Duke University Integrated Toxicology & Environmental Health Program
Spring 2016 Seminar Series, Fridays Noon to 1:30PM
Field Auditorium, Environment Hall (unless otherwise indicated)
Jan 15 Jane Hoppin, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Pesticides and respiratory outcomes: Implications for human health
Jan 22 Timothy J Shafer, Ph.D., US-Environmental Protection Agency **LSRC A158**
Screening compounds for neurotoxicity and developmental neurotoxicity using neural networks in vitro
Jan 29 Tom Arcury, Ph.D., Wake Forest University
PACE4: A study of sub-clinical neurological outcomes of farmworker pesticide exposure
Feb 5 Trevor Archer, Ph.D., National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Using epigenetic enzymes to regulate transcription
Feb 12 Laurie H. Sanders, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Mitochondrial DNA damage, pesticides and Parkinson’s disease
Feb 19 Thomas Brock III, Ph.D., Duke University
Assessing toxicity and consumer health-risk in the use of art and craft materials
Feb 26 Michael Freemark, M.D., Duke University
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: how strong is the evidence for metabolic and reproductive effects in humans?
Mar 4 Barbara Block, Ph.D., Stanford University
Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in the Gulf of Mexico: From cardiac function of ecosystem observations
Mar 11 Claudia Gonzalez, Duke University ITEHP, Ph.D. Candidate
Mitochondrial dysfunction and dopaminergic neurodegeneration in C. elegans
Mar 18 Spring Break –No Seminar
Mar 25 Tamara Tal, Ph.D., US-Environmental Protection Agency
Microbiota colonization status modifies chemical toxicity in embryonic zebrafish
Apr 1 Christopher Leonetti, Duke University ITEHP, Ph.D. Candidate
The effects of BFRs on thyroid hormone homeostasis in human placenta tissue and cell culture
Apr 8 Daniel Pomp, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Host-diet interactions on the gut microbiome in next-generation mouse models through the lens of quantitative genetics
Apr 15 Charlotte Clark, Ph.D. & Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza, PhD., Duke University
Communication out of the box: Research translation and community engagement
April 22 Tomoko Obara, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Using Medaka to study organ development, chronic diseases, and regeneration
(Click to download PDF): ITEHP Spring 2016 Seminars