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The #UofL Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences works to understand how environmental exposures, including lifestyle factors, influence health. Louisville.edu/ciehs
Thank you to Kelly G. Pennell, Director of the University of Kentucky Superfund Center, for presenting at yesterday’s CIEHS and Pharm Tox EHS Seminar.
📢"Identifying and Mitigating Chemical Exposure Pathways at the Subsurface–Building Interface." youtu.be/CdxNzmdYqeM
A recent publication from La Creis Kidd, Luz Huntington-Moskos and David Hein highlights the impacts of the University of Louisville Cancer Education Program.
Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41762419/
A behind the scenes look at the Wahlang Lab at the @uoflmedicine.bsky.social. This video showcases daily research focused on how environmental pollutants affect metabolic health and the strategies being investigated to protect human health.
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📢 Did you happen to miss the Partnership with Academic and Community Physicians seminar presented by Gerald Dryden⁉️
You can view the recording below!
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Congrats to Frederick Ekuban who was awarded the Young Faculty Research Award from the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation at its annual meeting, in New Orleans. Ekuban presented his research on the effects of PFAS (“forever chemicals”) and alcohol in liver injury.
Join us today, at 3:30PM ET!
As spring approaches, snow melt and greater rainfall increase the risk of flooding. While flooding is sometimes inevitable, mitigation strategies exist to reduce the risk and impact of receptive flood damage.
Join the next EHS Seminar with guest speaker Kelly G. Pennell, director of the University of Kentucky Superfund Research Center.
📢 “Identifying and Mitigating Chemical Exposure Pathways at the Subsurface–Building Interface."
📅 March 12 | 11AM ET
🔗 Register: forms.office.com/r/YHC3S3KmMi
CIEHS TRSC hosts a seminar series to inform UofL faculty about resources available to support translational research. The next session in this series, “Partnership with Academic and Community Physicians,” will be presented by Gerald Dryden.
🔗 Register: forms.office.com/r/MJepuxRh3Y
New pub by Natalie DuPre & Sandra Kavalukas shows CIEHS infrastructure boosts translational EnvHealth research. Elevated urinary MHBMA3, a 1,3-butadiene metabolite, links to higher colorectal cancer risk, beyond smoking. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41546763/ #WomenInScience
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧬✨
We celebrate the brilliant female faculty in the Center. From groundbreaking research to inspiring the next generation of scientists, your work is at the heart of our progress. #WomenInScience #cardiosky
A recent pub from the Charlie Zhang Lab helps strengthen the evidence linking coal ash exposure to adverse health outcomes and underscore the urgent need for robust enforcement and compliance measures to protect communities from coal ash contamination.
🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41493650/
📢 Did you happen to miss the IRB Protocol Builder 2.0 session ⁉️
You can view the recording below!
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🗞️ CIEHS just published the October 2025 - January 2026 newsletter!
🔗https://mailchi.mp/b00fc7fdfa3b/ciehsnewsletter?e=8244508a14
📩If you would like to receive the newsletter, please fill out the form ⬇️
🔗https://centers.louisville.edu/integrativeenvironmentalhealth/news-events/newsletter-sign-up
Congrats to Natasha DeJarnett! Her co-edited textbook Environmental Health: Foundations for Public Health won 1st place in AJN's Public & Population Health Book of the Year.
🔗https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/fulltext/2026/01000/book_of_the_year_awards_2025.33.aspx
Join the additional CIEHS TRSC seminar covering the new IRB Protocol Builder online tool and how it can make IRB submissions more standardized, efficient, and user-friendly!
📅 Wednesday, January 28
⏰ 4:30 PM (ET)
💻 Virtual
🔗 Register: forms.office.com/r/4YMJBKKdYF
Out just in time for New Years' resolutions to quit puffing! Our review of how e-cigs and e-cig constituents cause arrhythmia.
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A recent pub from the Wahlang Lab demonstrates that persistent organic pollutants uniquely increase susceptibility to steatotic liver disease in females by disrupting estrogen-related signaling and activating xenobiotic response pathways.
🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41237942/
Missed the recent CIEHS TRSC Quarterly Seminar❓ The recording is now available below! Hear from Misty Hooper on how to conduct clinical research at UofL Health and Rachel Sheppard on the UofL approval process, including financial review.
🔗 youtu.be/apuP3EXLfuI
Violence of this nature impacts whole campuses and the broader communities they serve. As a center dedicated to community health and resilience, we share in Kentucky State University’s grief and support their efforts to heal in the days and weeks ahead.
#KentuckyStrong
David Hein was featured on LEX18 discussing the proposed Mason County data center and its potential regional air quality impacts. Proud to see his expertise informing the community conversation.
www.lex18.com/news/coverin...
📢 Seminar Update!
In addition to Misty Hooper’s talk on conducting clinical research at UofL Health, the session will now also feature:
• Rachel Sheppard covering the UofL approval process, including financial review
• Chris Cunningham discussing support through the LCTRC
New study from the Wahlang Lab shows how PCBs affect males and females differently, using multi-omics tools to uncover sex-specific toxicity pathways. Funded in part by the CIEHS and strengthened by collaborations, including the Center for Cardiometabolic Sciences.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41238692/
📢 How to Do Clinical Research at UofL Health
Join CIEHS’s Translational Research Support Core for the next quarterly seminar with Misty Hooper on Dec. 9 at 3:30 p.m. Learn about resources for clinical research at UofL Health.
Register here: events.louisville.edu/event/how-to...
Join the next EHS Seminar with Trang VoPham, associate professor of Epidemiology @fredhutch.org and University of Washington.
📢 "Geospatial Science Analytics for Environmental and Cancer Epidemiology"
📅 December 4 | 11am
📍 CTRB 101/102 or Virtual
🔗 events.louisville.edu/event/ciehs-...
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📢 Missed our last Environmental Health Science Seminar ❓
Catch Petra Haberzettl’s talk on “Chemical and Non-chemical #Environmental Determinants of #Cardiovascular and #Metabolic Health” in the recording ⬇️
youtu.be/obecsAv0aI0
#niehs_ehscc
Could metal exposure cause breast cancer? 🧪
Alexandra Nail, postdoc in the Dept. of PhTx @uoflmedicine.bsky.social, studies how toxic metals like cadmium may promote triple-negative breast cancer.
Read her Q&A with Brian Dong of UofL Health-Brown Cancer Center.
🔗 uoflhealth.org/news/could-m...
For those currently or previously under a Shelter in Place order, this approach helps minimize exposure during an accident. In the coming days, watch for symptoms such as skin irritation, headaches, or breathing issues.
#LouisvilleStrong #KentuckyStrong #Louisville #Kentucky
Congratulations to Frederick Ekuban for receiving the Outstanding Early Stage Investigator Poster Award at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences #EHSCC Annual Meeting. Read more about his research in #UofL News: news.louisville.edu/news/uofl-re...
Happy Halloween from CIEHS! 🦇
Don’t trash your old pumpkins, smash & compost them! 🎃💥
Drop off pumpkins & plant-based fall décor anytime at UofL’s Garden Commons (Belknap).
Join the Pumpkin Smash Nov. 5 at noon from the SAC Ramp! ♻️
🔗https://louisville.edu/sustainability/events/pumpkin-smash-3
