Newsletter | October 2022

Have you saved the date?! Our Annual Research Forum is Wednesday, 11/2.

Announcements

Call for environmental health posters!

The EaRTH Center Annual Research Forum is approaching and it is the perfect opportunity for you to share your research with the UCSF community. We invite you to present any environmental health-related poster (even previously printed) on Wednesday, November 2nd. Email us if you're interested!

Events

EaRTHinar: Environmental Scholars Present! Thursday, October 27, 12 pm

Join us to learn about the projects the medical students in our Environmental Scholars Program completed over the summer. Dr. Robert Harrison (EaRTH Center Internship Director) and James Nolan (EaRTH Center Community Engagement Core Interim Director) will be hosting this webinar. Save to calendar. Event info and Zoom link.

EaRTH Center Annual Research Forum - Wednesday, November 2, 1:30-5 pm

Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF, Robertson Auditorium 

We are excited for our first in person Center meeting! Join us to get new ideas, find new collaborations, and learn about the latest research methods in environmental health. We will have fascinating presentations from your EaRTH Research colleagues, a poster session, networking opportunities, mini-grant prizes and refreshments. We will also have special guest, Dr. Robyn Tanguay, from Oregon State University. Dr. Tanguay is an internationally recognized scholar whose work on zebrafish models has advanced the world’s understanding of how chemicals impact the biological development of humans. More information and to RSVP.

Save the Date! UCSF Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine CME - March 9-11, 2023

The Musculoskeletal System at Work and Updates in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Flyer.

Research

In Silico Structure Predictions for Non-targeted Analysis: From Physicochemical Properties to Molecular Structures (Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry)

Dimitri Abrahamsson, Adi Siddharth, Thomas M Young, Marina Sirota, June-Soo Park, Jonathan W Martin, Tracey J Woodruff

*supported by EaRTH P30-ES030284 from NIEHS/NIH

Maternal Urinary Phthalate Metabolites are Associated with Lipidomic Signatures Among Pregnant Women in Puerto Rico (Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology)

Pahriya Ashrap, Max T. Aung, Deborah J. Watkins, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zaira Rosario-Pabón, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Akram Alshawabkeh, José F. Cordero, and John D. Meeker

*supported by EaRTH P30-ES030284 from NIEHS/NIH

NIEHS Environmental Health Perspectives Climate Change Collection

Explore this collection of climate change and health research papers from the past five years. Publications highlight the diverse challenges the world faces in a changing climate and cover a wide range of topics, from food and water security to adaptation models.

Grant & Funding Opportunities

NIEHS RFAs on Multi-Omics for Health and Disease

Letters of Intent are due October 18 and applications are due November 18, 2022.

RFA-HG-22-008 - Multi-Omics for Health and Disease - Disease Study Sites (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)

RFA-HG-22-009 - Multi-Omics for Health and Disease - 'Omics Production Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

RFA-HG-22-010 - Multi-Omics for Health and Disease - Data Analysis and Coordination Center (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Job Postings & Other Opportunities

Assistant, Associate or Professor in Epidemiology/Environmental Health

The University of Kentucky (UK) College of Public Health seeks to expand its environmental health program capacity in exposure science via multiple open-rank, tenure-eligible positions. UK seeks qualified faculty members at any level who will conduct high-quality environmental health and/or environmental epidemiology research in collaboration with faculty members across the campus. Applications received by October 1st 2022, will be given priority consideration. The search will remain open until filled. Job posting here.

Toxicology and Research Scientist Positions at CalEPA OEHHA

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), part of the California EPA, is seeking to hire a Reproductive and Developmental Toxicologist as well as a Reproductive Epidemiology Research Scientist. If you are interested in protecting human health from chemicals in the environment, and either have research or risk assessment experience with reproductive or developmental toxicity, or expertise in reproductive epidemiological analyses and public health biostatistics, see their job postings here.  

Postdoctoral Fellowships for Sustainability Solutions

The University of Southern California (USC) is launching a unique, high-visibility postdoctoral fellowship program as part of Assignment: Earth, the USC campus-wide sustainability framework. The program aims to accelerate sustainability research; train future leaders in academia, government and non-governmental organizations, and industry; and support discovery, evaluation, and implementation of innovative solutions to sustainability problems. Apply by November 15. Information here.

Population Health PhD Program

Faculty in the Department of Health Sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, seek applicants to our PhD Program in Population Health who are focused on the field of environmental health. Research areas will broadly address environmental exposures in relation to maternal and child health outcomes across the life course, leveraging data from multiple pregnancy and birth cohorts. Submission deadline: December 6, 2022. For questions about the position, please contact Dr. Julia Varshavsky. Information here.

Attention Center members and affiliates! Did you know you can apply for free funding for EaRTH Core services? Learn about our Seedling Award Program.

To request a consultation with an EaRTH Core service, click here.

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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, our sponsoring agency, requires investigators who use the EaRTH Center's resources and services to acknowledge that support in the publications as well as any poster presentations, seminar talks, press releases, and other documents relevant to research. This acknowledgement also applies to recipients of Pilot Project funding. See the EaRTH website for acknowledgement text. Award P30-ES030284.

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