerable to getting sick or injured on the job than others. The 2024 WTP Spring Workshop in May allowed WTP grant recipients and federal and local partners to discuss strategies to address gender, racial, and other disparities in the workforce, hoping to help
Summarize this content to 1000 words A relatively small federal investment in the Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP) results in vast societal and economic benefits, according to a new program evaluation report covering 2014 to 2022.Through well-targeted training, the program helps people from disadvantaged and underserved communities obtain careers in environmental construction, remediation, and cleanup. Part of the broader Worker Training Program, the ECWTP is administered by NIEHS. The
Summarize this content to 1000 words Criswell also heads the Genomics of Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Section of the National Human Genome Research Institute. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS) Few subjects in medical research are more vexing than lupus, a multifaceted chronic autoimmune disease that has no diagnostic test or cure. Yet in a June 11 Distinguished Lecture, Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc., director of the National Institute
Summarize this content to 1000 words NIEHS-supported studies of exposures among active-duty personnel and veterans, along with developments in community-based research and environmental justice, were among the topics discussed at the June 4 meeting of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council. The Council is a congressionally mandated body that meets three times a year to provide guidance on the direction of research, training, and career development supported by NIEHS.
Summarize this content to 1000 words National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists recently gathered with researchers, clinicians, and community members to discuss emerging research focused on interventions — simple, accessible, and safe steps people can take — to mitigate exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). These chemicals interfere with hormones produced by the endocrine system, which controls metabolism, heart rate, growth, reproduction, and other biological processes.During the two-day workshop held June
