Specific Aims Review Session (Postponed – Date TBD)

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*This Specific Aims Session has been postponed. Please check back for an updated schedule. The NIEHS Center’s Specific Aims Session is open to investigators at all levels with upcoming grant submissions.   A panel of faculty members offer their critique of and suggestions for improving Specific Aims sections for junior faculty and post docs in a friendly, constructive, open session. Open to all members, collaborators and their trainees. If you…

HSPH-NIEHS Colloquium Series: Catherine Kling, PhD

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Join us for our colloquium series on Re-envisioning the Environment: Diverse Voices in Environmental Health.  This month, we invite Catherine L. Kling, PhD, Tisch University Professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Faculty Director at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. The title of Dr. Kling's presentation is: “The Social Cost of Water Pollution"  This presentation will be held virtually via Zoom.  Join Via Zoom

SPARC: Addressing Public Health Priorities with Community Based Research, Innovation and Translation

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Please join us for a special HSPH-NIEHS SPARC session, the first in a three-part series about community research. This session will cover: 1) scientists working with community members to conduct research; 2) how to report back research findings to individual community members; and 3) how to use our research to benefit the community at large. Featured speakers will include: Robin Dodson, ScD, (she/her) research scientist at Silent Spring Institute Lisa…

Center Chalk Talk: Adam Haber, PhD

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Our monthly Center Chalk Talks series (4th Wednesdays) is a chance for members and affiliates to showcase the exciting research they are working on and solicit collaboration. This month, Adam Haber, assistant professor of computational biology and environmental health, will present his work: "Towards healthy homes for all: Geospatial analysis of asthma can identify dangerous indoor exposures city-wide". This event will be held via Zoom only. *This event will NOT…

Pilot Project Applications Due

The Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Pilot Project Program aims to encourage innovation and creativity in environmental health science research, to develop new collaborations across disciplines and institutions, and to attract new investigators to environmental health science research. Several grants of up to $30,000 are offered twice each year. Funds are typically used for feasibility studies and to produce preliminary data to compete for independent funding. For more information…

HSPH-NIEHS Colloquium Series: Cavin Ward-Caviness, PhD

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Join us for our colloquium series on Re-envisioning the Environment: Diverse Voices in Environmental Health.  This month, we welcome Cavin Ward-Caviness, PhD, computational biologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, whose research focuses on understanding the impact of environmental or neighborhood factors, such as living in a neighborhood with lower socioeconomic factors, on health, and the biological pathways that link exposures and health. The title of the presentation is: “Examining Sensitivity…

Center Chalk Talks: Kristopher Sarosiek, PhD

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Our monthly Center Chalk Talks series (4th Wednesdays) is a chance for members and affiliates to showcase the exciting research they are working on and solicit collaboration. This month, Kristopher Sarosiek, assistant professor of radiation biology, will present his work. The title of the presentation is: "How Dynamic Regulation of Cell Death Controls Health and Disease"  *This event will NOT be recorded. It will be held via Zoom only. For more…

SPARC: Identifying Resources for Community-Based Research, Innovation and Translation

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Interested in community-based research but not sure how to get started? Find out what resources are available at Harvard T.H. Chan School! Please join us for a special HSPH-NIEHS SPARC session, the second in a three-part series about community research. This session will identify available resources at Harvard and beyond that might help scientists who are interested in working with community partners. Featured speakers include: Rebekka Lee, Harvard Catalyst Community…

HSPH-NIEHS Colloquium Series: Lindsey Martin, PhD

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Join us for our colloquium series on Re-envisioning the Environment: Diverse Voices in Environmental Health.  This month, we welcome Lindsey Ann Martin, PhD, a health science administrator in the Population Health Branch of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). She is a medical anthropologist and supports a broad environmental health portfolio focused on environmental health disparities, community-based research approaches and implementation/dissemination sciences. The title of this presentation is: "The…

Center Chalk Talks: Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS

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Our monthly Center Chalk Talks series (4th Wednesdays) is a chance for members and affiliates to showcase the exciting research they are working on and solicit collaboration. This month, Dr. Shruthi Mahalingaiah will present her research on: "Physiological approach to study design for understanding the associations between environmental exposures and ovulation disorders" This event will be held via Zoom. It will be recorded and made available on our website. For…