Newsletter | March 2023

EaRTH  NEWS

Congrats to new Pilot awardees and check out upcoming EaRTH meetings!

Announcements

Congratulations to our new Environmental Health Pilot Project Awardees!

We are excited to announce the two awardees that were each selected for a $50K EaRTH Pilot Award from the recent UCSF Fall RAP application cycle. It was a difficult decision and we thank all of you that applied with your thoughtful and exciting projects in environmental health.


Please join us in congratulating:

Elliot Stieglitz, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UCSF School of Medicine

EaRTH Core Usage: DTSC Biomonitoring Service


"Investigating Environmental Causes of Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia using Metabolomic Profiling of Newborn Blood Spots”

Laura Koth, MD, MA

Professor, Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine

James L. Crooks, PhD, MS (co-I)

Brian P. O'Connor, PhD (co-I)

EaRTH Core Usage: IHSFC


"Effects of Air Pollution Constituents on Human Immune Cell Function in an Immune-Mediated Disease called Sarcoidosis”

Events

EaRTH Series: Environmental Health Disparities in Maternal/Child Health

Tuesday, April 4, 12 pm PT. Zoom.

Join Stephanie Eick, PhD, MPH as she presents her research on the health effects of environmental chemical and non-chemical (i.e., psychosocial) stressors during pregnancy. Dr. Eick used EaRTH Seedling Award funds with the IHSFC, was recently awarded the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health at Emory University.


SAVE THE DATE for our next IN PERSON MEETING

EaRTH Series: IHSFC and Communication Strategies for Research 

Tuesday, May 2, 2023; time TBD (approximately 11:15-12:30 pm). Mission Bay.

IN PERSON with lunch at Mission Bay. A Zoom option will also be available. An RSVP is required for attending in person. Formal invite to come.

In the News

How Much Can We Control Our Own Fertility?

Diana Laird, EaRTH Deputy Director

UCSF Magazine


Historic Redlining Negatively Impacts Maternal Health Almost a Century On

Rachel Morello-Frosch, EaRTH Member

Berkeley Public Health News

Publication in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology: Remapping racial and ethnic inequities in severe maternal morbidity: The legacy of redlining in California


Did Dioxins Spread After the Ohio Train Derailment?

Linda Birnbaum, EaRTH External Advisory Committee member

US News


Were you in the news? Send the link to earth@ucsf.edu for inclusion in a future newsletter.

Grant & Funding Opportunities

NIEHS RFAs

Current requests for applications issued by NIEHS.

Job Postings & Other Opportunities

Reproductive Epidemiology Research Scientist

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), part of the California EPA, is seeking to hire a Research Scientist with experience in human reproductive epidemiological analyses and public health biostatistics. If you have a Master’s degree and an interest in exposure assessment, exposure modeling, data analysis, and protecting the health of Californians, see the job posting here.


Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE)

They are looking for PhD or PhD candidates who are interested in interdisciplinary academic research and community-engaged scholarship with a focus on solutions-oriented research in sustainability to support an equitable and just transition for all. Read the description here and share the hiring flyer.

Those who are interested in applying can visit IonE Postdoc Fellowship webpage. Applications are accepted until 12pm Central Time on May 1, 2023. Please reach out to ione-research@umn.edu with any questions.

* Friendly Reminder *

Please Cite the EaRTH P30


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 and Seedling Awardees. 


See the EaRTH website for acknowledgement text and to download EaRTH Logos. Award P30-ES030284.

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


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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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