Spring 2026 Seminar Series

Jan 8*    ITEHP Alumni Panel:

*Invite only – RSVP required

Jan 15    Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD, DABT, Duke University: Modeling Human Chemical Exposures to Accelerate Antidote and Forensic Advancements

Jan 22    Justin Colacino, PhD, MA, MPH, University of Michigan: Epidemiologically informed toxicology to understand chemical exposures and chronic disease inequities

Jan 29    Scott Auerbach, PhD, NIEHS: Adventures in evolving  toxicology testing: Omics, HTS,  AI and whatever comes next Seminar will be rescheduled

Jan 29    Robert A. Roth, PhD, DABT, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: Can I buy you a drop? Alcohol and Cancer: Communicating the Risk

Feb 5     Emily Green, PhD candidate, Duke University: Microbial Modulation of Development and Chemical Resistance: Host-Microbiome Interactions Across Early Life and Evolutionary Timescales

Feb 12    Randy L. Jirtle, PhD, NC State University: Epigenetics: The Science of Hope

Feb 19    Kari C. Nadeau, MD, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Exposomics as a Tool for Prevention and Therapy

Feb 26    Antonio Baines, PhD, North Carolina Central University: Understanding Pancreatic Cancer Through the Lens of the Exposome, Health Disparities, and Potential Molecular Drug Targets

Mar 5     Liyin He, PhD, Duke University: Harnessing Geoinformatics for Urban and Food Sustainability

Mar 19    Rebecca Hoehn, PhD candidate, Duke University: Investigating Building Materials and Vehicles as Sources of Exposure to Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds

Apr 2     Lina Mu, MD, PhD, University at Buffalo: Impacts of Air Pollution on Vulnerable Populations, and Potential Preventions

Apr 9*    Beverly deSouza, PhD candidate, Duke University: The Metabolic Regulatory Gene Sirt4 Promotes Mammary Gland Development via its Impact on the Extracellular Matrix

May 5    Spring Symposium: NAMs and TAMs (Traditional Approaches and Methodologies): The Future of Laboratory-Based Environmental Health and Toxicology Research for Harm Reduction

*Grainger Hall Board Room, room 5109

This seminar series 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). Seminar content is solely the responsibility of the speakers and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.