Tuesday February 10 2026   •   12:00 PM — 01:00 PM

Environmental Research Seminar: “Beyond Steroid Hormones”

With Karilyn E. Sant, PhD, MPH (Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at Michigan State University)

Dr. Kari Sant is an environmental toxicologist who specializes in the health consequences resulting from developmental exposures to emerging and common water pollutants. She received her B.S. in Biology and Program in the Environment, her M.P.H. in Environmental Health Sciences, and her Ph.D. in Toxicology--all at the University of Michigan. Most of her research has examined how exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) affect embryonic and juvenile development and predispose to metabolic diseases such as diabetes, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and obesity later in life. Her work has demonstrated that the developing pancreas, which produces digestive enzymes and hormones such as insulin, is a sensitive target for chemical exposures during the embryonic and fetal periods and that these changes may persist throughout childhood. She uses the zebrafish model to investigate how these emerging contaminants influence both human and aquatic reproduction and health throughout the lifespan.

Registration: Join us online .

Sponsored by: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core