Fall 2024 Symposium

Highlighting Duke’s Environmental Health Community

Friday, September 20, 2024 | Grainger Hall (9 Circuit Drive) | Field Auditorium (room 1112)

Duke Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC

Please join us for flash talks from our Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health faculty!

This event is *FREE* to attend and open to all. Registration is required (see registration link below). We have options for both in-person and virtual attendance.

Agenda (Eastern Time)

8:30-8:50am Sign in (continental breakfast provided for registered attendees)
8:50-9:00amOpening Remarks
9:00-9:15amJim Zhang, PhD; Environmental Sciences & Policy Division, NSOE
9:15-9:30amAnnMarie Walton, PhD; School of Nursing
Understanding and minimizing occupational and environmental exposures to carcinogens
9:30-9:45amRob Tighe, MD; Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, SoM
Air Pollution and Susceptibility; Defining those at most risk
9:45-10:00am Heather Stapleton, PhD; Environmental Science and Policy Division, NSOE
10:00-10:15am Danny Schust, PhD; Obstetrics & Gynecology, SoM
Models to study the effects of human peri-implantation environmental exposures on fertility and early pregnancy outcomes
10:15-10:30amBreak/networking
10:30-10:45amLaurie Sanders, PhD; Department of Neurology, SoM
10:45-11:00amDan Rittschof, PhD; Marine Science & Conservation Division, NSOE
Barnacles, Bones and Blood
11:00-11:15amDan Richter, PhD; Earth & Climate Sciences Division, NSOE
11:15-11:30amSusan Murphy, PhD; Obstetrics & Gynecology, SoM 
11:30-11:45amJoel Meyer, PhD; Environmental Sciences & Policy Division, NSOE
Mechanisms and health effects of mitochondrial toxicity
11:45-12:00pm Margeaux Marbrey, PhD; Obstetrics & Gynecology, SoM
12:00-1:00pmLunch
1:00-1:15pmYan Lin, PhD; Environmental Sciences & Policy Division, NSOE
1:15-1:30pmEd Levin, PhD; Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
1:30-1:45pmIlaria Merutka & Emily Green, PhD candidates, Jayasundara lab; Environmental Science & Policy Division, NSOE
Mechanisms to populations: laboratory studies to inform human and wildlife health outcomes of environmental exposures
1:45-2:00pmHelen Hsu-Kim, PhD; Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Pratt
2:00-2:15pmKate Hoffman, PhD; Environmental Science & Policy Division, NSOE
2:15-2:30pmBreak/networking
2:30-2:45pmClaudia Gunsch, PhD; Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Pratt
2:45-3:00pmLiping Feng, PhD; Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pathology, SoM
3:00-3:15pmMarc Deshusses, PhD; Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Pratt
3:15-5:00pmPoster session/Reception/Networking 

Registration

Register for in-person attendance HERE. Registration is free, but is required.

In-person registration will close at 11:59 pm Eastern on Sunday, September 15th. 

For our non-Duke attendees, we do have a limited number of parking passes available. If you would like to request a parking pass to attend the symposium, please contact our Event Coordinator. Passes will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, and may run out.

Location: Grainger Hall (9 Circuit Drive), Field Auditorium (room 1112)

  • Google map (Grainger Hall may appear on map as “Environment Hall”)

Virtual Registration

Register for virtual attendance HERE. Registration is free, but is required to receive the link. Virtual registration will remain open through September 20th.

Upon registration, you will receive an automated email with the livestream link. Please keep this email, as the link will not be posted publicly.

Health & Safety Guidelines for Attendees

  • Anyone with a recent COVID-19 diagnosis and individuals who feel unwell or have symptoms of COVID-19 or other respiratory illness should not attend the symposium.

Questions?

If you have questions about this event, please contact our Event Coordinator.

Support

This symposium is supported in part by the National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under the Duke University Superfund Research Program (award P42ES010356) and the Duke University Program in Environmental Health (award T32ES021432). Symposium content is solely the responsibility of the speakers and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.