“Air Pollution Research to Inform Public Health Policy and Action” M-LEEaD 2022-11-16 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Air Pollution Research to Inform Public Health Policy and Action” with Sara Adar, ScD, MHS (Associate Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan)Sara Adar is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the human health effects of air pollution, with a growing interest in studying intervention strategies to reduce exposures and improve health. Dr. Adar's research contributions have been recognized with awards from the American Heart Association, the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, and the National Institutes of Environmental Health Science. Her teaching was recognized by an Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Previously, Dr. Adar has served as an expert panelist for the EPA in setting their National Ambient Air Quality Standards and an elected member of the executive council of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Currently, she is an associate editor at Environmental Health Perspectives and a member of the Health Effects Institute Review Committee.Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Resiliency Hubs: Protecting our Communities in our Changing Climate” M-LEEaD 2025-02-11 | Residents & Researchers: “Resiliency Hubs: Protecting our Communities in our Changing Climate” with Theresa Landrum (Detroit community organizer and activist), Larissa Larsen (University of Michigan Urban & Regional Planning) and Kathy Velikov (University of Michigan Architecture & Urban Planning). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn).***Online resources referenced in this webinar:usdn.org/index.html#usdn.org/resilience-hubs.html#detroitmi.gov/ABFord***Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core and the Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Developmental Effects of Lead (Pb) Exposure: Alterations in Placental and Embryo Weight...” M-LEEaD 2025-01-29 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Developmental Effects of Lead (Pb) Exposure: Alterations in Placental and Embryo Weight and Imprinted Gene Regulation” with Bambarendage (Pini) Perera, PhD (Research Assistant Professor Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan)Dr. Bambarendage P. U. Perera (Pini) is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the impact of environmental exposures on gene expression and long-term health through epigenetic mechanisms, particularly genomic imprinting and non-coding RNA. Dr. Perera earned her PhD in Biological Sciences from Louisiana State University and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan. She has received numerous awards, including the EMGS Young Scientist Award, and leads NIH-funded projects on the epigenetic effects of lead exposure in utero. Dr. Perera is also dedicated to mentoring students and advancing the field of environmental health sciences through teaching and professional service.Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core and the Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“From the Ground Up: Community Partnerships Breaking with the History of Lead Science” M-LEEaD 2024-12-04 | Residents & Researchers: “From the Ground Up: Community Partnerships Breaking with the History of Lead Science” with Juan Manuel Rubio (UC Riverside), Maya Cheav and Patricia Jovel (PJ) Flores (Orange County Environmental Justice). Moderated by Natalie Sampson, University of Michigan - Dearborn.***Online resources referenced in this webinar:Slides: https://mleead.umich.edu/files/SLIDES_20241203_CommunityHistoryOfLeadScience.pdfhistorianrubio.comocej.orgRubio, Juan Manuel, Shahir Masri, Ivy R. Torres, Yi Sun, Keila Villegas, Patricia Flores, Michael D. Logue, Abigail Reyes, Alana M. W. LeBrón, and Jun Wu. “Use of Historical Mapping to Understand Sources of Soil-Lead Contamination: Case Study of Santa Ana, CA.” Environmental Research 212 (September 1, 2022): 113478. doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113478.Masri, Shahir, Alana M. W. LeBrón, Michael D. Logue, Patricia Flores, Abel Ruiz, Abigail Reyes, Juan Manuel Rubio, and Jun Wu. “Use of Radioisotope Ratios of Lead for the Identification of Historical Sources of Soil Lead Contamination in Santa Ana, California.” Toxics 10, no. 6 (June 2022): 304. doi.org/10.3390/toxics10060304.ted.com/talks/yvette_cabrera_the_hidden_danger_of_lead_in_soil?subtitle=enAudio documentary explaining the history of lead and our project: historianrubio.com/airmetalandearthhttps://sites.uci.edu/iclean/***Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core and the Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Early Life Lead Exposure: Mitigating Harm After Exposure” with Olivia Halabicky, MSc, PhD, RN M-LEEaD 2024-11-20 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Early Life Lead Exposure: Mitigating Harm After Exposure” with Olivia Halabicky, MSc, PhD, RN (Assistant Research Scientist, School of Nursing, University of Michigan)Dr. Halabicky is a children’s environmental health nurse researcher who studies early life exposures and human development. Her research focuses on how environmental exposures (e.g., toxicants, adversity, nutrition) at sensitive periods shape neurodevelopment and health trajectories and influence health disparities, as well as physiological mechanisms that may mediate these effects. She employs methods from a variety of disciplines including nursing, environmental and social epidemiology, and developmental sciences. Dr. Halabicky conducts her research mostly within the ELEMENT cohort, a Mexican birth cohort that has been followed for over 30 years.Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Plastics, Policy and Public Health” with Erica Bloom, Melissa Cooper Sargent and KT Morelli M-LEEaD 2024-11-13 | Residents & Researchers: “Plastics, Policy and Public Health” with Erica Bloom, Ecology Center; Melissa Cooper Sargent, Ecology Center; and KT Morelli, Breathe Free Detroit. Moderated by Natalie Sampson, University of Michigan - Dearborn.Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core and the Integrated Health Sciences Core.
Workshop on Cytosine Modifications M-LEEaD 2024-11-11 | This hands-on workshop is jointly presented by the M-LEEaD Pan Omics & Data Science Core and the U-M Epigenomics Core for interested University of Michigan investigators, P30 investigators, ESI investigators, students, and research staff interested in learning more about epigenetics (specifically DNA cytosine modifications) including laboratory and statistical methods for analysis and epigenetic clocks. The day will culminate in a hands-on workshop focused on Illumina EPIC array analysis including QC, processing, and differential methylation analysis. Some experience with R basic programming is required for the workshop.
“Nanoplastics and Human Health” with Matthew J Campen, PhD, MSPH M-LEEaD 2024-11-07 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Nanoplastics and Human Health” with Matthew J Campen, PhD, MSPH (Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico)Matthew Campen is a Distinguished Professor in the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy. He co-directs the UNM Clinical and Translational Science Center as well as an NIGMS-funded Center for Metals in Biology and Medicine. Dr. Campen received his PhD from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health and trained as a postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has studied the systemic vascular toxicity of complex/diverse inhaled pollutants for most of his career. His lab has recently begun researching the human health impacts of micro- and nanoplastics as an emerging toxicant of global concern.Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“The Connection Between Gentrification & Public Health in Detroit” M-LEEaD 2024-10-25 | Residents & Researchers: “The Connection Between Gentrification & Public Health in Detroit” with Adrianna Spindle-Jackson (Boston University); Angie Reyes (Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation); Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn).Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core
“School Buses and Childrens Health” with Meredith Pedde, PhD, MPH, MPP M-LEEaD 2024-10-25 | Environmental Research Seminar: “School Buses and Children's Health” with Meredith Pedde, PhD, MPH, MPP (Assistant Research Scientist, Epidemiology)Dr. Pedde is an environmental epidemiologist whose research focuses on the health impacts of mobile sources, with a particular focus on understanding the impacts of clean school bus upgrades on student health and academic performance. She is also interested in understanding the role of air pollution on neurological diseases. She previously worked at the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Transportation and Air Quality.Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Fluoride exposure, neurodevelopment and public health implications” with Ashley Malin, PhD M-LEEaD 2024-09-24 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Fluoride exposure, neurodevelopment and public health implications” with Ashley Malin, PhD (Assistant Professor, University of Florida Department of Epidemiology) Sponsored by: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core
“What is the Integrated Health Sciences Core of M-LEEaD and what can it do for you?” M-LEEaD 2024-09-11 | Environmental Research Seminar: “What is the Integrated Health Sciences Core of M-LEEaD and what can it do for you?”Speakers: Marie O'Neill, PhD (Professor, Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology); Lu Wang, PhD (Associate Chair for Research and Professor, Biostatistics); Wade Sanders, PhD, MPH (Co-Director, Central Ligand Assay Satellite Services (CLASS) Laboratory); Sung Kyun Park, ScD, MPH (Professor, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences)Sponsored by: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core
“Energy, Housing and Health” M-LEEaD 2024-04-25 | CEC+IHSC Residents and Researchers Series: “Energy, Housing and Health” with Zachary Rowe (Friends of Parkside, Detroit), Marie O'Neill (UM School of Public Health), Carina Gronlund (UM Institute for Social Research)Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core.Friends of Parkside: http://friendsofparkside.org
“Associations between PFAS perceptions & consumer behaviors across Michigan” M-LEEaD 2024-04-04 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Associations between PFAS perceptions & consumer behaviors across Michigan” with Andrew Hoover (MS Candidate, Environmental Health Sciences, UM School of Public Health).Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Automating Machine Learning for the Environmental Health Sciences ” with Jason Moore, PhD M-LEEaD 2024-04-02 | Environmental Statistics Day Symposium Lecture: “Automating Machine Learning for the Environmental Health Sciences ” with Jason Moore, PhD (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA)Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Connecting Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Environmental Health Science Research” M-LEEaD 2024-04-02 | Environmental Statistics Day Symposium Michigan Perspectives: “Connecting Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Environmental Health Science Research”“What can Artificial Intelligence offer for Environmental Health Sciences?” with Zhenke Wu, PhD (Associate Professor, Biostatistics)“Prior-informed Artificial Intelligence for Medical Imaging” with Liyue Shen, PhD (Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)“Exploring low-dimensionality for more robust, efficient, and explainable Artificial Intelligence” with Qing Qu, PhD (Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Environmental Exposures and Menstrual Cycle Characteristics” M-LEEaD 2024-02-13 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Environmental Exposures and Menstrual Cycle Characteristics” with Shruthi Mahalingaiah, MD, MS (Assistant Professor of Environmental Reproductive and Women’s Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)Shruthi Mahalingaiah is an assistant professor of environmental, reproductive, and women’s health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She serves clinically as a physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, where she specializes in ovulation disorders, reproductive endocrinology, and infertility. Her research seeks to understand the links between environmental and modifiable risk factors on human reproduction and gynecological diseases. Shruthi is the creator of the Ovulation and Menstruation Health (OM) Study and one of the principal investigators of the Apple Women’s Health Study.Introduced by Sung Kyun Park, ScD, MPH (School of Public Health, University of Michigan).Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“What’s all that dust? The need for fugitive dust controls” M-LEEaD 2024-01-31 | CEC+IHSC Residents and Researchers Series: “What’s all that dust? The need for fugitive dust controls” with Stuart Batterman (University of Michigan, Environmental Health Sciences) and Simone Sagovac (Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn). Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core.REFERENCES:Air Quality Including Bulk Solid Materials Storage: detroitmi.gov/departments/buildings-safety-engineering-and-environmental-department/bseed-divisions/environmental-affairs/air-quality-including-bulk-solid-materials-storageSouthwest Detroit steel slag processor receives 12th air quality permit violation for fallout since 2018: planetdetroit.org/2023/09/southwest-detroit-steel-slag-processor-edward-c-levy-receives-12th-air-quality-permit-violation-for-fallout-since-2018Delray residents proved right by new study on toxic dust: planetdetroit.org/2023/12/delray-residents-proved-right-by-new-study-on-toxic-dustDetroit residents battle against neighborhood concrete crusher: bridgedetroit.com/detroit-residents-battle-neighborhood-concrete-crusherDraft amended ordinance: pub-detroitmi.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=127867EPA Fugitive Dust Fact Sheet: epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-02/fugitive-dust-control-best-practices.pdfFugitive Dust Associated with Scrap Metal Processing : mdpi.com/2076-3298/10/12/223
“Making Healthy Environments a Legal Right in Michigan: Legislation or Green Amendment” M-LEEaD 2023-12-14 | CEC+IHSC R&R Series: “Making Healthy Environments a Legal Right in Michigan: Legislation or Green Amendment” with Laprisha Berry-Daniels (Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice) and Nick Schroek (University of Detroit Mercy). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn).Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core.Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (DWEJ): detroitenvironmentaljustice.orgProject HEARD: https://sph.umich.edu/news/2023posts/project-heard-empowers-community-organizations-for-effective-policy-change.htmlMichigan Constitutional Conventions: https://bentley.umich.edu/legacy-support/politics/conventions.phpThe Michigan Green Amendment: migreenamendment.org
“Use of High-Resolution Metabolomics to Measure Internal Exposures & Investigate the Molecular ...” M-LEEaD 2023-11-27 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Use of High-Resolution Metabolomics to Measure Internal Exposures & Investigate the Molecular Mechanisms Accounting for the Complex Health Responses to Ubiquitous Environmental Pollutants” with Donghai Liang, PhD (Assistant Professor, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health).Understanding the mechanistic basis of environmental pollutant toxicity is dependent on accurately characterizing both exposure and biological responses, especially in the era of exposomics and precision environmental health. Untargeted metabolomics, an analysis of small-molecule metabolic phenotypes, may offer improved estimation of exposures and corresponding health responses to complex environmental mixtures such as air pollution and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The field remains nascent, however, with questions concerning the coherence and generalizability of findings across studies, study designs and analytical platforms. In over ten independent panel and cross-sectional cohort studies, we demonstrated the utility of high-resolution metabolomics as a central platform linking environmental exposure to internal dose and biological response where we identified novel metabolites and metabolic pathways related to complex air pollution and POPs mixtures. Specifically, biological perturbations in oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, and DNA damage and repair related pathway and metabolites were associated with exposures to air pollution and POPs, as well as a wide range of adverse health responses, especially among vulnerable population. These results hold great promise for identifying key connections between environmental exposures and corresponding adverse health effects. Future directions should focus on validation of these findings via hypothesis-driven protocols, technical advances in metabolic annotation and quantification, and application of multi-omics integration.Introduced by Sung Kyun Park, ScD, MPH (School of Public Health, University of Michigan); Moderated by Xin Wang, PhD, MPH (School of Public Health, University of Michigan).Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Arsenic and Aging: Epigenetic damage over a lifetime and beyond” M-LEEaD 2023-11-08 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Arsenic and Aging: Epigenetic damage over a lifetime and beyond”University of Minnesota associate professor Chris Faulk, PhD, studies functional genomics in the department of animal science.Dr. Faulk's lab statement: "My research is multi-scale with studies at the molecular genetic level in multiple organisms and human populations. I use computational methods to predict changes to the epigenome caused aging, dietary interventions, and environmental toxicants. I focus on both gene promoters and repetitive elements. My research models, the mouse and human, are primarily impacted by dietary shifts in nutrient availability and quantity simultaneously with toxicant exposure. My data analysis leverages massively parallel sequencing with comparative genomics to reveal regions evolutionarily selected for environmental plasticity."Introduced by Sung Kyun Park, ScD, MPH (School of Public Health, University of Michigan); Moderated by Yue Zhao, PhD (University of Michigan Medical School)Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Navigating Lead Contamination in Neighborhoods” M-LEEaD 2023-10-26 | CEC+IHSC R&R Series: “Navigating Lead Contamination in Neighborhoods” with Rachel Marquez (Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation) and Eri Saikawa (Emory University). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan Dearborn).Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core.
Climate, Environment & Health Legislative Forum M-LEEaD 2023-09-26 | Tuesday September 19, 2023 • Mackinac Room, Anderson House Office Building, 5th Floor, LansingHear from experts about Michigan's most pressing climate issues! Please visit the event webpage for slides, biographies and more information: https://mleead.umich.edu/Event_LegislativeForum2023.phpSPEAKERS: Elizabeth A. Mack, PhD (Michigan State University), “Steps Towards Affordable Water: A Policy Agenda”; Devon Payne-Sturges, PhD (University of Maryland), “Cumulative Risks, Impacts, & Solutions: Prescriptions for Improving Community Environmental Health”; Stuart Batterman, PhD (University of Michigan), “Wildfire Preparedness and Response and Public Health”; Carina Gronlund, PhD (University of Michigan),“‘Inside’-er Tips for Adapting to and Mitigating Climate Change by Weatherizing Homes”SPONSORS: Representative Abraham Aiyash & Representative Greg Markkanen and the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (MLEEaD)
M-LEEaD’s 2023 Summer Omics and Data Science Symposium M-LEEaD 2023-08-02 | Speakers will showcase the use of omics and data science in their environmental health sciences (EHS) related research, and the event will also feature the work of several ESI!Justin Colacino, PhD, MPH, MA, will speak on single cell and spatial studies in EHS. The event will also feature the work of several early-stage investigators (Rachel Morgan, PhD, MPH; Bambarendage (Pini) Perera, PhD; Kai Wang, PhD; and Yue Zhao, PhD, MS), with topics on integrating multi-omics approaches, the TaRGET2 Consortium, an environmental chemical-target gene prediction method, and PIWI-interacting RNAs in EHS.
“It’s an Emergency! What are we doing about it?” M-LEEaD 2023-05-26 | “It’s an Emergency! What are we doing about it? Environmental Justice and Emergency Response in Detroit”Keynote Speaker Jacqueline Patterson, MSW, MPH (Chisholm Legacy Project) and a panel of community voices: Ricky Ackerman, Tammara Howard, Theresa Landrum, Vincent Martin, Lula Odom.The disproportionate impacts of disasters for communities of color have been documented repeatedly for both natural and human-caused disasters. In Michigan:More than 500,000 Michigan residents live within one mile of a facility storing large amounts of extremely hazardous chemicals.Those residents are disproportionately Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and confront daily risks of spills, explosions, and other environmental disasters at the facilities, as well as from the transport of chemicals to and from them through their communities.Children of color are more than two times as likely as white children in Michigan to live in the shadow of facilities housing hazardous substances.This event, organized by Detroit community leaders with support from local academic institutions, will:Discuss why emergency preparedness and response is an environmental and climate justice issue;Describe gaps and challenges in Detroit’s emergency preparedness and response, from an environmental and climate justice perspective;Share recommendations for improving emergency preparedness and response for environmental and climate justice communities.Sponsors: Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation • Green Door Initiative • Detroiters Working For Environmental Justice • Southwest Detroit 48217 • Detroit Mercy Law • Ecology Center • Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition • Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision • Eastside Community Network • University of Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD)
“Understanding NAAQS (Non-)Attainment: Science, Policy, & Implications for Environmental Justice” M-LEEaD 2023-04-19 | CEC+IHSC R&R Series: “Understanding NAAQS (Non-)Attainment: Science, Policy, & Implications for Environmental Justice”Moderator: Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan, Dearborn);Panel: Stuart Batterman (University of Michigan);Nick Leonard (Executive Director, Great Lakes Environmental Law Center);Simone Sagovac (Project Director, Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition).Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core
“1,000 Chemicals and their Combined Hormonal Bioactivities in Silicone Wristband Samplers” M-LEEaD 2023-04-05 | Environmental Research Webinar: “1,000 Chemicals and their Combined Hormonal Bioactivities in Silicone Wristband Samplers” with Anna Young, PhD, MS, BA (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)Anna Young, PhD, MS, is a research associate in the Department of Environmental Health and Associate Director of the Healthy Buildings Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on our indoor exposures to complex mixtures of hormone-disrupting chemicals and builds evidence for healthier materials as a strategy to reduce these chemical exposures in buildings. She earned her PhD and MS in Environmental Health from the Harvard Chan School, and she also holds a BA in Computer Science and Environmental Studies from Yale University.Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Exploring early origins of cognitive decline: The St. Louis Baby Teeth Study” M-LEEaD 2023-03-31 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Exploring early origins of cognitive decline: The St. Louis Baby Teeth Study” with Marc Weisskopf, PhD, ScD (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Advancing Environmental Health + Justice: A Call for Assessment + Oversight of Health Care Waste” M-LEEaD 2023-02-22 | Residents & Researchers: “Advancing Environmental Health and Justice: A Call for Assessment and Oversight of Health Care Waste” with Vincent Martin (V Martin Environmental Justice LLC), Omega Wilson (West End Revitalization Assoc., NC) and Denise Patel (NYC human rights and environmental activist). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan, Dearborn)Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core
“Using Community-based Participatory Research to Address Immigrant Latinx Workers’ Health & Safety” M-LEEaD 2023-02-01 | CEC+IHSC R&R Series: “Using Community-based Participatory Research to Address Immigrant Latinx Workers’ Health & Safety” With Deysi Flores (Make the Road), Isabel Cuervo (City University of New York) and Sherry Baron (City University of New York); Moderator: Amy Schulz (University of Michigan).Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core
“Developmental Programming: preconceptional and gestational exposure of sheep to a real-life...” M-LEEaD 2023-01-18 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Developmental Programming: preconceptional and gestational exposure of sheep to a real-life environmental chemical mixture alters maternal metabolome in a fetal sex-specific manner” with Soundara Viveka Thangaraj, PhD (Department of Pediatric-Endocrinology, University of Michigan)Dr. Soundara Viveka Thangaraj (Viveka) is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Vasantha Padmanabhan in the Department of Pediatric-Endocrinology at the University of Michigan. She received her PhD in Genomics and Oncology, from the University of Madras, India. Her research centers around the developmental programming effects of pre-natal exposure to environmental chemicals, on long-term metabolic health of the offspring, using omic tools. In the current research, she has utilized a translationally relevant, real-life, low-dose, chronic chemical exposure model, in which sheep are exposed to biosolids which is a source of real-life mixture of environmental chemicals.Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Re-examining Environmental Epigenetics in Epidemiology: DNA Methylation & Hydroxymethylation” M-LEEaD 2022-12-08 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Re-examining Environmental Epigenetics in Epidemiology: The Case of DNA Methylation & Hydroxymethylation” with Rebekah (Bek) Petroff, PhD (University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences)An environmental toxicologist, epidemiologist, and M-LEEaD scientist, Rebeka (Bek) Petroff, PhD is currently a postdoc in the EHS Dept., School of Public Health, University of Michigan. She's interested in research and science communication at the intersection of environmental public health and its connections with epigenetics, toxicology, and big data.Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Adverse Health Outcomes (beyond the lungs)” M-LEEaD 2022-11-02 | Environmental Research Seminar: “Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Adverse Health Outcomes (beyond the lungs)” with Luke Montrose (Assistant Professor, Colorado State University)Dr. Luke Montrose is an environmental toxicologist with research interests in public health, epigenetics, and chronic illness, particularly as it relates to vulnerable and understudied populations. The Montrose Lab leverages expertise in epigenetics, community research, and exposure assessment to better understand the molecular basis of toxicant-induced disease risk throughout the life course. Dr. Montrose’s research portfolio reflects his passion for studying human health through multiple lenses, ranging from community health to molecular biology.Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“Causal Inference in Air Quality Regulation: An Overview and Topics in Statistical Methodology” M-LEEaD 2022-10-27 | Environmental Statistics Day: “Causal Inference in Air Quality Regulation: An Overview and Topics in Statistical Methodology” With Corwin Zigler, PhD (Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, University of Texas, Austin)Followed by panel discussions with Dr. Zigler and UM School of Public Health Faculty Rod Little, Tim Dvonch, and Sara Adar, and short talks from SPH graduate students Yanlin Tong, Margaret Banker, Sam Fansler, Soumik Purkayastha and Zhongzhe Ouyang.Moderated by Lu Wang, PhD (Associate Chair for Research and Professor of Biostatistics, UM School of Public Health).Professor Corwin (Cory) Zigler joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in 2018. He has joint appointments in the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences and the Department of Women’s Health at Dell Medical School. Before that, he was a faculty member in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He currently serves as associate editor for the journals Biometrics and Biostatistics, and is heavily involved through elected positions in the Health Policy Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association. He has received many outstanding career awards including the 2010 Carolbeth Korn Prize from the UCLA School of Public Health, a 2012 Young Investigator Award from the Statistics in Epidemiology Section of the American Statistical Association, and the 2019 Rothman Prize for the best paper published in Epidemiology. Dr. Zigler's research is motivated by problems in public health and epidemiology. His specific research areas include developing statistical methods for causal inference with interference, intermediate variables (mediation analysis, principal stratification), confounding in high dimensions, model uncertainty/model averaging, treatment effect heterogeneity, spatial statistics, missing data, environmental health data science, and tools for transparent/reproducible research.Rod Little is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He chaired the Biostatistics Department from 2007 to 2009, and from 1993 to 2001. He also served as the Vice President of the American Statistical Association from 2010 to 2012. Professor Little has over 250 refereed publications, notably on methods for the analysis of data with missing values and model-based survey inference, and the application of statistics to diverse scientific areas, including medicine, demography, economics, psychiatry, aging, and the environment.Sara Adar is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the UM. She is also the Associate Chair in the Department. Dr. Adar started her career with an environmental engineering degree from MIT and then moved into Public Health, earning a masters from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a doctorate from the Harvard School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the human health effects of air pollution, with a growing interest in identifying intervention strategies reduce exposures and improve health. Dr. Adar has served as an expert panelist for the Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization, including participation in the development of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter and sulfur oxides.Dr. Tim Dvonch is Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the UM School of Public Health. He is also the associate chair in the department. He holds a BS in Chemistry, as well as MS and PhD degrees in Environmental Health Sciences from the UM, where he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Environmental Science, Engineering, and Technology. Dr. Dvonch’s research includes exposure assessment and health effects of air pollution, with a focus on chemical composition of particulates and source identification, as well as atmospheric transport and fate of toxicants including mercury and other metals across a wide array of environmental systems with the ultimate goal of informing policy and decision-marking processes.Dr. Lu Wang received her PhD in Biostatistics from Harvard University in 2008 and joined the faculty at the UM in the same year. Her research focuses on statistical methods for evaluating dynamic treatment regimes, personalized health care, nonparametric and semiparametric regressions, missing data analysis, functional data analysis, and longitudinal (correlated/clustered) data analysis. Dr. Wang has been collaborating with investigators at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, UM Medical School, UM School of Public Health, UM School of Kinesiology, UM Institute of Social Research, and Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Wang is an Associate Editor of JASA and Biometrics. She also serves as the Core Co-Leader of the Integrated Health Sciences Core (IHSC), Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD).
“Water and Public Health: Inequity and Affordability” M-LEEaD 2022-10-25 | CEC+IHSC R&R Series: “Water and Public Health: Inequity and Affordability” with Monica-Lewis Patrick (President and CEO We the People of Detroit), Mary Grant (Public Water for All Campaign Director at Food & Water Watch) and Dr. Marcela González Rivas (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public Health and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh); Moderated by Amy Schulz (School of Public Health, University of Michigan).Sponsored by the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core.
“The interplay of maternal diet with environmental exposures in pregnancy” M-LEEaD 2022-10-05 | “The interplay of maternal diet with environmental exposures in pregnancy” with Rita S. Strakovsky, PhD, RD (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University)Dr. Rita Strakovsky is currently an Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition at Michigan State University, where she is additionally affiliated with the Institute for Integrative Toxicology and the Reproductive and Developmental Sciences Program. Rita obtained her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences and Registered Dietitian credentials from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2011. She remained in Champaign as a NIH T32 postdoctoral fellow in Endocrine, Developmental & Reproductive Toxicology and later as an NIEHS K99/R00 grantee. While much of Rita’s earlier training was in animal models of pregnancy, she currently evaluates the impacts of various environmental and dietary exposures on the health of pregnant women and their children. Specifically, this presentation will focus on the potential of maternal diet quality to mitigate the impacts of environmental chemical exposures. Rita will additionally highlight more recent findings related to novel approaches for evaluating diet quality in pregnant women.
“PBBs in Michigan: Empowering an Exposed Community” M-LEEaD 2022-09-28 | “PBBs in Michigan: Empowering an Exposed Community” with Bonnie Havlicek, RN (PBB Advisory Board) and Michele Marcus, PhD, MPH (Emory University); Moderated by Amy Schulz (University of Michigan)
Introducing M-LEEaD: What is the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures & Disease...? M-LEEaD 2022-09-14 | Introducing M-LEEaD: What is the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease and what can it do for me?Speakers: Dana Dolinoy, PhD (Director, M-LEEaD); Marie S. O’Neill, PhD (Leader, Integrated Health Sciences Core (IHSC)); Sung Kyun Park, ScD, MPH (Co-Leader, IHSC); Lu Wang, PhD (Co-Leader, IHSC); Daniel S. McConnell, PhD (Director, CLASS Lab); Amy Jo Schulz, PhD (Leader, Community Engagement Core); and Zhongzhe Ouyang (Graduate Student Research Assistant)Sponsor: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core
“Environmental Injustice in Dearborn’s Southend” with Samraa Luqman, Zeina Reda and Natalie Sampson M-LEEaD 2022-04-06 | CEC+IHSC RESIDENTS & RESEARCHERS SERIES: “Environmental Injustice in Dearborn’s Southend” with Samra'a Luqman (Environmental activist from the Southend of Dearborn) and Zeina Reda (Student, University of Michigan). Moderated by Natalie Sampson (University of Michigan, Dearborn).SPONSORED BY: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core.Environmental Health Research-to-Action (EHRA)https://ehra.umd.umich.edu/“Southend Struggles: Converging Narratives of an Arab/MuslimAmerican Enclave”https://muse.jhu.edu/article/779789/pdfCommunity Action to Promote Healthy Environments (CAPHE)https://caphedetroit.sph.umich.edu/“Dearborn’s devastating flood exposes mistrust, deep divides”arabamericannews.com/2021/07/09/first-person-dearborns-devastating-flood-exposes-mistrust-deep-divides“Toxic waste could destroy the first Muslim-majority city in the U.S.”inverse.com/science/hamtramck-michigan-toxic-waste“Lack of Arab or Middle Eastern and North African Health Data Undermines Assessment of Health Disparities”ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306590“EHRA Academy 2019” (Video)youtube.com/watch?v=pisfsZZ5jkE“Addressing Environmental Justice to Achieve Health Equity”apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2020/01/14/addressing-environmental-justice-to-achieve-health-equity
“Operationalizing the exposome through chemical surveillance...” with Douglas Walker, PhD M-LEEaD 2022-03-23 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH WEBINAR: “Operationalizing the exposome through chemical surveillance and bioeffect monitoring with high-resolution mass spectrometry” with Douglas Walker, PhD (Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)SPONSORED BY: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core
Making TSCA Work: Demystifying the Risk Assessment Process M-LEEaD 2022-03-11 | AGENDAMaking TSCA Work: What is at Stake- Regina Strong, (Michigan EGLE, Office of the Environmental Justice Public Advocate)- Patricia Koman, MPP, PhD (Assistant Research Scientist, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan)See How it Works: Case studies to illustrate key risk assessment concepts- Gary Ginsberg, PhD (Center for Environmental Health for the New York State Dept of Health; Clinical Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health)- Wendy Heiger-Bernays, PhD (Clinical Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University)- Greylin Nielsen, Doctoral student (Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health)Q & A- Chanese Forté, PhD (Assistant Research Scientist, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, University of California - San Francisco)- Wilma Subra (Technical Director, Louisiana Environmental Action Network)SLIDES- http://mleead.umich.edu/files/SLIDES_MakingTSCAWork_Welcome.pdf- http://mleead.umich.edu/files/SLIDES_MakingTSCAWork_UpdatingRiskAssessmentMethods.pdfFor more information, please visit our webpage at http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_MakingTSCAWork_2022.php.
CEC+IHSC R&R SERIES: “Activities & Experiences of the CHHH Community-Academic Partnership” M-LEEaD 2022-02-24 | CEC+IHSC R&R SERIES: “Activities & Experiences of the Climate Hazards, Housing, and Health (CHHH) Community-Academic Partnership” SPEAKERS: Carina Gronlund (University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability) and Zachary Rowe (Friends of Parkside); Moderated by Marie O’Neill (School of Public Health, University of Michigan)SPONSORED BY: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core
“Long-term Air Pollution and Incident Dementia in U.S.” with Liuhua Shi, ScD M-LEEaD 2022-02-08 | “Long-term Air Pollution and Incident Dementia in U.S.” with Liuhua Shi, ScD (Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University)
“Advancing Climate Justice and Environmental Health” with Jalonne L. White-Newsome, MS, PhD M-LEEaD 2022-01-21 | “Advancing Climate Justice and Environmental Health: People-centered approaches to Transformational Research” with Jalonne L. White-Newsome, MS, PhD (CEO/Founder at Empowering a Green Environment and Economy, LLC)Building on the theme of “This is America”, the presentation, “Advancing Climate Justice and Environmental Health: People-centered approaches to Transformational Research” will address the need, the practice and the opportunities to connect the dots between the realities of injustice in America and the role research can plan to make America EVERYONE’S America. This conversation will explore principles, practices and how 2022 presents an opportunity for researchers and other institutions to be of service to Black, Indigenous, People of Color and other communities that continue to suffer disproportionately as a result of social injustice and environmental racism.Sponsored by: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core
CEC+IHSC R&R SERIES : “Community and Research Perspectives on Air Quality” M-LEEaD 2021-12-01 | CEC+IHSC R&R SERIES : “Community and Research Perspectives on Air Quality”SPEAKERS: Raquel Garcia (Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision), Kathryn Savoie (Ecology Center), J. Tim Dvonch (School of Public Health, University of Michigan). Moderated by Amy Schulz (School of Public Health, University of Michigan).SPONSORED BY: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Community Engagement Core + Integrated Health Sciences Core
“Sustaining a Healthy Nail Salon Workforce in Michigan” with Aurora Le and Marie-Anne Rosemberg M-LEEaD 2021-11-24 | “Sustaining a Healthy Nail Salon Workforce in Michigan” with Aurora Le, PhD, MPH, CPH, CSP (John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan) and Marie-Anne Rosemberg, PhD, MN, RN, FAAOHN (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Systems, Populations and Leadership, School of Nursing, University of Michigan)Sponsored by: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core
“Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Women’s Reproductive Health” M-LEEaD 2021-11-09 | “Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Women’s Reproductive Health: Findings from The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation” with Ning Ding, PhD, MPH (School of Public Health, University of Michigan)Sponsored by: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core
“How much evidence do you need? Data Science to Inform Environmental Policy During the COVID-19...” M-LEEaD 2021-11-05 | “How much evidence do you need? Data Science to Inform Environmental Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic” with Dr. Francesca Dominici (Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science; Co-Director of the Data Science Initiative; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) Dr. Francesca Dominici is Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Co-Director of the Data Science Initiative at Harvard University. She was recruited to the Harvard Chan School as a tenured Professor of Biostatistics in 2009. She was appointed Associate Dean of Information Technology in 2011 and Senior Associate Dean for Research in 2013.Sponsored by: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core
“How close and how much? Linking health outcomes to spatial distributions of built environment...” M-LEEaD 2021-11-04 | “How close and how much? Linking health outcomes to spatial distributions of built environment features” with Veronica Berrocal (Department of Statistics, University of California-Irvine) Sponsored by: Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) Integrated Health Sciences Core
