July 2022| Center for Human Health and the Environment
Announcements
The Proposal Development Unit is hosting a workshop entitled "Writing your first R01" that will be held on August 4-5. Former NIEHS program officer, Jerry Heindel, will be one of the speakers. More information can be found here: https://bit.ly/NIHSummerWritingWorkshop. For questions, concerns, or accommodations contact PDU Assistant Director, Molly Puente (mepuente@ncsu.edu).
Microplastics? Are you interested in microplastics?

Microplastics are everywhere! There's a growing group of CHHE researchers interested in initiating new cross-disciplinary research in this area. A virtual brainstorming meeting is scheduled for July 13 at 1 PM. Please refer to the attached link to attend the meeting Zoom. If you would like to collaborate on microplastics research – or just learn more about the problem – please contact Sid Mitra or Melissa Pasquinelli.
Kudos
The Infants' Environmental Health Study, co-led by Jane Hoppin, was recently profiled in the Global Environmental Health Newsletter. The study links pesticide exposures to a wide range of health effects in a Costa Rican population. Recently published findings described effects on thyroid function in pregnant women. Congratulations, Jane!
Emily Griffith will be awarded the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Statistical Consulting Section of the American Statistical Association. Congratulations, Emily!

New Members
Shu Yang (Full member)

Shu Yang is Associate Professor of Statistics and University Faculty Scholar at North Carolina State University. She received her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Iowa State University and postdoctoral training at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her primary research interest is causal inference and data integration, particularly with applications to comparative effectiveness research in health studies. She also works extensively on methods for missing data and spatial statistics. She has been Principal Investigator for several U.S. National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health research projects. 
Brian Reich (Full member)

Brian is the Gertrude M Cox Distinguished Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University. His research interests include spatial statistics, extreme value analysis, variable selection and causal inference. In addition to these methodological interests, Brian applies these methods to environmental areas such as epidemiology, air pollution, and climate change
Jay F. Levine (Full member)

Dr. Levine, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health joined NC State in 1984. His research work spans more than three decades and initially focused on arthropod-borne diseases and in particular Lyme disease. Dr. Levine has also coordinated studies focused on marine bivalves and shellfish safety, marine finfish, numerous veterinary health problems in companion animals, and ecosystem health.

Changes in Leadership

A national search for a new CHHE Director has opened, led by Jon Horowitz, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research. The search committee will accept applications from candidates that will merit appointment as tenured full professor in the Department/College that is most suitable for their disciplinary expertise. If you know potential candidates for this important position, please direct them to the posting in Nature Careers.

David Muddiman is stepping down as Systems Technology Core director. Thanks to David for his leadership and years of service to the center.

Andy Baltzegar will be taking over as the new STC director. Andy is the director of NC State's Genome Sciences Laboratory, and has long served the center as our Genomics Navigator.

Keith Linder is stepping down as Comparative Pathology Core director. Thanks to Keith for his years of service helping center members to meet all of their pathology needs. Please contact CPC Associate Director Hannah Atkins (hannah_atkins@med.unc.edu) for your needs moving forward. On a related note, the center has extended its seed funding program to include the UNC immunohistochemistry core while the CVM is temporarily not accepting new research samples.

After a two-summer hiatus, our NIEHS-funded Summer Research Experiences for high school teachers is back in action! This program brings science teachers from underserved classrooms to CHHE labs for a six-week professional development program. The teachers gain hands-on laboratory experiences and resources that they can take back and apply in their classrooms.

Sincere thanks to our members who have agreed to host a high school teacher in their labs for four weeks this summer! If you would like to be involved – for a couple of days or only an afternoon – consider participating in a workshop, presenting a research talk, or giving a tour of your lab. If you think you might be interested or want to learn more, reach out to Katy May.
Employment Opportunities

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!
The CHHE Website posts job openings in the environmental health sciences field. Send us your postings for new jobs, email Michico (MJ) James. It's a great place for students and post-docs to see new available positions.

Career Development: Want some help with your grant?

All investigators, especially Early Stage Investigators, are encouraged to work with the Career Development Core to develop and refine their grants. Email chhe-ncstate@ncsu.edu to set up a chalk talk to help organize ideas for your next proposal.
Reminders

Please remember to cite and acknowledge NIH award support and the CHHE’s P30 grant in future publications and presentations by including this –
“Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P30ES025128. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

Publications citing the Center grant in the acknowledgements of a manuscript and in the deposit of the manuscript in NIHMS are the currency for the P30 renewal!

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
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