News Archive


Northeastern Trainees Present at RISE2013 - April 17, 2013

April Webinar “Teaming Up with Gardeners Neighboring a Superfund Site: Characterizing the Uptake of Arsenic by Homegrown Vegetables and Communicating the Potential Risks” - April 16, 2013

PROTECT Research Highlighted on Puerto Rican TV News - April 12, 2013

PROTECT UPRM Trainee wins NSF Fellowship -

PROTECT recruits 500th participant! - April 8, 2013

March Webinar: “Assessing Quality and Remedial Performance for Contaminated Sediments” - March 7, 2013

NIEHS Director Linda Birnbaum Visits PROTECT Partner UPRMSC - February 7, 2013

PROTECT joins with Social Science Environmental Health Institute to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring - December 13, 2012

Jose Cordero quoted in Fox News Article on Preterm Birth - November 19, 2012

World Prematurity Day - November 17, 2012

PROTECT Cohort Recruits 400th Woman! - November 11, 2012

November Webinar – “Looking Through an Environmental Justice Lens: Community Engagement, Policy and Practice” - November 1, 2012

Dorothy Vesper gives poster presentation at IAH Congress - October 2, 2012

October Webinar – “The Trials and Tribulations of Superfund’s Early Years” - September 20, 2012

PROTECT-related Spanish Language Webinar, September 18th - September 10, 2012

PROTECT Researchers win major grants -

Alshawabkeh work profiled in SRP Research Brief - August 14, 2012

Lauren Tetz presents at SRP Trainee Webinar Series 8/1 at 1pm - July 17, 2012

PROTECT Trainee Luis Rivera Defends Thesis - June 1, 2012

PROTECT Grad Student Cassie Korte wins Poster Awards -

Meeker gives talk on Endocrine Disruptors [VIDEO] -

PROTECT Trainees Secure Professorships -

March of Dimes releases Global Action Report on Preterm Birth - May 14, 2012

PROTECT Trainee Lauren Tetz Defends Thesis - April 24, 2012

April Webinar – “The Quiet Epidemic: Causes and Classification of Preterm Birth” - April 19, 2012

Cordero works with EPA, Mt. Sinai to Promote Children’s Environmental Health Awareness - April 12, 2012

Hellweger wins EPA Environmental Merit Award - April 10, 2012

Postdoctoral Position Available for Fall 2012 - April 4, 2012

PROTECT researcher links amniotic fluid to chemical exposure in fetuses - March 26, 2012

PROTECT Researchers to Present at April 2 RiskeLearning Web Seminars -

March Trainee Skill-Builder Workshop – Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides: The Assertion-Evidence Structure -

Alshawabkeh Seminar at Columbia SRP – March 19, 2012 - March 7, 2012

PROTECT Trainee wins Karst Scholarship - March 6, 2012

Alshawabkeh elected ASCE Fellow - March 5, 2012

February Webinar – Mitch Beard - January 31, 2012

January Webinar – Glenn Rice - January 6, 2012

2011 Changes to National Priority List sites in Puerto Rico - January 4, 2012

Recent PROTECT Events - December 13, 2011

December Trainee Skill-Builder Workshop – Proposal Development - December 4, 2011

Alshawabkeh appointed George A. Snell Professor of Engineering - December 1, 2011

December Webinar – Dana Boyd Barr - November 14, 2011

John Meeker appointed Associate Chair of UMich Dept of Environmental Health Sciences -

November Trainee Skill-Builder Workshop – Research Translation and Innovation: Results to Patents - November 10, 2011

November Webinar – Joseph Graziano - October 16, 2011

October Trainee Skill-Builder Workshop – The Scientific Method and Experiential Learning Projects -

October Webinar – Daniel Madrigal - October 15, 2011

LET’S TALK ABOUT WATER – October 15, 2011 – Register Today! - September 30, 2011

September Trainee Skill-Builder Workshop – Research Ethics - September 19, 2011

Akram Alshawabkeh funded under NSF earthquake research grant - September 15, 2011

September Webinar – Dr. Eric Suuberg - August 29, 2011

First PROTECT Baby Born - August 23, 2011

PROTECT Graduate Student wins the KC Donnelly Externship award - August 4, 2011

Filtering PROTECT News by Topic -

PREEMIE Act Reauthorization Bill Introduced In Senate, House - August 1, 2011

PROTECT’s Meeker & Ferguson Relate BPA, Altered Thyroid Hormones - July 11, 2011

Meeker quoted on CNN - June 28, 2011

Tom Sheahan appointed Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs - June 10, 2011

PROTECT Student Wins 1st Place in Conference Poster Competition - June 6, 2011

PROTECT WVU Researchers at Buckeye Cave Again! - June 4, 2011

PROTECT Researchers Highlighted at Puerto Rico Water & Env’t Association Conference - May 20, 2011

March for Babies brings PROTECT, March of Dimes, together -

PROTECT researchers, work profiled in Puerto Rico’s largest newspaper - May 9, 2011

Roger Giese to present PROTECT research at Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Showcase - May 6, 2011

Strategic Planning at NIEHS: Your Input Requested! - March 28, 2011

Dorothy Vesper and student highlighted in WVU Magazine - December 3, 2010

PROTECT featured in Engineering@Northeastern - November 30, 2010

Training Core Leader Thomas Sheahan to Present SRP-funded R01 Work at SRP/EPA Webinar - November 16, 2010

EPA Proposes to Add Two Puerto Rico Sites to the Superfund List - October 26, 2010

Northeastern student working on SRP research highlighted - October 10, 2010

Jose Cordero nominated as candidate for APHA presidency -

PROTECT Webinar to be held October 1, 2010 - September 27, 2010

Jose Cordero leads symposium on premature birth prevention strategies - September 10, 2010

John Meeker featured in several recent articles - August 27, 2010

EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Fellowship Opening - July 12, 2010

PROTECT profiled by Associated Press - May 16, 2010

Northeastern awarded $9.9 million NIH grant - April 15, 2010

PROTECT Co-Director Cordero speaks on Children’s Health - March 5, 2010

Chemicals May Play a Role in Pre-Term Births - July 10, 2009

Phthalates May Play a Role in Pre-Term Births - July 7, 2009

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