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The Keystone Lecture: Alabama Fire College Training to Build Response Capacity in Communities

Alabama Fire College Training to Build Response Capacity in Communities(171KB)

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 • 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT
Kenneth “Kenny” Oldfield, Principal Investigator, Alabama Fire College

Telomere Research Network Annual Meeting: Toward Telomere Measurement Precision and Defining Critical Research Questions

March 30-31, 2023

April 11, 2023: Making Faces: Transcriptional Enhancers in Human Development, Disease, and Evolution

Making Faces: Transcriptional Enhancers in Human Development, Disease, and Evolution(229KB)

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 • Noon – 1:00 p.m. EDT Joanna Wysocka, Ph.D., Stanford University

A Women’s Wellness Conference

Women’s Health Awareness 2023
FREE health screenings, health education sessions, healthy living sessions, and health resources.
April 15, 2023 • 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT
North Carolina Central University

NIEHS Recruitment Fair(344KB)

Thursday, April 27, 2023 • 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Building 101, Rodbell Auditorium

NIH Climate and Health Scholars

NIH announces inaugural class for the Climate and Health Scholars Program.

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NIEHS maintains several newsletters in support of our ongoing research. Discover information about the scientific, policy, training and outreach efforts and activities at NIEHS to better understand the impact your environment has on your health.

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Funding Opportunities

NIEHS funds support researchers at academic, medical and other institutions around the United States.

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PAR-23-139

CCRP Initiative: NIH Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) Translational Exploratory/Developmental Research Projects (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Expires:

MAY 2025

RFA-ES-23-008

Novel Approaches for Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Expires:

JUL 2025

RFA-RM-23-002

Integration and Coordination Center for the Common Fund Data Ecosystem (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Expires:

JUN 2023

RFA-RM-23-010

Limited Competition: Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Clinical Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Required)

Expires:

MAY 2023

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Research

NIEHS research uses state-of-the-art science and technology to investigate the interplay between environmental exposures, human biology, genetics, and common diseases to help prevent disease and improve human health.

Strategic Plan

Advancing Environmental Health Sciences, Improving Health

GEH

Climate and Human Health

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Recently Published Research

December 2022

An Interaction of Inorganic Arsenic Exposure With Body Weight and Composition on Type 2 Diabetes Indicators in Diversity Outbred Mice

Xenakis JG, Douillet C, Bell TA, Hock P, Farrington J, Liu T, Murphy CEY, Saraswatula A, Shaw GD, Nativio G, Shi Q, Venkatratnam A, Zou F, Fry RC, Stýblo M, Pardo-Manuel de Villena F

February 2023

Neighborhood Disadvantage and Immune-related Illnesses Among Residents Living in the Us Gulf States

Patel OP, Lawrence KG, Parks CG, Bodkin M, Jackson WB 3rd, Engel LS, Sandler DP

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Health & Education

As a publicly-funded institute, NIEHS is committed to conducting the most rigorous research in environmental health sciences, and to communicating the results of this research to the public.

PFAS

Essential Oils

Lead

Electric & Magnetic Fields

Science Basics

Air Pollution and Your Health

Endocrine Disruptors

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Science Education

NIEHS seeks to invest in the future of environmental health science by increasing awareness of the link between the environment and human health. Our website provides educators, students and scientists access to reliable tools, resources and classroom materials.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Helps Lead Groundbreaking Study on the Human and Ocean Health Impacts of Ocean Plastics

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George Washington University

New Study: Abatacept Therapy Offers Promising Results Treating Juvenile Dermatomyositis

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Keck School of Medicine of USC

Keck School of Medicine Study Finds “Forever Chemicals” Disrupt Key Biological Processes

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About NIEHS

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is expanding and accelerating its contributions to scientific knowledge of human health and the environment, and to the health and well-being of people everywhere.

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Jobs @ NIEHS

NIEHS offers on-site career development programs, as well as grants, for health research and safety training. Here are some of our current opportunity announcements:

Scientific

Computational Biologist/ Bioinformaticist

Scientific

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Genome Integrity & Structural Biology Laboratory

Scientific

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mitochondrial DNA Replication, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory

Scientific

Chief, Mechanistic Toxicology Branch

Scientific

Chief, Systems Toxicology Branch

Scientific

Postdoctoral Fellowship (Microglia As a Target of Environmental Agents), Mechanistic Toxicology Branch