Category Archives: Core E
April Webinar “Teaming Up with Gardeners Neighboring a Superfund Site: Characterizing the Uptake of Arsenic by Homegrown Vegetables and Communicating the Potential Risks”
Teaming Up with Gardeners Neighboring a Superfund Site: Characterizing the Uptake of Arsenic by Homegrown Vegetables and Communicating the Potential Risks
Monica Ramirez-Andreotta, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute, Northeastern University
Monica Ramirez-Andreotta has a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Arizona (UA) that focused on integrating the fundamentals of environmental science, [...]
PROTECT UPRM Trainee wins NSF Fellowship
Norma Torres Torres, a Masters student working on PROTECT Project 4, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for the 2013-2014 academic year. Congratulations Norma!!
March Webinar: “Assessing Quality and Remedial Performance for Contaminated Sediments”
Assessing Quality and Remedial Performance for Contaminated Sediments
Daniel Reible, Smith Chair of Environmental Health Engineering, University of Texas in Austin
Dr. Reible is the Bettie Margaret Smith Chair of Environmental Health Engineering in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering and the Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of [...]
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World Prematurity Day
November 17th is World Prematurity Day. As Jennifer Howse, President of March of Dimes notes in a recent message to supporters:
Even though its preterm birth rate has declined for the 5th year in a row, the United States still ranks 131st in the world.
This trend is true in Puerto Rico as well; while preterm birth [...]
November Webinar – “Looking Through an Environmental Justice Lens: Community Engagement, Policy and Practice”
Looking Through an Environmental Justice Lens: Community Engagement, Policy and Practice
Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome, Federal Policy Analyst for West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT for Environmental Justice)
Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome is WE ACT’s Federal Policy Analyst, based in Washington, DC. Prior to joining WE ACT, Jalonne was the inaugural Kendall Science Fellow with the [...]
October Webinar – “The Trials and Tribulations of Superfund’s Early Years”
The Trials and Tribulations of Superfund’s Early Years
Craig E. Colten, Professor of Geography at Louisiana State University
Professor Colten is the Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography at Louisiana State University and his work generally fits into the fields of environmental history and hazards geography. He began his career directing a research team investigating historical [...]
Lauren Tetz presents at SRP Trainee Webinar Series 8/1 at 1pm
PROTECT Postdoc Lauren Tetz will be presenting as part of the SRP Trainee Webinar Series. This is a series of webinars throughout the year highlighting the outstanding research/activities conducted by trainees (graduate students and post-docs). Lauren’s presentation will be on August 1, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time and will include talks from Lauren Tetz [...]
PROTECT Trainee Luis Rivera Defends Thesis
Congratulations to Project 3 trainee/researcher Luis Rivera, who defended his PhD in Environmental Health at the University of Michigan, School of Public Health on April 30th, 2012! Originally from San Juan Puerto Rico, Luis received his Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, before going on to complete a Master’s Degree [...]
PROTECT Grad Student Cassie Korte wins Poster Awards
Project 2 Graduate Student Cassie Korte (PhD Candidate, University of Michigan) won two poster awards this spring.
The first presentation was awarded as part of the Society of Toxicology Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Specialty Section at the Annual Society of Toxicology Meeting in March. Cassie’s poster won first place.
The second presentation, “Oxidative insult activates parturition-associated [...]
PROTECT Trainees Secure Professorships
Project 5 Postdocs Dr. Chris Butscher and Dr. Xuhui Mao have both recently secured professorships in their respective home countries of Germany and China. Dr. Mao is at Wuhan University, where he received both his Bachelor’s Degree and PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering. Dr. Butscher will be at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Best of [...]
PROTECT Trainee Lauren Tetz Defends Thesis
PROTECT Trainee (Project 2) Lauren Tetz successfully defended her thesis on April 16, 2012. Our congratulations to the newly-minted Dr. Tetz! Read more about her thesis topic below.
MONO-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE STIMULATES CELLULAR RESPONSES RELEVANT TO PARTURITION
ABSTRACT: Diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) is an environmental pollutant used universally as a plasticizer in polyvinyl consumer products. Exposure to DEHP increases risk of [...]
PROTECT Trainee wins Karst Scholarship
Amanda Laskoskie, a PROTECT Trainee pursuing her Master’s at West Virginia University, was recently awarded with the 2012 Karst Waters Institute’s William L. Wilson Scholarship in Karst Science Award. The award was presented to her advisor, Dr. Dorothy Vesper, on Amanda’s behalf at a public ceremony in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at the [...]
February Webinar – Mitch Beard
The Effective Use of Data Management Software in Environmental Projects
Mitch Beard, CEO and Founder of EarthSoft, Inc.
Mitch Beard is CEO and Founder of EarthSoft, Inc. EarthSoft’s EQuIS software is the most widely used environmental data management software in the world and is used by multiple US EPA Regions and states, many multinational industrials, most consultants, [...]
January Webinar – Glenn Rice
Exposure Assessment Approaches for Environmental Chemical Mixtures
Dr. Glenn Rice
Environmental Health Scientist
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Glenn Rice has served as an Environmental Health Scientist in the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) since 1990. He is a member of the chemical mixtures risk assessment team in NCEA. His research interest is human health risk [...]
Recent PROTECT Events
Take a look at some of the events PROTECT has participated in this fall:
10/24/11-10/26/11: Superfund Research Program Annual Meeting
10/15/11: Let’s Talk About Water 2011
10/13/11: Research and Industrial Collaboration Conference (RICC)
You can also read more about PROTECT webinars here.
December Trainee Skill-Builder Workshop – Proposal Development
Proposal Development
Stacy-Ann Christian & Sara Clabby
Office of Research Administration and Finance
Northeastern University
Stacy-Ann Christian is Lecturer and Associate Director of Research Administration and Finance at Northeastern University. Her responsibilities include development and maintenance of university policies related to pre-award activities. In addition, Stacy-Ann oversees the review of funding applications to federal, state and local government sponsors. [...]
November Webinar – Joseph Graziano
Poison in the Well: Exposure, Consequences and Remediation of Arsenic in Bangladesh
Dr. Joseph Graziano
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences & Pharmacology, Columbia University
Director of Columbia University SRP
Dr. Joseph Graziano’s research career has been devoted to understanding the consequences of exposure to metals, both on the molecular and population levels. Human exposure to metals occurs via a [...]
October Trainee Skill-Builder Workshop – The Scientific Method and Experiential Learning Projects
The Scientific Method and Experiential Learning Projects
Tom DeSutter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Science
North Dakota State University
Tom received his BS and MS degrees from South Dakota State University (Brookings, SD) in 1994 and 1998, respectively, and his PhD from Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS). The primary focus area of DeSutter’s graduate research projects was soil [...]
October Webinar – Daniel Madrigal
Beyond Newsletters and Brochures: Communicating Findings to Study Participants and Community Members of a NIEHS/EPA Children’s Center
Daniel S. Madrigal
Community Outreach Coordinator
Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health (CERCH)
Mr. Madrigal is the community outreach coordinator for the Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health (CERCH). Part of the Center’s work is on the environmental hazards to the [...]
September Trainee Skill-Builder Workshop – Research Ethics
Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Conducting Human Subjects Research
Delia Wolf
Assistant Dean for Regulatory Affairs & Research Compliance and Director for the Office of Human Research Administration
Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Delia Wolf is a nationally recognized speaker and an accomplished teacher who has served as a faculty member at numerous national conferences sponsored by Public Responsibility [...]
September Webinar – Dr. Eric Suuberg
The Brown SRP – Overview and Recent Results on the Vapor Intrusion Problem
Eric M. Suuberg
Professor of Engineering – Brown University
Co-Director of the Brown SRP
Professor Suuberg’s research interests center on energy and environmental areas, involving study of fuel chemistry (coal, oil shale, biomass), activated carbons (production and properties), materials reuse (automobile tires, coal fly ash), fire safety [...]
Tom Sheahan appointed Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Core E Leader Prof. Thomas Sheahan has been announced as the new Northeastern College of Engineering Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
In his new role, Tom is working closely with the College leadership team on faculty hiring, college and departmental academic plans and budgeting, space utilization, tracking our progress as a college, faculty merit evaluations, [...]
Training Core Leader Thomas Sheahan to Present SRP-funded R01 Work at SRP/EPA Webinar
Prof. Thomas Sheahan, Training Core Leader, will be presenting at the Fall/Winter 2010 edition of Risk eLearning, entitled “Contaminated Sediments: New Tools and Approaches forin situ Remediation.” This Webinar is presented by the Superfund Research Program (SRP), in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI).
The webinar will be [...]
Northeastern student working on SRP research highlighted
Northeastern graduate student Dogus Meric was recently cited in an article published in The Nation entitled “Sapping the Superfund’s Strength”, available here. Dogus is working with Prof. Tom Sheahan on a related project also funded by the SRP.
PROTECT Webinar to be held October 1, 2010
The Harvard Superfund Research Program
Robert Wright, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental Health
Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health
Director, Harvard Superfund Research Program
Dr. Wright is the overall PI of the Harvard Superfund Research Program and director of the HSPH Metals Research Core. He is an Emergency Room pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Boston and is [...]
Northeastern Trainees Present at RISE2013