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April 2025: M-LEEaD Newsletter April 2025 • Image Caption: Photos from "Building Solidarity for Clean and Affordable Water in Michigan,” including speakers, staff, and community attendees. On Monday, March 24th, 2025, the M-LEEaD Community Engagement Core and the M-LEEaD Integrated Health Sciences Core hosted "Building Solidarity for Clean and Affordable Water in Michigan." This event took place at the Whittaker Branch of Ypsilanti District Library, with an additional 60 attendees joining on Zoom, and included a panel of speakers addressing a range of topics related to water and public health. The environmental health practice community, community organizers, and allies came together for a discussion, Q&A, and networking.... Read more
March 2025: M-LEEaD Newsletter March 2025: Environmental Statistics Day 2025, M-LEEaD Members in the News • Image caption: Speakers at Environmental Statistics Day 2025. On Monday, February 24th, 2025, biostatistics and environmental health scientists gathered to discuss the computational challenges of multiple chemical and non-chemical environmental risk factors in environmental health sciences research. The keynote address was given by Howard Chang, PhD on Mixture All Along: Statistical Methods for Estimating Complex Exposure-Response Functions. Dr. Chang is a Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics in Environmental Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. The event concluded with the Michigan Perspectives faculty panel discussing topics related to mixtures. The presenters are featured below: Wei Hao, PhD (Research Assistant... Read more
February 2025: M-LEEaD Newsletter February 2025: Cytosine Modifications Seminar and Workshop, Member News • Image caption: Top right- attendees at the hands-on workshop portion. Bottom Left: Presenters for the Cytosine Modifications morning seminars. Bottom Right: Attendees enjoying a networking lunch at the School of Public Health. In November 2024, the M-LEEaD Pan Omics and Data Science (PODS) Core partnered with the U-M Epigenomics Core to host “Cytosine Modifications: Morning Seminars, Networking Lunch, and Hands-on Workshop.” This two-part event consisted of an educational lecture portion followed by a hands-on data analysis training session a few weeks later. In the lecture sessions, the UM Epigenomics Core, PODS Core leaders and staff, and Illumina representatives provided foundational... Read more
January 2025: M-LEEaD Newsletter January 2025: Legislative Forum Recap, New EHS Textbook, More Member News to Share • Image caption: Speakers at the Legislative Forum, from left to right- Felix Valbuena, Miatta Buxton, Amy Schulz, and Marie O'Neill M-LEEaD’s Community Engagement Core (CEC) continued its history of legislative outreach by hosting a Legislative Forum on September 17th, 2024 in Lansing, MI. This year’s forum focused on the environmental impacts on birth outcomes in Michigan, exploring topics such as environmental exposures over the lifecourse, the effects of climate change on exposures and birth outcomes, and strategies to reduce these exposures while improving outcomes. The event brought together legislators and their staff, agency leaders, community members, and others invested in... Read more
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November 2024: M-LEEaD Newsletter November 2024: EHSCC Annual Meeting Recap, Member News, and Upcoming Seminars • Image caption, clockwise from top left: 1) EHSCC Community Engagement Core attendees; 2) Kelly Bakulski and Jalonne White-Newsome at the Reginald Lewis Museum in Baltimore; 3) New Investigator Spotlight presentation; 4) EHSCC members at the Baltimore Community Tour, organized by CEC leaders; 5) Dana Dolinoy, Katherine Manz, Xin Wang, and Hao Wang at the meeting poster session. The 2024 NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Core Center in-person meeting was hosted by Johns Hopkins University this past September. This annual meeting, with this year's theme of Community Exposomics, brought researchers, scientists, academics, and community members together to share their insights and expand... Read more
June 2024: M-LEEaD Newsletter June 2024 • The Center Scientist position, offered through M-LEEaD's Career Development Program led by Drs. Gil Omenn and Justin Colacino, provides special mentorship experiences to two early-stage investigators each year. Selected candidates engage in research that addresses the goals of the M-LEEaD Center to define, explain, or mitigate the impacts of environmental exposures during vulnerable stages of life. We are pleased to announce the 2024-25 Center Scientists! Olivia Halabicky, M.Sc., PhD, is current Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and a former Environmental Toxicology and Epidemiology Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. She received her... Read more
May 2024: M-LEEaD Newsletter May 2024 • In the ongoing mission to address air pollution and its detrimental effects on health, the M-LEEaD Center's Community Engagement Core (CEC) has unveiled its newest resource: a comprehensive factsheet titled "Enhanced Indoor Air Filters: Reducing Air Pollution Inside Homes and Schools." The factsheet delves into air filtration, explaining MERV ratings and the efficacy of HEPA filters. It also sheds light on Particulate Matter (PM), a prevalent indoor pollutant with severe health implications. The factsheet recommends utilizing better filters in homes and schools, especially as one report ranks Detroit 5th among the most challenging places to live with asthma in the... Read more