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Your Environment, Your Health: The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease.

The Weight of the Nation - to win, we have to lose

12th Edition 2011 - Report on Carcinogens

News

Surgeon General Invites Oil Spill Workers to Join the NIH GuLF STUDY, New PSAs Issued Today - May 22, 2012
Beijing Olympics Experiment Reveals Biological Link Between Air Pollution Exposure, Cardiovascular Disease - May 16, 2012
NNSA, FBI Conclude Radiological Security Exercise at NIEHS in North Carolina - May 07, 2012

Features

Dale Sandler, Ph.D. , Chief, NIEHS Epidemiology Branch, Elected to Alpha Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
NIEHS Strategic Plan: Next Steps
Celebrate Earth Day, Every Day with NIEHS!

Events

New Grants

Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research Career Development Award (K22)(PA-12-188) - Expiration Date: May 8, 2017
Role of Environmental Chemical Exposures in the Development of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome (R21 & R01)(PA-12-184/5) - Expiration Date: September 8, 2015
SBIR E-learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response (SBIR [R43/R44])(RFA-ES-12-005) - Application Due Date: July 27, 2012

Recently Published Research

Targeted Deletion of Nrf2 Impairs Lung Development and Oxidant Injury in Neonatal Mice [Abstract] [Synopsis] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/5/dir/index.htm#a4) Cho HY, van Houten B, Wang X, Miller-Degraff L, Fostel J, Gladwell W, Perrow L, Panduri V, Kobzik L, Yamamoto M, Bell DA, Kleeberger SR. April 2012
Environmental Estrogens Differentially Engage the Histone Methyltransferase EZH2 to Increase Risk of Uterine Tumorigenesis [Abstract] [Synopsis] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/5/dert/index.htm#a4) Greathouse KL, Bredfeldt T, Everitt JI, Lin K, Berry T, Kannan K, Mittelstadt ML, Ho SM, Walker CL. April 2012

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	News Surgeon General Invites Oil Spill Workers to Join the NIH GuLF STUDY, New PSAs Issued Today - May 22, 2012 Beijing Olympics Experiment Reveals Biological Link Between Air Pollution Exposure, Cardiovascular Disease - May 16, 2012 NNSA, FBI Conclude Radiological Security Exercise at NIEHS in North Carolina - May 07, 2012 Features Dale Sandler, Ph.D. , Chief, NIEHS Epidemiology Branch, Elected to Alpha Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public NIEHS Strategic Plan: Next Steps Celebrate Earth Day, Every Day with NIEHS! Events Symposium on Emerging Issues in Analysis and Design of Large Scale Genetic Studies - May 24-25, 2012 Keystone Science Lecture: Responding to Community Concerns on Environmental Public Health – Advancing the Scientific Research, Translation and Policy Agenda - May 24, 2012 The Significance of Protein Free Radical Formation in Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases - May 24, 2012 New Grants Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research Career Development Award (K22)(PA-12-188) - Expiration Date: May 8, 2017 Role of Environmental Chemical Exposures in the Development of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome (R21 & R01)(PA-12-184/5) - Expiration Date: September 8, 2015 SBIR E-learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response (SBIR [R43/R44])(RFA-ES-12-005) - Application Due Date: July 27, 2012 Recently Published Research Targeted Deletion of Nrf2 Impairs Lung Development and Oxidant Injury in Neonatal Mice [Abstract] [Synopsis] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/5/dir/index.htm#a4) Cho HY, van Houten B, Wang X, Miller-Degraff L, Fostel J, Gladwell W, Perrow L, Panduri V, Kobzik L, Yamamoto M, Bell DA, Kleeberger SR. April 2012 Environmental Estrogens Differentially Engage the Histone Methyltransferase EZH2 to Increase Risk of Uterine Tumorigenesis [Abstract] [Synopsis] (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2012/5/dert/index.htm#a4) Greathouse KL, Bredfeldt T, Everitt JI, Lin K, Berry T, Kannan K, Mittelstadt ML, Ho SM, Walker CL. April 2012
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