Superfund Research Program
This webpage contains all of the 2014 SRP-supported events.
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An Overview of EPA's Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Hosted by the Harvard School of Public Health SRP
January 23, 2014 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET
Boston, Massachusetts -
Spinning Community – University Partnerships
Grant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the Northeastern University SRP
January 27, 2014 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Boston, Massachusetts and Online -
Sources and Impact of Arsenic Exposure During Pregnancy in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study
Margaret Karagas, Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthIron Isotope Approach for Characterizing Pathways of Coupled Arsenic and Iron Cycling in High Arsenic Groundwater: A Case Study in the Hetao Basin, Inner Mongolia
Huaming Guo, China University of GeosciencesGrant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
January 27, 2014 • 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET
Palisades, New York and Online -
Risk e Learning Webinar Series: Using GIS Tools to Analyze, Compute, and Predict Pollution
Session I (Rebroadcast) - Exposure Assessment in the Field and Links to Human Health
February 6, 2014 • 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET
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Why Are So Many Groundwater Contaminant Plumes Persistent? Insights from Modeling and Characterization
Grant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the University of Arizona SRP
February 24, 2014 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Online -
Geochemistry Studies of Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Water Resources in Pennsylvania
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Hosted by the Harvard School of Public Health SRP
February 27, 2014 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET
Boston, Massachusetts -
Health Effects and Mitigation of Arsenic: Current Research Efforts and Future Directions
March 3 – 4, 2014
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -
Public Health Impacts of Hydrofracturing and Research Recommendations
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Hosted by the Harvard School of Public Health SRP
March 13, 2014 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET
Boston, Massachusetts -
Communicating Risk to the Public
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Sponsored by the Brown University SRP
March 27, 2014 in Westford, Massachusetts
March 28, 2014 in Providence, Rhode Island -
SRP Trainee Webinar Series: Session I
Chloro-Organic Detoxification by Membrane Supported Iron/Iron Oxide System
Minghui Gui, University of Kentucky
High-affinity Interactions Between Human Transthyretin and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Sulfates: Implications for Thyroid Disruption and the Development of Anti-amyloid Therapeutics
Fabian Grimm, University of Iowa
April 15, 2014 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
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Health Consequences of Hydrofracturing: The Known and Unknown
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Hosted by the Harvard School of Public Health SRP
April 17, 2014 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Boston, Massachusetts -
Risk e Learning Web Seminar: PCBs in Schools
Session I: Overview and Exposure Assessment
April 21, 2014 • 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT
Online -
Water Quality Awareness and Infant Health: The Role of Breastfeeding
Pinar Keskin, Wellesley College
Potential Alternative Water Sources in Arsenic-Impacted Areas of Cambodia
Benjamin Bostick, Columbia University
Grant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
April 21, 2014 • 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EDT
New York, New York and Online -
Two Perspectives on Ethical Review of Research Involving Human Subjects
Grant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the Northeastern University SRP
April 28, 2014 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Online -
Risk e Learning Web Seminar: PCBs in Schools
Session II: Identifying and Reducing Health Risks
April 28, 2014 • 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT
Online -
SRP Trainee Webinar Series: Session II
Arsenic In-Situ Immobilization by Magnetite Formation within Contaminated Aquifer Sediments
Jing Sun, Columbia University
RNA-seq Gives Insights into Lead Neurotoxicity in Neural Stem Cells
Peter Wagner, Harvard University
April 30, 2014 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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Shale Gas Development Impacts on Surface Water Quality in Pennsylvania
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Hosted by the Harvard School of Public Health SRP
May 1, 2014 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Boston, Massachusetts -
Environmental Metabolomics: A Dual-Platform Biomonitoring Approach to Assess Toxicant Exposure and Metabolic Response
Grant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the Northeastern University SRP
May 6, 2014 • 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. EDT
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SRP Arsenic Panel Discussion Webinar Series
Part 1: Contributions of Advanced Techniques to Understanding Arsenic in Health and the Environment
Moderator: Mike Waalkes, NIEHS
Panelists: Miranda Loh, Badawi Dweik, Barry Rosen, Maria Argos, Kun Lu, Luz Maria Del Razo Jiménez
May 6, 2014 • 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
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SRP Arsenic Panel Discussion Webinar Series
Part 2: Susceptibility to Arsenic Effects
Moderator: John Cowden, U.S. EPA
Panelists: Andrea Allan, Eric Ditzel, Craig Steinmaus, Karin Engstrom, Carmen Marsit, Molly Kile
May 7, 2014 • 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
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SRP Trainee Webinar Series: Session III
Sensing Environmental Contaminants with Paper-Based Platforms
Leslie Knecht, University of Miami
Rodent-based Toxicogenomic Models of Hepatocarcinogenicity
Daniel Gusenleitner, Boston University
May 13, 2014 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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Early Life Metal Exposure and Epigenetics: A Transdisciplinary Approach
Alison Sanders, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Spatial and Temporal Scales of Redox Trapping of Groundwater Arsenic through Hyporheic Zone in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta
Hun Bok Jung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
May 19, 2014 • 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EDT
Palisades, New York and Online -
R2RA Mutual Learning Webinar: "So...What IS a Superfund Site Anyway?
Jennifer Wendel, National Priorities List Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 4
May 20, 2014 • 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. EDT
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SRP Arsenic Panel Discussion Webinar Series
Part 3: Global Environmental Cycling and Bioavailability of Arsenic
Moderator: David Thomas, U.S. EPA
Panelists: Margaret Kurzius-Spencer, Albert Juhasz, Mary Lou Guerinot, Mark Kay O'Rourke, Scott Fendorf, Matthew Polizzotto
May 22, 2014 • 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT
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The Central and Eastern European Conference on Health and the Environment
May 25 – 30, 2014
Cluj-Napoca, Romania -
SRP Arsenic Panel Discussion Webinar Series
Part 4: Prevention and Remediation Strategies for Arsenic Exposure
Moderator: Heather Henry, NIEHS
Panelists: Mary Gamble, Megan Hall, Lex van Geen, Julie Zimmerman, Raina Maier
June 3, 2014 • 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. EDT
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Catch of the Day: Healthy Fish, Healthy Humans
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
June 10, 2014 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Conference Call -
Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Sciences: Water
June 22 – 27, 2014
Holderness, New Hampshire -
Food, Ag, and Health Entrepreneurship Academy
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Sponsored by the University of California - Davis SRP
June 24 – 26, 2014
Davis, California -
Employing Human Primary Leukocytes to Assess Immunotoxicity (284KB)
June 25, 2014 • 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. EDT
Atlanta, Georgia -
Health Perspectives Study in the Marcellus Shale
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Hosted by the Harvard School of Public Health SRP
June 26, 2014 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Boston, Massachusetts -
SRP Funding Opportunities Web Seminar
June 27, 2014 • 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
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Biomedical and Engineering Entrepreneurship Academy
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Sponsored by the University of California - Davis SRP
July 9 – 11, 2014
Davis, California -
If Cells Could Talk, What Would They Tell Us About Chemical Exposure? Applications of Cell-Based Bioanalytical Methods
August 11, 2014 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Online -
34th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants
August 31 – September 5, 2014
Madrid, Spain -
Latin American Conference on Compatible Mining: Protecting Vulnerable Populations and the Surrounding Environment
Grant Recipient Event: University of Arizona SRP
September 8 – 10, 2014
San Luis Potosí, Mexico -
PCBs in Schools - Still a Problem?
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
September 9, 2014 • 1:00 p.m. EDT
Conference Call -
2014 Citizen Science Workshop in Puerto Rico
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Sponsored by the Northeastern University SRP
September 11 – 12, 2014
San Juan, Puerto Rico -
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Asia/Pacific 2014 Conference
September 14 – 17, 2014
Adelaide, Australia -
Arsenic Free Drinking Water Sources in Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin: A Field Example from West Bengal (India)
Bibhash Nath, University of Sydney
Arsenic and Cardiovascular Disease in the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS): Gene-Arsenic Interaction, Changes in Longitudinal Blood Pressure, and Preliminary Data in Adolescents
Yu Chen, New York University
Grant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
September 15, 2014 • 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EDT
Palisades, New York and Online -
UC Entrepreneurship Academy
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Sponsored by the University of California - Davis SRP
September 16 – 18, 2014
Davis, California -
The Meaning of a Superfund Site to the Community
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania SRP
September 18, 2014 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
PEPH Annual Meeting: Communication Research in Environmental Health Sciences - Environmental Health Literacy
September 22 – 24, 2014
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -
11th International Phytotechnologies Conference
September 30 – October 3, 2014
Heraklion, Greece -
Eighth International PCBs Workshop: Exposures, Effects, Remediation and Regulation
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Hosted by the University of Iowa SRP and the Boston University SRP
October 5 – 9, 2014
Woods Hole, Massachusetts -
Porewater Concentrations and Bioavailability: How You Can Measure Them and Why They Influence Contaminated Sediment Remediation
Session I - Introduction to Porewater, Bioavailability, and PSDs
October 6, 2014 • 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. EDT
Webinar -
Home Invaders: Are Flame Retardants Fattening Us Up and Harming Our Bones?
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Hosted by the Boston University SRP
October 9, 2014 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Conference Call -
John P. Wyatt Lecture: Environmental Health and Disease
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Sponsored by the University of Kentucky SRP
October 14, 2014 • 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT
Lexington, Kentucky -
Are Aquifers in the Indus Basin Safe? Role of Geogenic Contaminants
Chander Kumar Singh, TERI University
The Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Aftermath of Factory Disasters
A. Hasanat Alamgir, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Grant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
October 20, 2014 • 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EDT
New York, New York and Online -
A Dialogue: Cumulative Environmental Health Impacts in New Bedford
Grant Recipient Event: Co-Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
October 24, 2014 • 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. EDT
New Bedford, Massachusetts -
Fourth International Summit of Prenatal Programming and Toxicity (PPTOX IV)
October 26 – 29, 2014
Boston, Massachusetts -
Research to Risk Assessment Interagency Working Group - Information Exchange Webinar
Risk Assessment: How It Works and How Your Research Can Help
November 5, 2014 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST
Webinar -
2014 Annual Meeting of the Superfund Research Program
November 12 – 14, 2014
San Jose, California -
Porewater Concentrations and Bioavailability: How You Can Measure Them and Why They Influence Contaminated Sediment Remediation
Session II - PSDs for Organic Contaminants
November 19, 2014 • 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST
Webinar -
Reducing Environmental Health Threats to Children in Artisanal Industry Communities
November 20 – 21, 2014
Hanoi, Vietnam -
Porewater Concentrations and Bioavailability: How You Can Measure Them and Why They Influence Contaminated Sediment Remediation
Session III - Metals and PSDs
December 1, 2014 • 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. EST
Webinar -
Camp Lejeune: A Case Study
Grant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the Northeastern University SRP
December 1, 2014 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
Webinar -
An Evaluation of Arsenic Exposure as a Risk Factor for Pneumonia in Pediatric Populations in Rural Bangladesh
Christine Marie George, Johns Hopkins University
The Arsenic Rule: Regulation and Compliance in the United States
Katherine Alfredo, Columbia University
Grant Recipient Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
December 8, 2014 • 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EST
Palisades, New York and Online -
Porewater Concentrations and Bioavailability: How You Can Measure Them and Why They Influence Contaminated Sediment Remediation
Session IV - Case Studies: PSDs for Organic Contaminants
December 15, 2014 • 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. EST
Webinar
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