Friday, September 18, 2026 | Grainger Hall (9 Circuit Drive) | Field Auditorium (rm 1112)
Duke Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC
Please join us for flash talks from our Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health faculty, post-docs, and students!
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)
Registration
| 8:30am-8:50am | Sign in (continental breakfast provided for registered attendees) |
| 8:50am-9:00am | Opening remarks |
| 9:00am-9:15am | In vitro modeling of human placentation, implantation, and their perturbations Danny Schust, MD; Obstetrics and Gynecology, SoM |
| 9:15am-9:30am | Lipid mediators linking air pollution with cardiovascular diseases: a mechanism with therapeutic potential? Yan Lin, PhD; Environmental Natural Sciences Division, NSOE |
| 9:30am-9:45am | The HOPE 1000 Cohort: Linking Environmental Exposures with Maternal and Child Health Kate Hoffman, PhD; Environmental Science & Policy Division, NSOE |
| 9:45am-10:00am | Lifetime Neurobehavioral Toxicity from Early Developmental Neurotoxic Exposure Investigated in Zebrafish and Rat Models Ed Levin, PhD; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SoM |
| 10:00am-10:15am | Environmental Health Research in the Gilbertson Lab Sai Pamuru, PhD; Environmental Engineering, Pratt |
| 10:15am-10:30am | Break/networking |
| 10:30am-10:45am | Plastic Additive Toxicity: Integrating In Silico Prediction with In Vivo Validation Jalal Bayar, PhD student; Environment, NSOE |
| 10:45am-11:00am | Laurie Sanders, PhD; Department of Neurology, SoM |
| 11:00-11:15am | Effects of environmental pollutants on mitochondria and health Joel Meyer, PhD; Environmental Natural Sciences Division, NSOE |
| 11:15-11:30am | Prenatal SVOC exposure is associated with infant respiratory disease Corbin Hite, PhD student; ITEHP: Environment, NSOE |
| 11:30-11:45am | Chiara Klein, MEM; Duke Superfund Community Engagement Core: Environmental Health Literacy: Facilitating Agency to Reduce Exposure and Risk at Multiple Scales |
| 11:45-12:00pm | Jim Zhang, PhD; Environmental Natural Sciences Division, NSOE |
| 12:00-1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30-1:45pm | Evaluating the role of personal care products and sexual health behaviors in the composition of the human vaginal microbiome: The VAMPP study Jillian Hurst, PhD; Department of Pediatrics, SoM |
| 1:45-2:00pm | Global Metabolomics Reveals Metabolic Signatures Associated with Gulf War Illness in the Gulf War Era Cohort and Biorepository Stephen H. Boyle, PhD; Duke University Medical Center |
| 2:00-2:15pm | Urban Conflagrations: Structural Ash & Soil Metal(loid) Contamination after California’s Eaton & Palisades Fires Dan Richter, PhD; Earth & Climate Sciences, NSOE |
| 2:15-4:00pm | Poster session/Reception/Networking |
Register for in-person attendance HERE. Registration is free, but required.
In-person registration will close at 11:45 pm Eastern on Wednesday, September 9th.
For our non-Duke attendees, we 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)
Virtual Registration
Register for virtual attendance HERE. Registration is free, but is required to receive the link. Virtual registration will remain open through September 18th.
Upon registration, you will receive an automated email with the livestream link. Please keep this email, as the link will not be posted publicly.
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.