November 2020 | Center for Human Health and the Environment

Upcoming Events 11/6 - Find out Fridays: Genomics (Baltzegar), 12pm 11/10 - CHHE/Toxicology Program Co-sponsored Seminar: Cathrine Hoyo, NC State, “Prenatal Exposures, Fetal Epigenomic Response at Imprint Control Regions (ICRs) and Adult Disease Susceptibility”, 4pm 11/13 - Find out Fridays: Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core (IHSFC) Environmental Date Science Group (Reif, Jima and Scholl), 12pm 11/20 - Find out Fridays: Comparative Pathology (Linder), 12pm Additional details here

State of the Center Update The CHHE State of the Center message was held Friday October 2nd via Zoom and over 45 members participated. There was a 30 minute presentation given by Center Director Rob Smart and followed by a Q & A session. See slides here.

Welcome New Navigators Dr. James Harrington’s interests relate to environmental exposures to metals and health outcomes. He has over 15 years of experience with the analysis of trace metals and metal speciation in numerous biological matrices. James is a Research Chemist at RTI and adjunct faculty member at NC State. We are excited that he will serve as the Navigator of the Metallomics Section in CHHE’s STC. James can be reached through STC Portal. Dr. Taufika Islam Williams is a Research Assistant Professor in Dept. of Chemistry at NC State and Senior Research Scholar in METRIC. She is an expert in modern proteomics with over 20 years of relevant experience. We are excited that she will serve as Co-Navigator for the Proteomics Section of the STC. Taufika can be reached through the STC Portal.

New Community Engagement Coordinator Anna Gross is a Master of Public Health student at UNC where she is exploring global health and health policy, her previous experiences include public health research, community engagement, and international education. Her undergraduate degrees are in Psychology and Spanish, and she currently works for the Wake County Department of Public Health as a contact tracer and has joined CEC leadership as the Community Engagement Coordinator. She is passionate about improving the social, political, and economic determinants of health, and through her different roles in the community strives to empower people with the tools and resources necessary to living healthy lives.

Anna Gross

Kudos: People Making a Difference David Collier's mentee, Rachana Charla, was awarded a position in the 16th annual "Break the Cycle of Children's Environmental Health Disparities" training program. David Reif presented a seminar as part of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Risk Assessment Specialty Section (RASS) series. Recording available here. A COVID-19 web app David Reif's team developed is now hosted on the CDC COVID data page. A K12 educational curriculum was developed by NIEHS around recent work from David Reif's group.

Rachana Charla

Career Development All investigators but particularly Early Stage Investigators are encouraged to work with the Career Development Core in development of their grants. Talk to Nanette Nascone-Yoder to set up a chalk talk to help organize ideas for your next proposal.

Reminders Remember to cite our CHHE grant P30ES025128 in publications if CHHE has provided you services, facility core use, seed/pilot project funds etc. NIH tracks this as an important CHHE metric. CHHE Resources and Facilities Page for NIH Grants is available on the CHHE website. PINS: Remember when submitting your grants, be sure to select "Center for Human Health and the Environment" as a center in PINS. Link to Additional Resources

CHHE Cited Publications Click here to check them out!

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