Most people are familiar with the toxic effects of lead on the body. But did you know that the lead from hunting ammunition can transfer into the bloodstream of the animal and ultimately into the people who eat that meat? William Pan, DrPH and ITEHP faculty, and his team studied […]
Faculty
Dr. Claudia Gunsch, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and ITEHP faculty member, is the the Director of the new Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr), one of four recently created National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Centers. The PreMiEr project, collaborative with researchers from four other NC […]
Research by Liping Feng, MD, and Heather Stapleton, PhD, both faculty members of ITEHP, was recently featured in a Duke Today article. Together, they are working to explore the effects of exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS, collectively) on maternal and fetal health. PFAS are used in everyday applications where […]
The research of three ITEHP faculty – Drs. Heather Stapleton, Jim Zhang, and Rich Di Giulio – are featured in the Fall 2021 issue of Duke Environment Magazine as breakthroughs in the field of environmental and human health. Their vital work is paving the way for healthier futures. Read the […]
Reflecting on Earth Day 2021, it is important to celebrate and protect not just the ground beneath our feet, but also the air that we breathe. “We Are What We Breathe” is the theme of a timely article from the Duke University School Medicine’s Magnify Magazine, discussing the health effects […]
The flame retardant research of Heather Stapleton, ITEHP faculty, was recently featured in a New York Times parenting article. The article, the final installment in a three-part series exploring some of the most dangerous toxins found in the average American home, discusses the prevalence and impact of flame retardants in […]
Donald P. McDonnell, PhD, Glaxo-Wellcome Distinguished Professor of Molecular Cancer Biology in the School of Medicine, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Professor in Medicine, and ITEHP faculty, was recently recognized with this year’s Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Basic Science by Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast […]
ITEHP faculty member, William Pan, DrPH, was nominated by parties and stakeholders of the MINAMATA Convention on Mercury, an international treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of mercury, to serve on a panel of experts that will draft guidelines for monitoring global mercury […]
Professor Dan Richter’s Durham soil lead mapping project has completed its first phase of sampling and analysis. The project is led by PhD student, Anna Wade, and has been supported by undergraduate and graduate students in the spring and fall of 2019 and spring of 2020. Wade will submit the […]
Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD, ITEHP faculty, recently commented in several press stories about the toxicity of tear gas and related chemical substances, both on their own and in the current context of COVID-19. Click the links below to read the recent features. Corrosive Effects of Tear Gas Could Intensify Coronavirus Pandemic; […]
Richard Di Giulio, PhD, ITEHP Director, is also the Duke University Superfund Research Center (DUSRC) Director. He is the lead PI of a DUSCRC project focused on understanding the mechanisms and consequences of killifish adaptations to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Work performed by the Di Giulio lab was recently featured […]
This Friday, March 3rd, we’ll hear from Dr. Susan Murphy on “Toxicant effects on epigenetics of sperm.” See you at this week’s #toxseminar ! Read more about Dr. Murphy’s lab here: http://www.murphylab.com/ Friday, March 3, 2017 WHEN: Noon – 1:15 pm WHERE: Field Auditorium, Environment Hall, Accessible through the […]
This Friday’s Tox Seminar is with Dr. William Pan from Duke University. His talk is titled “Human fertility and Land Use Change in the Amazon, What’s the Connection?” Please join us in Field Auditorium at noon.