Superfund Research Program
This webpage contains all of the 2015 SRP-supported events.
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The State of the Water: Linking Ocean Health to Human Health
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
January 8, 2015 • 1:00 p.m. EST
Conference Call -
A Story of Childhood Leukemia, a Story of Health: Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Childhood Leukemia
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
January 22, 2015 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
Conference Call -
SRP Progress in Research Webinar: Biogeochemical Factors Impacting in situ Remediation of Metals and PAH Mixtures
February 2, 2015 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST
Webinar -
SRP Progress in Research Webinar: Biogeochemical Factors Impacting in situ Remediation of Chlorinated Contaminants
February 9, 2015 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST
Webinar -
EPA/ORD Contaminated Site Project and Ground Water Research
Grantee Event: Sponsored by the Northeastern University SRP
February 23, 2015 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
Webinar -
The Geomicrobiology of Arsenic and Antimony
Grantee Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
February 23, 2015 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST
New York, New York and Online -
Environmental Health Issues
Featuring Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., Director of the NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program (NTP)
Grantee Event: Sponsored by the Northeastern University SRP
March 4, 2015 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
Webinar -
Local Environmental Action 2015
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
March 15, 2015
Boston, Massachusetts -
The Superfund Research Program's Karen Wetterhahn Award Seminar:
Use of Native Plants to Efficiently and Cost Effectively Stabilize Arsenic in Iron Sulfide Mine Tailings
Corin Hammond, University of Arizona
March 17, 2015 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -
14th Annual Pediatric Research Day (189KB)
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Michigan State University SRP
March 18, 2015
Detroit, Michigan -
Chemicals, Products, and Health: Global Challenges
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
March 19, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Boston, Massachusetts and Online -
U.S. Small Business Funding Opportunities (SBIR/STTR) for Environmental Technologies at NIEHS SRP, EPA, and NSF
April 2, 2015 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Webinar
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Impact of Current Policy on Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh
Alexander van Geen, Columbia University
Sustainable Promotion of Arsenic-Safe Water Consumption: A Psychological Approach
Jennifer Inauen, Columbia University
Grantee Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
April 20, 2015 • 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EDT
New York, New York and Online -
Food, Ag and Health Entrepreneurship Academy Innovation Entrepreneurship Academy
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the University of California, Davis SRP
April 21 – 23, 2015
Davis, California -
NARPM Presents...EPA and the NIEHS Superfund Research Program: Collaborating to Meet Community Technical Assistance Needs at Superfund Sites
May 6, 2015 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Webinar -
A Fish Tale: A Review of the Science of Fish Contamination, Consumption, and Advisories
Grantee Event: Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
May 7, 2015 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Conference Call -
Uncovering Early Life Exposure to Chemical Mixtures Using Tooth Matrix Biomarkers
Manish Arora, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Grantee Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
May 18, 2015 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT
Palisades, New York and Online -
Fate and Remediation of Chlorinated Benzenes and Benzene in a Wetland
Grantee Event: Featuring the Johns Hopkins University Individual Research Grant (R01)
May 20, 2015 • 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT
Baltimore, Maryland and Online -
Social Science - Environmental Health Interdisciplinary Collaborations Conference
Grantee Event: Sponsored by the Northeastern University SRP
May 21 – 22, 2015
Boston, Massachusetts -
From Molecules to Business: Better Living Through Green Chemistry
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
June 4, 2015 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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A Story of Developmental Disability, A Story of Health: The Influence of Environmental Exposures and Opportunities for Prevention
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
June 11, 2015 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Conference Call -
14th International Congress on Combustion By-Products and Their Health Effects
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Louisiana State University SRP
June 14 – 17, 2015
Umeå, Sweden -
National SBIR/STTR Conference
June 15 – 17, 2015
Washington, D.C. -
Solutions for a PCB-Contaminated Sediment Pond: Altavista's 6-Acre Petri Dish
Grantee Event: Featuring the University of Iowa SRP
June 17 – 18, 2015
Danville, Virginia -
Risk e-Learning Web Seminars: Integrating Data from Multidisciplinary Research
Session I - Introducing the Big Picture
June 24, 2015 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Webinar -
Border 2020 Arizona-Sonora Mining Symposium
Grantee Event: Sponsored by the University of Arizona SRP
June 25, 2015
Tucson, Arizona -
Biomedical and Engineering Entrepreneurship Academy
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the University of California, Davis SRP
July 7 – 9, 2015
Davis, California -
SRP Progress in Research Webinar: Reducing Exposure to Mercury, Arsenic, and Asbestos
July 9, 2015 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Webinar -
Statistical Approaches for Assessing Health Effects of Environmental Chemical Mixtures in Epidemiology Studies
July 13 – 14, 2015
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -
2015 Community Involvement Training Conference
August 4 – 6, 2015
Atlanta, Georgia -
16th International Conference of the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health
August 10 – 13, 2015
Depok, Indonesia -
TCE, PCBs, and Phthalates: Exposure, Mechanisms of Disease, and Clean-up Remedies
August 24, 2015 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
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Persisting Impacts of Organophosphate and Neonicotinoid Pesticides on Neurobehavioral Function in Zebrafish
Edward D. Levin. Ph.D., Duke University
August 28, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
Beyond Nicotine: Developmental Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Extract Causes Later Life Cognitive and Behavioral Impairments in Rodents
Brandon Hall, Ph.D., Duke University
September 4, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
The Prevalence and Significance of Cooperativity in Cytochrome P450 2E1 Biochemical Activation of Compounds
Jessica H. Hartman, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
September 11, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
UC Entrepreneurship Academy
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the University of California, Davis SRP
September 15 – 17, 2015
Davis, California -
Management of EHS Issues Related to Maker Spaces
Daniel Herrick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health SRP
September 18, 2015 • 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT
Webinar -
Casting a Wide Net to Uncover Pathways between Environmental Exposures and Disease
Carolyn Mattingly, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
September 18, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
Increasing Rice Yields and Decreasing Human Health Risk Through Soil Silicon Management
Angelia Seyfferth, University of Delaware
Grantee Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
September 21, 2015 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT
New York, New York and Online -
Environmental Toxicity of PCBs: Lessons from Fish as Environmental and Human Health Models
Lilah Glazer, Ph.D., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
September 25, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
12th International Phytotechnologies Conference: Phytotechnologies for Sustainable Development
September 27 – 30, 2015
Manhattan, Kansas -
C. Elegans Treated with the Glyphosate-Containing Herbicide TouchDown Show Mitochondrial Inhibition and Elevated ROS
Vanessa Fitsanakis, Ph.D., King University
October 2, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
Zebrafish Models for Studying Developmental and Environmental Regulation of Energy Balance
John Rawls, Ph.D., Duke University
October 9, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
Microbial Community Responses to Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances in Aquatic Systems
Christopher Ward, Duke University
October 16, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
Responding to Communities: Communicating the Science of TCE and PCE
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Boston University SRP
October 20, 2015 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Conference Call -
Early-Life Exposure to Organophosphate Flame Retardants (OPFRs) Alters Behavior in Zebrafish: A Comparison with Organophosphate Pesticides
Anthony Oliveri, Duke University
October 23, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
Informing Management of the World's Largest Groundwater Systems with Simply-Structured Model Analysis
Clifford I. Voss, U.S. Geological Survey
Genetics of Arsenic Metabolism and Susceptibility to Toxicity in Humans
Brandon L. Pierce, University of Chicago
Grantee Event: Sponsored by the Columbia University SRP
October 26, 2015 • 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. EDT
Palisades, New York and Online -
Risk e-Learning Web Seminars: Integrating Data from Multidisciplinary Research
Session II - Cross Domain Discovery and Integration
October 27, 2015 • 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT
Webinar -
North Carolina Society of Toxicology Fall Meeting
October 29, 2015 • 12:00 – 4:30 p.m. EDT
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -
Mechanisms and Consequences of Evolutionary Adaptation to Polluted Environments: Lessons Learned from PAH-Resistant Atlantic Killifish Fundulus Heteroclitus
Nishad Jayasundara, Ph.D., Duke University
October 30, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
Collaborative on Food with Arsenic and Associated Risk and Regulation (C-FARR) Workshop
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Dartmouth College SRP
November 2 – 3, 2015
Hanover, New Hampshire -
Risk e-Learning Web Seminars: Integrating Data from Multidisciplinary Research
Session III - Establishing Infrastructure for Data Integration
November 4, 2015 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST
Webinar -
What Is Phenomics and How Can It Be Used for Society?
Keith Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
November 6, 2015 • 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
Working with ATSDR to Protect Communities from Hazardous Substances
Research to Risk Assessment Information Exchange Webinar
November 10, 2015 • 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. EST -
Duke ITEHP's Fall Symposium: The Toxicity of Power
November 13, 2015
Durham, North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program and the Duke University Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP) -
International Symposium on Persistent Toxic Substances
Grantee Event: Co-Hosted by the University of California, Riverside
November 16 – 20, 2015
Riverside, California -
2015 Annual Meeting of the Superfund Research Program
November 18 – 20, 2015
San Juan, Puerto Rico -
Second International Workshop on Mesoamerican Nephropathy (MeN 2015)
Grantee Event: Co-Hosted by the Boston University SRP
November 18 – 20, 2015
San Jose, Costa Rica
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SRP Funding Opportunities Webinar
December 1, 2015 • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST
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Reproductive Health and the Environment Symposium
Grantee Event: Co-Sponsored by the Northeastern University SRP
December 11, 2015 • 9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST
Boston, Massachusetts
Presentations from the following speakers are available:
Laura Vandenberg (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Panel Discussion with Julia Brody (Silent Spring Institute), Elizabeth Hoover (Brown University), and Deborah Brown (U.S. EPA)
Environmental Justice Community Field Semester Students (Brandeis University)
Judy Norsigian (Our Bodies, Ourselves) -
The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies
December 15 – 20, 2015
Honolulu, Hawaii
The University of California, Davis SRP co-organized the following session: "Immunoanalysis - Applications and Trends for Environmental Monitoring and Human Health"
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