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Omics and Bioinformatics (OBICs) Core 2nd Annual Introduction to RNA-seq Workshop
On Thursday, August 9th and Friday, August 10th, M-LEEaD and the Rogel Cancer Center presented a joint workshop to provide an introduction to RNA-sequencing analysis at the School of Public Health. This was our 2nd Annual Introduction to RNA-seq Workshop, and although only 30 seats were available, we had over 100 students, post-docs, faculty, and staff registered to attend! The purpose of the workshop was to equip researchers with a basic understanding of RNA-Seq experimental design, data QC, processing, analysis, and visualization, with a focus on cancer research. Secondarily, it also promoted awareness of the Omics and Bioinformatics (OBICs) Core of the M-LEEaD Center and the Biostatistics, Analytics, and Bioinformatics Shared Resource (BABSR) of the Rogel Cancer Center, and offered opportunities to network between the centers.
Dr. Maureen Sartor, lead of the OBIC and faculty member of BABSR in Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, presented best practices for experimental design and pathway analysis. Dr. Tingting Qin, member of BABSR, gave an overview of data quality control measures and how to interpret them. Dr. Hui Jiang, faculty member of BABSR in Biostatistics, lectured on methods of expression quantification and differential expression. Dr. Armand Bankhead III, also a member of BABSR, presented material on genomic annotation, use of TCGA data and hands-on R exercises. The workshop incorporated beginner hands-on exercises using R, which allowed participants to apply concepts discussed in class to example data sets. Instructors provided introductions to online tools for bioinformatics analysis such as the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID), cBioPortal, Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) and the UCSC genome browser. We would like to thank all instructors and coordinators for their efforts to make this event a huge success!
10/02/2018- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Forum Hall, Palmer Commons Nikki Silvestri "Building an Inclusive, Collaborative Movement Toward Health Equity"
Register here: https://umich.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3WBGl3UwuvOx5g9 Cosponsored by: Community Engagement Core and Integrated Health Sciences Core UM SPH Water Summit Keynote Speaker
10/09/2018- Noon - Room 3755 SPH I Seth Guikema, PhD Assoc Professor, Dept Industrial & Operations Engineering, and Civil & Environmental Engineering
Working Title: "Health Impacts of Drinking Water Pipe Breaks"
Integrated Health Sciences Core
10/23/2018- Noon - Room 3755 SPH I Joe Austin, JD, LL.M Asst Director, Regulatory Operation, UM Medical School Office of Research
"Changes to NIH's Common Rule for Protecting Research Study Participants: what every researcher needs to know"
Integrated Health Sciences Core 10/30/2018- 9 am - 10 am - Forum Hall, Palmer Commons Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH Assoc Director, Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health, PEHSU; U of IL, Chicago
"The Health Effects of Children's Exposure to Environmental Toxicants"
Administrative Core Fall Seminar Series
11/06/2018- Noon - Room 3755 SPH I Courtney Carignan, PhD Asst Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Pharmacology and Toxicology, MSU
"Flame Retardants in Gymnasts"
Integrated Health Sciences Core 11/19/2018- Noon - Room 1680 SPH I Almudena Veiga-Lopez, DVM, PhD Asst Professor of Animal Science, Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Toxicology, MSU
"Gestational bisphenols: is the placenta at risk?"
Administrative Core Fall Seminar Series 11/20/2018- TBD - TBD Humberto Lugo Air Monitoring Manager, Comité Civico Del Valle, Inc & Edmund Seto, PhD Assoc Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
"Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action: The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network" Integrated Health Sciences Core & Community Engagement Core
12/04/2018- Noon - Room 3755 SPH I Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow, PhD Assoc Scientist, Dept of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System & CURES Center
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Integrated Health Sciences Core
12/11/2018- Noon - Room 3755 SPH I Jane Hoppin, ScD Deputy Director, Center for Human Health & Environment, Assoc Prof Dept Biological Sciences, N Carolina State U
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Integrated Health Sciences Core
02/13/2019- TBD - Room TBD Susan Nagel, PhD Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health,
University of Missouri School of Medicine
"Endocrine and developmental effects of chemicals used in natural gas extraction"
& Paige Lawrence, PhD Professor and Chair, Environmental Health Sciences Center,
University of Rochester Medical Center “Exposure to water contaminants associated with unconventional oil and gas extraction affects the immune system." Winter Seminar Series with ETEP Symposium
As part of a broad institutional initiative in integrative biosciences and environmental health sciences, Wayne State University (WSU) and the Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (IEHS) are recruiting up to three faculty positions (tenured or tenure-track, open rank). The program in environmental health sciences fosters interdisciplinary, integrative, and collaborative approaches to environmental disease prevention with primary areas for recruitment as follows:
• environmental epidemiology
• mechanisms underlying environmental exposure-mediated toxicities
• life-course factors affecting environmental health risk
• predictive modeling of toxicant exposure and health outcomes
Description of how to apply:
Competitive recruitment packages are available with salary and faculty rank based on qualifications. Applicants are encouraged to apply to posting #043725 through the WSU Online Hiring System https://jobs.wayne.edu. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled, but for full consideration this fall, application materials should be submitted by November 30, 2018. Applications should include a curriculum vitae and a brief narrative cover letter addressed to the Director of IEHS and the Vice President for Research, indicating the applicant’s potential for research synergy within the CURES environmental health science programs and the broader institutional initiative in integrative biosciences.
Gronlund CJ, Sheppard L, Adar SD, O'Neill MS, Auchincloss A, Madrigano J, Kaufman J, Diez Roux AV. Vulnerability to the Cardiovascular Effects of Ambient Heat in Six U.S. Cities: Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Epidemiology. 2018 Aug 14. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000910. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30113342.
Wang W, Moroi S, Bakulski K, Mukherjee B, Weisskopf MG, Schaumberg D, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Hu H, Park SK. Bone Lead Levels and Risk of Incident Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: The VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2018 Aug 8;126(8):087002. doi: 10.1289/EHP3442. eCollection 2018 Aug. PubMed PMID: 30102601; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6108844
Laubach ZM, Perng W, Dolinoy DC, Faulk CD, Holekamp KE, Getty T. Epigenetics and the maintenance of developmental plasticity: extending the signalling theory framework. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2018 Aug;93(3):1323-1338. doi: 10.1111/brv.12396. Epub 2018 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 29356358.
Rocco SA, Koneva L, Middleton LYM, Thong T, Solanki S, Karram S, Nambunmee K, Harris C, Rozek LS, Sartor MA, Shah YM, Colacino JA. Cadmium Exposure Inhibits Branching Morphogenesis and Causes Alterations Consistent With HIF-1α Inhibition in Human Primary Breast Organoids. Toxicol Sci. 2018 Aug 1;164(2):592-602. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfy112. PubMed PMID: 29741670; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6061678.
Veiga-Lopez A, Pu Y, Gingrich J, Padmanabhan V. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2018 Sep;29(9):607-625. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2018.06.003. Epub 2018 Jul 13. Review. PMID: 30017741.
The Great Lakes Center for Children’s Environmental Health/Region 5 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit is hosting a conference on reproductive environmental health on October 10. Please share the below information with resident physicians, healthcare providers, students, and anyone that might be interested.
Wayne State's Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES) and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute would like to invite you to attend this year's symposium, "The Environment and Cancer Disparities: Complex Interactions Among Multilevel, Co-Occurring Exposures". All are welcome and registration is free.
Deadline for abstracts has been extended for the Sustainability and Development Conference.
They welcome abstracts for oral presentations, lightning talks, panel sessions, posters, and workshops. Abstracts must address a conference theme and follow the abstract guidelines. The submission of full papers (from those whose abstracts are accepted) will be strongly encouraged, and the best 25 papers will be published as a special issue.
Overview:
Sustainable development, as a concept and call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and guarantee human well-being, is perhaps the greatest challenge facing humanity. The complexity of the meanings of sustainable development have meant that many scholars, researchers, decision makers, and practitioners see in it diverse ways in which to aspire for and achieve societal goals. Scholarly research, student training, and new opportunities for meaningful change continue to increase, especially with the United Nations-sponsored Sustainable Development Goals finding traction with governments and NGOs alike.In collaboration with the journal World Development, this international conference on Sustainability and Development seeks to bring together a diverse and interdisciplinary constituency to engage with the best approaches and means to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and assess progress towards them.
Please pass this on to anyone you think would benefit or contribute.
WASHINGTON, DC – Witnesses are expected to testify at an upcoming Senate subcommittee hearing on the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The hearing will take place on Wednesday, September 26th at 2:30 PM, the hearing will be livestreamed on the Subcommittee’s website, https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/the-federal-role-in-the-toxic-pfas-chemical-crisis.
Witnesses:
Panel I
Peter C. Grevatt, Ph.D. Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Maureen Sullivan Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Environment, Safety & Occupational Health
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Energy, Installations & Environment, U.S. Department of Defense
Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S. Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program
National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Brian J. Lepore Director, Defense Capabilities and Management
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Panel II
Andrea Amico Co-Founder
Testing for Pease
Arnold Leriche Community Co-Chair
Wurtsmith Restoration Advisory Board
Timothy Putnam Jr. Vice President, Tidewater Federal Firefighters Local F-25
International Association of Fire Fighters
The EPA has launched a redesigned to the www.airnow.gov website. You can locate air quality monitors near you with their interactive map. Learn more about the updates here, https://www.airnow.gov/how-to-use-this-site.
Click here for a PDF with useful information about NIH Public Access Policy regarding citing the center grant.
Per NIH grants policy, all publications, press releases, and other documents relevant to research funded by the center must include a specific acknowledgement of support. For the EHS Core Center, this statement may read:
“Support for this research was provided by grant P30ES017885 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”
