journeys

When two rivers meet Let’s do a little experiment. Visit two government websites on similar topics (for example, try buy.gsa.gov and gsa.gov/buy). Do they look the same? Probably not. There is a natural phenomenon that happens when you…

More than two million leisure journeys by car will be made today RAC said  By Eirian Jane Prosser Published: 01:35 EDT, 1 April 2024 | Updated: 01:39 EDT, 1 April 2024 <!-- <!-- --> <!--…

Every young scientist stands on the shoulders of giants. Kaitlyn Lawrence, Ph.D., is no exception, as she acknowledged in a recent interview with Environmental Factor.A postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Epidemiology Branch under the…

NEW YORK, NY (November 1, 2023) — The Ad Council, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Council for Mental Wellbeing and Shatterproof, is inspiring millions to "Start With Hope” in a national…

Last month, Lisa Rider, M.D., was appointed Senior Clinician at NIEHS and Head of the institute’s Environmental Autoimmunity Group (EAG), following the April retirement of Fred Miller, M.D., Ph.D. Rider previously served as Deputy Head…

Spada has received seed and pilot grants supported by NIEHS to fund his work. (Image courtesy of Steph Spada.)Nicholas Spada, Ph.D., an aerosol scientist at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), recently developed…

Dondrae Coble, D.V.M., recently was appointed chief of the NIEHS Comparative Medicine Branch and animal program director. He succeeds Kathy Laber-Laird, D.V.M., who is retiring at the end of the year (see sidebar). Before joining the…

Ana Navas-Acien, M.D., Ph.D., grew up in a desert-like area of Spain called Almeria where drinking water was scarce. For years, her parents relied on a rainwater collection system called an aljibe for drinking and cooking. These early…

Former NIEHS postdoctoral fellow Katherine Burns, Ph.D., received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pathway to Independence Award that helped her parlay her research training experience into a successful scientific career in…

Adriana Alexander, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Group, received a $5,000 award to help offset family care expenses and attend the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) conference. She…

During his Diversity Speaker Series lecture Antonio Baines, Ph.D., called for everyone to have a seat at the table to help find cures and solutions to many environmental health problems. The Feb. 23 lecture was sponsored by the Office of…

Dori Germolec, Ph.D., once could have been found lying among the ground foliage at the Duke Primate Center watching lemurs eat plants, marveling at whether the newly released animals knew which plants were toxic and which were safe to…

Last October, David Reif, Ph.D., joined what he calls his “dream team” in the NIEHS Division of Translational Toxicology. As head of the Predictive Toxicology Branch, he leads a multidisciplinary group focused on predicting how…

DeJarnett has received two NIEHS diversity supplements for research investigating the health effects of air pollutants and the health benefits of increasing urban tree canopy. (Photo courtesy of Natasha DeJarnett)Natasha K.…

In May, Robert Sills, D.V.M., Ph.D., was named Acting Scientific Director of the NIEHS Division of Translational Toxicology (DTT), which is dedicated to studying how substances — such as sunscreen ingredients, dietary supplements, and…

After earning a silver medal at the 2018 U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships and finishing in the top 5 at the 2019 World Junior Championships, Sarah Feng’s athletic future was promising. But the cancellation of competitions in 2020…

Philippe Grandjean, M.D., D.M.Sc., has forged a decades-long career in environmental health. Buoyed by NIEHS support since 1992, he has examined the biological effects of exposures to chemicals such as mercury, lead, and polychlorinated…

Jia Zhangkes short film for Greenpeace East Asia depicts the effects of air pollution in northeast China, a region frequently blanketed in dangerous levels of air pollution. Smog Journeys traces two familes from two different backgrounds;…

Last few years have seen massive movement of refugees towards Europe, many of them fleeing conflict and refugee and migrant arrival was one of the main topics discussed at G7 meeting held on the Italian island of Sicily last 's proximity…