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The Environmental Toxicology and Epidemiology Program Presents:
Resilience in the Face of Crisis:
An Environmental Health Perspective
to be held virtually on Thursday, February 25th, 2021.
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Registration:
Symposium participants can register, sign up to meet with invited speakers during the "Coffee Chat", and submit a poster abstract here. Deadline to register for the symposium and to submit an abstract is Monday, February 22nd.
Once registered, all participants will receive Zoom access information in their emails the week of the event. If you do not receive this information by the day of the event, email agrantal@umich.edu.
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Speakers:
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, M.D., D.Phil.
Physician, epidemiologist, activist, and expert in health policy and health inequalities.
Dr. Cathrine Hoyo, Ph.D.
Researcher and professor, studying the relationships between early life influences and chronic disease.
Dr. Christopher Golden, Ph.D.
Ecologist and epidemiologist, interested in the human health impacts of environmental change.
University of Michigan
6651 SPH Tower
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Poster Session:
Students and researchers in toxicology, epidemiology, and related biomedical fields are strongly encouraged to present their research during the student poster session. All EHS doctoral candidates, ETEP trainees or not, are required to present during the poster session. All EHS students are highly encouraged to participate.
All posters submitted by EHS students and post-doctoral fellows are automatically entered into the poster competition with cash prizes being awarded to the top three posters.
Please see the Abstract Submission Guidelines and Student Poster Competition pages for more information on submitting your abstract and the virtual presentation format.
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Funding Sources:
The symposium co-chairs, planning committee, and EHS trainees would like to extend a heartfelt Thank You! to those who provided funding for the symposium:
The NIH/NIEHS Environmental Toxicology and Epidemiology Program (ES007062)
The Department of Environmental Health Sciences
The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
The University of Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center (P30ES017885)
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We welcome recommendations for potential topics or speakers for future events. Please reach out to co-chairs Amelia (agrantal@umich.edu), Jessa (ejessa@umich.edu), or Katelyn (kmpolemi@umich.edu) with any recommendations.
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EHS Symposium
School of Public Health
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Schedule of Events:
*All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)
10:00am-10:10am: Welcome and Introduction
10:10am-11:10am: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, M.D., D.Phil.
"Science, Justice, and our Environment: A Conversation with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed"
11:10am-12:00pm: Dr. Cathrine Hoyo, Ph.D.
"Environmental Justice, Epigenetic Perturbation and Neurological Disease"
12:00pm-12:30pm: Break
12:30pm-1:20pm: Dr. Christopher Golden, Ph.D.
"Social-ecological traps link food systems to nutritional outcomes"
1:20pm-1:50pm: Coffee Chats
1:50pm-2:25pm: Student Poster Sessions
2:25pm-2:30pm: Closing Remarks
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