We are pleased to announce that the Director of our Center, Trevor Penning, PhD, has been appointed Senior Editor for Cancer Research in Population & Prevention Science
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Anil Vachani, MD, FCCP, Director of the CEET Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core, was awarded a Distinguished CHEST Educator (DCE) designation for 2017 by the American College of Chest Physicians. The DCE designation honors members that have shown great commitment, involvement, and leadership in CHEST education programs and activities, and recognizes their achievements and long-term contributions to the design and delivery of CHEST education.
Penn Medicine Pharmacologist Given Founders’ Award from American Chemical Society
Ian Blair, Director of the CEET Affinity Group in Oxidative Stress and Oxidative Stress Injury, Director of the CEET Translational Biomarker Core, and Director of the Penn Superfund Research and Training Program has won the 2017 Founders’ Award from the Division of Chemical Toxicology of the American Chemical Society. The award recognizes Dr. Blair’s “outstanding contributions to the field of chemical toxicology,” in particular, his work on biomarkers, which identify people at risk for certain diseases, increasing chances of successful treatment.
The following article submitted by the lab of Ian Blair was selected by Chemical Research in Toxicology as a Most Read Article (most full-text article requests 2011-2017)
Trevor Penning, Director of the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, has been recognized as one of the most highly prolific authors for the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology.
CEET Investigator Sara E. Pinney, MD (front row, 6th from the left), recipient of a CEET Mentored Scientist Transition Award, was recognized at the recent P30 Center Directors Meeting at Emory University for her outstanding presentation “Development Origins of Metabolic Disease Through Studies of In Utero Exposures in Humans and Mice.” Congratulations Sara!
Chester residents and concerned citizens united at Dr. Reverend H Strand’s Faith Temple Holy Church for an environmental health Town Hall meeting hosted by COEC and Dr. Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Dr. Birnbaum is interested in the community’s concerns about environmental health and the NIEHS supports research on environmental triggers of disease and safety assessment research on chemicals and other environmental factors.
The Town Hall provided an opportunity for the community to voice their concerns and provide examples of environmentally effected health disparities. To learn more about this event, click on the following link:
Chester Town Hall meeting
Town Hall meeting at Faith Temple Holy Church in Chester, PA
COEC Deputy Director, Richard Pepino has been working tirelessly with students conducting lead (Pb) testing through Academically Based Community Service courses. On Saturday, June 24th Rich’s students visited the Overbrook community in West Philadelphia to test private homes and vacant spaces for lead (Pb). Learn more about the event by clicking the following link: Soil Kitchen In Overbrook
Booming construction in Fishtown and Kensington has stirred up lead (Pb) contaminated soil, posing a new exposure risk through inhalation. Learn more about this by clicking the following link: Resurfacing Lead Soil in Booming Neighborhoods
In front of Senator Vincent Hughes’ house
Lead (Pb) Sampling in Overbrook
Wharton Business Radio host Dan Loney interviews Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) professors Sarah Tishkoff (CEET member) and Dorothy Roberts about their collaborative research on race and human genetic variation.
For more information and to listen to the interview…
An article from Environmental Health Perspectives explores how environmental exposures may influence age at menopause. Samantha Butts, MD, MSCE, an associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is quoted on evidence suggesting women who smoke begin menopause an average of 1–2 years earlier compared to nonsmokers.
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