NIEHS Spotlight
Birnbaum gives keynote at environmental health meeting in India 
NIEHS/NTP Director Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., traveled to New Delhi, India, Dec. 6 to present the keynote address at an international symposium on occupational health.
Resnick elected AAAS Fellow 
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has announced the election of lead researcher Michael Resnick, Ph.D., as a new fellow.
Suk honored for leadership by Society of Toxicology
The Society of Toxicology has selected NIEHS Superfund Research Program Director Bill Suk, Ph.D., to receive its 2013 Founders Award.
Grassroots well water testing initiative reveals high levels of arsenic and radon
A recent push to test well water revealed high levels of arsenic and radon in homes throughout the Tuftonboro, N.H., community.
ASU appoints Halden to lead new Center for Environmental Security
Superfund Rolf Halden, Ph.D., is the new director of the Center for Environmental Security at Arizona State University.
NIEHS Partners gather in Friendship Heights
The annual NIEHS Partners meeting Dec. 14 in Friendship Heights, Md., featured the lively discussion participants have come to expect in this casual roundtable venue.
Faculty position takes postdoc to remote Arctic community
NIEHS postdoc Anshul Pandya, Ph.D., leaves this month for a tenure-track faculty position at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Chukchi Campus.
Former NIEHS fellow pursues a career in mentoring postdocs
As the new director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at NCSU, Nisha Cavanaugh, Ph.D., is now in the best position to realize her ambition.
Environmental Polymorphisms Registry gets new leader
The NIEHS Clinical Research Unit welcomed its newest member, Shepherd Schurman, M.D., to the fold as new director of the Environmental Polymorphisms Registry.
NIEHS employees recognized by NIH OD
Ten NIEHS employees were among those recognized Dec. 19 at the 2012 NIH Office of the Director Honor Award ceremony in Bethesda, Md.
Stokes honored by U.S. Public Health Service
NTP center director Rear Adm. William Stokes, D.V.M., received the Distinguished Service Medal Dec. 19, during his flag officer retirement ceremony at NIEHS.
Inside the Institute
NIEHS celebrates diversity and generosity on International Day
NIEHS offered employees and contractors sustenance for the body and the soul during this year’s International Day celebration Dec. 12.
Calendar of Upcoming Events
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Jan 04, Rodbell C 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. — Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Seminar Series presentation on “Regulation of Cytochrome P450 Enzyme Proteolysis by Reactive Nitrogen Species,” by Edward Morgan, Ph.D.
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Jan 08, Rodbell Auditorium 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. — Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Noel Rose, M.D., Ph.D., speaking on “Myocarditis: An Environmentally Initiated Autoimmune Disease”
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Jan 09–11, Rodbell Auditorium 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. — Nano Exposure Workshop, followed by Nano Characterization Workshop
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Jan 10–11 (Offsite event), Keck Center in Washington D.C. — Emerging Science Workshop on Integrating Environmental Health Data to Advance Discovery, register (http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1087258/January-Data-Meeting-On-Site-Registration)
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Jan 16–17 (Offsite event), California Environmental Protection Agency in Sacramento and online — Cumulative Impacts and Children's Environmental Health (http://circle.berkeley.edu/Events2013Symposiumr.html)
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Jan 17, Rodbell Auditorium 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. — Office of the Director Seminar with Story Landis, Ph.D.
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Jan 23 (Offsite event), Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and online — Superfund Research Program Symposium on Response, Recovery, and Resilience to Oil Spills and Environmental Disasters: Engaging Experts and Communities, registration (http://srp.lsu.edu/ResourcesfortheCommunity/item50452.html)
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Jan 25, Rodbell Auditorium 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. — Martin Luther King Jr. Observance by Griffin Rodgers, M.D.
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Jan 28–30, Rodbell Auditorium 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. — BPA Grantee Research and Women’s Reproductive Health Meeting
View More Events: NIEHS Public Calendar
Science Notebook
2012 papers of the year
From the nearly 2,500 NIEHS-funded studies published in 2012, leaders of the Institute’s three research divisions selected 30 for special recognition as Papers of the Year.
NTP board gives go ahead for PAH research and systematic review
The Board of Scientific Counselors endorsed the NTP multi-year PAH research concept with some minor tweaks, and accepted a working group report on systematic review.
Environmental health atlas provides interactive portal to promote awareness
Longtime grantee Bruce Lanphear, MD., gave an audience at NIEHS a sneak peek at the Canadian Environmental Health Atlas website he and his colleagues are developing.
Climate impacts of kerosene lamps used in developing countries
A new study, funded in part by NIEHS, suggests that replacing kerosene lamps with more efficient sources of artificial light would have a major impact in slowing the earth’s warming trend.
Papers explore chemical risk assessment in light of climate change
The seven publications detail the ways climate change might affect how chemicals are transported and cause toxicity to ecosystems and humans.
Basic metabolism studies lead to a treatment for laminitis in horses
A compound developed through NIEHS-funded Superfund research shows promise in treating a severe inflammatory disorder.
Uranium exposure linked to increased lupus rate
People living near a former uranium ore processing facility in Ohio are experiencing a higher than average rate of lupus, according a new NIEHS-funded study.
NICEATM holds workshop on new safety tests for pertussis vaccines
NIEHS and FDA scientists joined other experts from around the world at a workshop on improved methods and approaches for safety testing of whooping cough vaccines.
Casey meets with international experts to assess endocrine disruptor testing
NTP scientist Warren Casey, Ph.D., participated expert meetings Nov. 28-30 that considered in vitro methods for detecting substances that might interfere with normal hormone function.
This month in EHP
Environmental Health Perspectives goes paperless in January with its first entirely electronic issue featuring a cover article on cooler-by-design architecture and engineering.
Rose to give distinguished lecture
The first 2013 NIEHS distinguished lecture, “Myocarditis: an environmentally initiated autoimmune disease,” will be presented Jan. 8 by Noel Rose, M.D., Ph.D.
Upcoming data integration workshop
An innovative NIEHS-sponsored program continues its workshop series with an exploration of Integrating Environmental Health Data to Advance Discovery Jan. 10-11.
Extramural Research
Extramural papers of the month/news/newsletter/2013/1/dert/index.htm
- Mechanism for melanoma risk in people with red hair and fair skin
- Early exposures to air pollution linked with autism
- Flame retardant Firemaster 550 confirmed as endocrine disruptor
- Prenatal mercury and ADHD
