Henry represents NIEHS in the Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw/NIEHS)

SRP Health Scientists Administrator Heather Henry, Ph.D., was part of the organizing team for the NIEHS Horizon Scanning Virtual Workshop: Sharing Strategies to Move From Reactive to Proactive Approaches to Identify New Environmental Concerns. Henry also served on the steering committee for the Spring Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable meeting, highlighting artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) approaches to optimize site remediation. The meeting was an opportunity to share progress and results of recent AI/ML projects providing advanced contaminant plume characterization and predictive modeling, and improved cleanup efficiency.

Building on more than two decades of research at the Duke University SRP Center, Nishad Jayasundara, Ph.D., is exploring how exposure to multiple stressors and changes in gene activity play a role in killifish adaptation to pollutants. Read more in the latest update to their SRP Public Health Impact Story.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology SRP Center Director Bevin Engelward, Ph.D., was elected as an American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) Fellow for her efforts to advance science through developing innovative technologies for detecting genetic damage.

Pedro Alvarez, Ph.D., of the Baylor College of Medicine SRP Center, was elected as an AAAS Fellow under the engineering and technology specialty of the mathematical and physical sciences category. Alvarez was recognized for his work using chemistry to improve water treatment and his recent launch of the Institute for Clean Water Technologies, Entrepreneurship and Research.

Cormier, right, receives the Adel Sarofim Award from Brian Gullet, Ph.D., of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo courtesy of the LSU SRP Center)

Stephania Cormier, Ph.D., of the Louisiana State University SRP Center received the Adel Sarofim Award at the meeting of the International Congress on Combustion By-products and Their Health Effects. The award recognized her significant contributions to understanding the formation and health effects of environmentally persistent free radicals.

Galen Newman, Ph.D., of the Texas A&M University SRP Center, was featured in an NIEHS Grantee Highlight for his work using new technologies to improve urban resilience against natural disasters, such as hurricanes and flooding, on Galveston Island, Texas.

Eliane El Hayek, Ph.D., of the University of New Mexico SRP Center, was featured in an NIEHS Story of Success for her research into how exposures to heavy metals and tiny plastic particles known as microplastics affect human and plant health, particularly among Tribal communities.

Jamie Donatuto, Ph.D., of the Oregon State University SRP Center, was featured in an NIEHS Grantee Highlight for her work to protect the health of Swinomish tribal members exposed to environmental hazards, and to educate others about Indigenous health and ethical research.