To promote interdisciplinary research and collaboration on Chemicals and Health, the Hoffman Program has:

Offered a Pilot Grant Program to promote scientific understanding and public awareness of chemical exposures.
Sponsored a Seminar Series featuring leading scientists in the field
Shared our own research stories, ideas and activities through a Chemicals & Health Blog

Seminar Series

We have hosted seminars, featuring leading scientists on various topics related to chemical exposures and MCS. The seminar series were usually 1-hour sessions located at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and they were open to the public.

Past Seminars

Dr. Yukio Yanagisawa: Chemical Sensitivity and Sick Building Syndrome in Japan

Dr. Roberta White: Gulf War Illness: What it isn’t, What it is, and what we need to know about it

Dr. Torben Sigsgaard: Studies of Environmental Exposures in a Human Exposure Chamber

Dr. Christopher Lowry: Environmental Microbial Exposure and Mental Health

Dr. Richard Doty: Neurological Diseases and Olfactory Function

Dr. Arlene Blum: Flame Retardants and the “Six Classes” of Harmful Chemicals: How Science Can Impact Policy

Dr. Halûk Özkaynak: Modeling Human Exposures to Chemicals of Concern for Rapid Prioritization and Screening

Video Archive

Hoffman Seminar: Environmental Microbial Exposure and Mental Health

Sigsgaard Seminar — Hoffman Seminar: Studies of Environmental Exposures in a Human Exposure Chamber

Hoffman Seminar: Neurological Diseases and Olfactory Function

Hoffman Program 2015-2016 Report