Environmental Factor – February 2025: NIEHS News in Brief
Learn how to protect children from wildfire smoke (Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock) In the wake of devastating wildfires sweeping across Southern California, it is more important than ever to…
Environmental Factor – February 2025: NIEHS scientist harnesses computer modeling to advance health
Anchang is a Stadtman Investigator and leads the Computational and Systems Biology Group. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS) Illustrating the bigger-picture cellular networks driving health and disease is…
Environmental Factor – February 2025: Franco DeMayo wins Hartman Award
In recognition of three decades of research and scholarly achievements, Francesco (Franco) DeMayo, Ph.D., received the 2024 Carl G. Hartman Award from the Society for the Study of Reproduction. This…
Environmental Factor – February 2025: Six Superfund Research Program trainees win K.C. Donnelly awards
Six trainees from institutions funded by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) received K.C. Donnelly Externships to expand their research skills outside their home institution. The awards allowed the graduate…
Environmental Factor – February 2025: Scientific Journeys: From analytical chemistry to maternal child health
For nearly four decades, Dana Barr, Ph.D., has developed new methods to assess the effects of chemical exposures on health and disease. Barr is a professor of environmental health at…
Environmental Factor – February 2025: Cancer cases attributable to PFAS in drinking water estimated
A group of chemicals known as PFAS is linked to a wide range of cancers affecting the human digestive, respiratory, and endocrine systems, according to NIEHS-funded research. The study is…
Environmental Factor – February 2025: Footprints of disease first seen in mutation patterns
Gordenin is the head of the Mechanisms of Genome Dynamics Group and holds a secondary appointment in the Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)…
Environmental Factor – February 2025: Key characteristics help researchers evaluate chemical hazards
Researchers typically use three streams of evidence to assess whether a chemical may cause cancer or other adverse outcomes: epidemiological research (human populations), biological effects (animal models), and studies to…
Environmental Factor – February 2025: ‘Hidden effects of floods’ linked to higher death rates
Flooding events are associated with increased death rates for cardiovascular diseases, infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries, and respiratory diseases, according to NIEHS-funded research. Both infectious disease and injury death rates…
Environmental Factor – February 2025: Epigenetics and the exposome: A new era of disease prevention
Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) For decades, the field of medicine has focused largely on treating diseases after they develop. But…
