Category Archives: webinar
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 [...]
April Webinar – “The Quiet Epidemic: Causes and Classification of Preterm Birth”
The Quiet Epidemic: Causes and Classification of Preterm Birth
Thomas F. McElrath, Associate Professor of Obstetrics at Harvard Medical School and Attending Physician, Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital
This webinar is designed to:
Discuss the definitions and rates of prematurity.
Review current causes of prematurity in a very clinical fashion with an emphasis on the underlying [...]
PROTECT Researchers to Present at April 2 RiskeLearning Web Seminars
Project 2 Leader Rita Loch-Caruso and Project 3 Leader John Meeker will be presenting in the next NIEHS SRP Risk e-Learning webinars in the series Early Life Exposures – Long-Term Health Consequences
The session, which will address PCE and Phthalates, will be held April 2, 2012 from 1-3:00 p.m. ET – register on EPA’s CLU-IN website (http://bit.ly/w5rfxb).
This session will feature [...]
Alshawabkeh Seminar at Columbia SRP – March 19, 2012
PROTECT PI and co-Director Akram Alshawabkeh will present at the Columbia SRP on March 19th. This follows a presentation earlier this year at Northeastern by Columbia SRP Director Joseph Graziano as part of the PROTECT webinar series (click here to view Dr. Graziano’s presentation).
Click here for more information about Dr. Alshawabkeh’s presentation at Columbia. [...]
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 [...]
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 Trainee Skill-Builder Workshop – Research Translation and Innovation: Results to Patents
Research Translation and Innovation: Results to Patents
Anne-Marie Dinius, Intellectual Property Manager, Center for Research Innovation, Northeastern University
This webinar will answer the question – how do the results I obtain in the lab turn into patentable intellectual property? Among other patent law fundamentals, IP Attorney Anne-Marie Dinius will answer the following questions:
(1) What is a patent?
(2) How [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
April Webinar “Teaming Up with Gardeners Neighboring a Superfund Site: Characterizing the Uptake of Arsenic by Homegrown Vegetables and Communicating the Potential Risks”