Revealing the Effects of Air Pollution Across the Life Span
September 30, 2024
Stephania Cormier, Ph.D.
Stephania Cormier, Ph.D., began to envision a career in science after she volunteered in a biology lab during college and discovered a passion for research and the chemistry of life. A professor and mentor urged her to pursue graduate studies.
Connecting the Dots Between DNA Damage, Hormonal Signaling, and Breast Cancer
September 26, 2024
Jennifer Kay, Ph.D.
Cancer studies often focus on treatments after diagnosis, but toxicologist Jennifer Kay, Ph.D., is determined to stop cancer at its source.
From Cells to Society: Protecting Children and Pregnant Women From Environmental Harms
September 16, 2024
Rebecca Fry, Ph.D.
Rebecca Fry, Ph.D. collaborated with researchers in Thailand to investigate how in utero exposure to arsenic from abandoned tin mines affects gene activity in infants.
Studying Free Radicals to Improve Air Quality
May 2, 2024
Slawomir Lomnicki, Ph.D.
Slawo Lomnicki, Ph.D., examines dangerous combustion pollutants called environmentally persistent free radicals, aiming to discover ways to destroy them and prevent them from forming.
Untangling the Genetic and Environmental Complexities of Autism Spectrum Disorder
May 1, 2024
Heather Volk, Ph.D.
As an NIEHS grant recipient and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, Heather Volk, Ph.D., investigates how interactions between environmental factors, such as air pollution, and genetic factors, like mutations, lead to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children.
Unraveling the Mysteries of DNA Repair
March 19, 2024
Patrick Sung, Ph.D.
For more than 30 years, biochemist Patrick Sung, Ph.D., has studied a cellular process essential to all life on earth: DNA repair.
From Lebanon to New Mexico: Studying How Contaminants Interact with Plant and Human Health
March 12, 2024
Eliane El Hayek, Ph.D.
Eliane El Hayek, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM), where she works with the NIEHS-funded Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center to understand how exposures to heavy metals and tiny plastic particles known as microplastics affect human and plant health.
Applying the One Environmental Health Approach to Hexavalent Chromium
February 1, 2024
John Pierce Wise, Sr., Ph.D.
John Pierce Wise, Sr., Ph.D., champions a research approach for studying toxic chemicals focused on the intersection of human, animal, and ecosystem health.