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March 2018 Past Issues Superfund Research Program Science Digest

Superfund Research Program Science Digest
Balancing Scientific Excellence with Research Relevance

Welcome to the Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (SRP) Science Digest!

Below you'll find a compilation of SRP research, which provides practical, scientific solutions to protect health, the environment, and communities. For more information about the program, visit the SRP website.

You also can view past issues of the Science Digest.

Director's Letter

Dr Suk

A unique training component of the SRP is the Occupational and Safety Training Education Programs on Emerging Technologies (R25). Through this program, institutes of higher education develop continuing education and academic curricula on occupational health and safety management practices on wide-ranging emerging topics, such as green chemistry, sustainable remediation, and nanotechnology.

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Features

Research dissemination and engagement

Getting science into the hands of people who can use it is an essential element of the SRP. As part of this effort, SRP grantees have developed materials that can be used to explain scientific research and inform communities about potential health threats from pollution.

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Science Leadership

Pacific Basin Consortium

SRP Director Bill Suk, Ph.D., M.P.H., Health Scientist Administrator Michelle Heacock, Ph.D., and Health Specialist Brittany Trottier, M.P.H., shared their expertise and discussed ways to address pressing environmental health issues at the Pacific Basin Consortium conference.

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Hot Off the Press

T cells and cancer cells

Chronic liver inflammation can promote cancer by suppressing one of the body’s natural mechanisms to fight cancer development, according to SRP researchers at the University of California, San Diego. Their study explains the success of some types of cancer immunotherapy and suggests novel targets for new therapies.

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Technology Profile

EnChem Engineering, Inc.

As part of an SRP small business project, researchers at EnChem Engineering, Inc., are developing a technology to expedite removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from soil and groundwater.

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