This week, the Fry Lab hosted the first ever Future Researchers for Environmental Solutions and Health (FRESH) Outcomes internship for high school students! They have had an amazing week learning about high-level science🧪🧬

Climate change is increasing the intensity & frequency of heatwaves. According to our latest report, this extreme heat, compounded by wildfires and desert dust, has a measurable impact on air quality, human health & environment. 🗣️: #StateOfClimate 🔗: bit.ly/47VPIs1

Important work from Max Aung, PhD, MPH and The Dr. Amber Cathey on how exposure to certain #PFAS and #phenols raise the odds of a prior #cancer diagnosis in women. Read the study here: nature.com/articles/s4137…

#ICYMI...NEW RESEARCH: Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Associations with Pubertal Onset and Serum Peproductive Hormones in a Longitudinal Study of Young Girls in Greater Cincinnati and the San Francisco Bay Area ➡️ ow.ly/3u5s50PVC0U

Lab fun day hosted by Dr. Fry and Dr. Rager! Science is fun, and so is tie dying lab coats and playing yard games with fellow peers🥼❤️

NEW: Establishing carcinogenicity of an agent has important regulatory implications. Purdue & Ward discuss tools that are available or still lacking to identify data gaps & research opportunities regarding suspected carcinogens ➡️ ow.ly/ElPO50Q2e5e

NEW: Ambient air pollution is a putative endocrine disruptor. In novel findings, Barrett et al. report evidence that PM2.5 and NO2 exposures during critical pre- and postnatal windows may disrupt reproductive development in infant boys ➡️ ow.ly/NYKl50Q7WHJ

We are excited to be at the SRP Annual Meeting! Our very own Eric Brown Jr., KC Donnelly winner, presented his work on multi-omic analyses in the placenta today. Great job! @SRP_NIEHS Eric Brown

ESE Assistant Professor Dr. Julia Rager is a recipient of UNC Public Health #ResearchExcellenceAward. She studies the impact of environmental exposures (e.g., prevalent complex mixtures) on health outcomes. She is grateful for “such strong support” for her career and team.

Congrats to @IlonaJ2016 for her education (and mentoring) award at the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting! UNC-Chapel Hill UNC Institute for Environmental Health Solutions @UNCResearch UNC Public Health

We are excited to share some of our first SOT 2024 poster presenters! Our institute is looking forward to a great week filled with amazing talks, posters, and panels.

Poster presentations from some of our graduate students on Day 2 of Society of Toxicology 2024!

Graduate Student Poster presentations on Day 3 of SOT 2024! Society of Toxicology

MOST READ RESEARCH last week: The Relationship between Early Childhood Blood Lead Levels and Performance on End-of-Grade Tests ➡️ ow.ly/ESUg50RpaKz

June 2024 Toxicological Sciences #ToxSpotlight Article—Emissions from Plastic Incineration Induce Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Impaired Bioenergetics in Primary Human Respiratory Epithelial Cells academic.oup.com/toxsci/article… #FreeToRead

Many of our undergraduate interns presented their summer research projects today at the Office of Graduate Education Student Symposium. We are very impressed and proud of everything they are accomplishing!

Our eQUity and Environmental juSTice (QUEST) summer internship wrapped up with an inspiring poster session where undergraduate students showcased their environmental health research!

Check out this review describing the power of toxicogenomics to better protect public health! Congratulations to this amazing team of authors including IEHS member @rager_julia

We are so happy to see Dr. Julia Rager awarded a Hettleman Prize for her work to demystify relationships between environmental exposures and health outcomes! research.unc.edu/2024/09/03/202…

Raquel Winker, IEHS undergraduate intern, published research on NC wildfires and climate justice! Her work with IEHS shows vulnerable communities, especially in Southeastern NC, face higher wildfire risks. UNC Gillings Research #ClimateJustice #WildfireRisk frontiersin.org/journals/publi…