Two ITEHP students were invited to present on their research at the 13th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Ottawa, Canada this week! Tess Leuthner, PhD (ITEHP class of ’22), presented her work entitled, “Resistance of mitochondrial DNA to cadmium and Aflatoxin B1-induced germline mutations over 50 generations of exposure […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]