Friday, September 12, 2025 | 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!
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)
| 8:30am-8:50am | Sign in (continental breakfast provided for registered attendees) |
| 8:50am-9:00am | Opening remarks |
| 9:00am-9:15am | Firefighters’ Exposure to PFAS and Flame Retardants: Is There a Risk for Thyroid Disease? Heather Stapleton, PhD; Environmental Natural Sciences Division, NSOE |
| 9:15am-9:30am | Air Pollution Susceptibility; Defining Causes and Mechanisms Rob Tighe, MD; Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, SoM |
| 9:30am-9:45am | From Water to Womb: The Reproductive and Developmental Impact of PFAS Exposure Liping Feng, PhD; Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pathology, SoM |
| 9:45am-10:00am | Genome stability and mitochondrial dysfunction in age-related neurodegeneration Laurie Sanders, PhD; Department of Neurology, SoM |
| 10:00am-10:15am | Impacts of environmental exposures on mucosal microbial communities and host response Jillian Hurst, PhD; Department of Pediatrics, SoM |
| 10:15am-10:30am | Break/networking |
| 10:30am-10:45am | Indoor Air Purification: Does It Improve Health? Jim Zhang, PhD; Environmental Natural Sciences Division, NSOE |
| 10:45am-11:00am | Perinatal Environmental Exposure and Immune Function Kate Hoffman, PhD; Environmental Natural Sciences Division, NSOE |
| 11:00am-11:15am | Epigenetic Aging, Exposures and Gulf War Illness Beth Hauser, PhD; Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, SoM |
| 11:15am-11:30am | PUFA Metabolism in Air Pollution’s Health Effects Yan Lin, PhD; Environmental Natural Sciences Division, NSOE |
| 11:30am-11:45am | Effects of environmental pollutants on mitochondria and health Joel Meyer, PhD; Environmental Natural Sciences Division, NSOE |
| 11:45am-12:00pm | The metabolic regulator SIRT4 is necessary for mammary gland development, potentially via its influence on extracellular matrix architecture Beverly Desouza, Duke ITEHP PhD Candidate |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm-1:45pm | Collaborations Motivating Methodological Innovations Amy Herring, ScD; Department of Statistical Science, Trinity |
| 1:45pm-2:00pm | Environmental Health Literacy: Facilitating Agency to Reduce Exposure and Risk at Multiple Scales Community Engagement Core; Duke Superfund Research Center: Megan Hoert Hughes, MEM, Senior Program Coordinator for Research Translation Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza, PhD, Director for Community Engagement |
| 2:00pm-2:15pm | Why it hurts, burns and itches: Chemosensory mechanisms in toxicology Sven Jordt, PhD; Anesthesiology, SoM |
| 2:15pm-2:30pm | Developing error-corrected sequencing to detect mutation signatures Chris Counter, PhD; Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, SoM |
| 2:30pm-4:00pm | Poster Session/Reception/Networking |
Registration
Register for in-person attendance HERE. Registration is free, but required.
In-person registration will close at 11:45 pm Eastern on Sunday, September 7th.
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 12th.
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.