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Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Schedule
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All seminars are held from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. on Fridays, in Room 158, 100 Theory Drive, in the UCI Research Park (parking is free). For students who are not able to attend during the scheduled time due to Time Zone differences, all seminars will be recorded. |
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Please see the current schedule on our new EHS Graduate Programs website.
Past Seminars
Fall 2021 Seminar Schedule
| Sept. 24 |
"Nuclear Power, Impacts on Human Health and the Environment" |
Olivia Drayson |
| Oct. 1 | "Investigating the interplay between environmental and social stressors on child health" COEH Research Seminar |
Dr. Carrie Breton Associate Professor Division of Environmental Health Department of Preventive Medicine Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California |
| Oct. 8 | "The Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Cremation" |
Karen Valladares Ph.D. student, Exposure Sciences Track |
| Oct. 15 |
"Wildfire Exposures and Human Health" |
Natalie Binczewski |
| Oct. 22 |
"Vitamin C and its role as a potential supplementary therapy" |
Elizabeth Choy |
| Oct. 29 | PhD Student RIP Talk: "Copper Exposure and Gut Dysbiosis in an APP Knock in Model of Alzheimer's Disease" MS Thesis Talk: "PFOA/PFOS and Asthma ED Visits" |
Janielle Vidal |
| Nov. 5 |
"Exposure to hexavalent chromium and errors in oocyte meiosis" |
Dr. Sakhila Banu Associate Professor Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Texas A&M University |
| Nov. 12 | Topic: TBA |
Maryam Ibrahim Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Nov. 19 | Topic: TBA |
Alexis Guerra Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Nov. 26 |
Thanksgiving holiday -- NO SEMINAR |
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| Dec. 3 |
Title: TBA COEH Research Seminar |
TBA |
Spring 2021 Seminar Schedule
| Apr. 2 | "Beach Sand as a Reservoir for Pathogenic Bacteria" |
Alexis Guerra Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Apr. 9 |
"Toxic Cosmetics - Hair Dye" |
Yi Sun |
| Apr. 16 | PhD Student RIP Talks: "Updates on FLASH Irradiatione" "Analysing and Mitigating Radiation-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis" |
Barrett Allen Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track and Olivia Drayson Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Apr. 23 |
"Air Pollution as an Obesogen?: Focused on Particulate Matter" |
Yerin Jung Ph.D. student, Exposure Sciences Track |
| Apr. 30 |
"Essential Oils: Soothing Scent or Potential Health Risk?" |
Jayveeritz Bautista |
| May 7 |
"Wounded Workers: Beaten Up, But Not Done" |
Dr. Robert Larsen Director, Center for Occupational Psychiatry, Inc., Oakland Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF |
| May 14 |
"Particulate Matter Pollution and Depression: The Interaction with Green Space" |
Anqi Jiao |
| May 21 |
PhD Student RIP Talk:
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Nicole Stivers |
| May 28 |
"Trick or Treat?: The Toxicity of Black Licorice" |
Samantha Merwin Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| June 4 | "Lost but not forgotten: Legacy DDT waste in the San Pedro Basin" |
Rebecca Johnson Arechavala Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
Winter 2021 Seminar Schedule
| Jan. 8 | "Trichloroethylene (TCE): A Toxic Degreaser" |
Elizabeth Choy Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Jan. 15 | "Health Effects of Artificial Sweeteners" | Bishop Bliss Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Jan. 22 | "Fishy Business: Updates from the Deepwater Horizon Spill" |
Jessica Monterrosa Mena Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Jan. 29 | "Air Pollution: Getting to the Heart of the Matter" Note: EHS PhD candidate interview day |
Dr. Michael Kleinman Adjunct Professor Center for Occupational and Environmental Health UC Irvine |
| Feb. 5 | "Pyrogenic Remobilization and Fate of Toxic Trace Elements" COEH Research Seminar |
Dr. Kingsley Odigie Assistant Project Scientist Dept of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences UCLA |
| Feb. 12 | RIP Talks: "Metal Analysis of E-Liquid and Vapor with Stainless Steel and Nichrome Atomizers at Low and High Wattage" "Gestational Benzo(a)pyrene Exposure Induces Aberrant Oocyte Competence" |
Jayveeritz Bautista Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track and Kelli Malott Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Feb. 19 |
"Electronic Waste: A Global Environmental Concern" |
Janielle Vidal Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Feb. 26 | "Chromium-6: What's in Your Water?" | Karen Valladares Ph.D. student, Exposure Sciences Track |
| Mar. 5 | "Air Filters and COVID-19: In the Context of Schools" |
Ian Tang Ph.D. student, Exposure Sciences Track |
| Mar. 12 | "Setbacks for Oil and Gas Development: A Slippery Slope?" | Sarah Smith Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
Fall 2020 Seminar Schedule
| Oct. 2 |
"Toxicant-Responsive Transcriptional Regulators Inhibit Osteogenic Differentiation" |
Dr. Nicole Renee Sparks |
| Oct. 9 | "Prenatal Folic Acid Exposure: A Critical Nutrient with Unintended Side Effects?" |
Nicole Chmielewski-Stivers Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Oct. 16 | "Nanotoxicology: The Toxicity of Carbon Nanomaterials" |
Olivia Drayson Ph.D. student, Environmental Toxicology Track |
| Oct. 23 |
PhD Student RIP Talks |
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| Oct. 26 |
"Air Pollution and Child Health Disparities: From Community-Engaged Research to Toxicological Studies" ** SPECIAL DATE: MONDAY, OCT. 26, 3:30-4:30 pm ** |
Dr. Loyda Mendez |
| Oct. 30 | "Wildfires and Toxic Chemical Exposure through Drinking Water" |
Kelli Malott |
| Nov. 6 |
"Adverse Systemic Effects Due to Exposure to Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Matter: Target Beyond the Lung" |
Dr. Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz Professor of Toxicology CINVESTAV-IPN (Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional), Mexico City, Mexico and Candidate for COEH Inhalation Toxicology faculty position |
| Nov. 13 | "Gadolinium: A Tale of Contrasting Side Effects" |
Dr. Dane Dicaro M.S. student in Environmental Health Sciences and Occupational Medicine resident |
| Nov. 20 | "A Mystery Thallium Poisoning in an Adult Healthcare Worker" |
Dr. Oluseyi Awodele M.S. student in Environmental Health Sciences and Occupational Medicine resident |
| Nov. 27 |
Thanksgiving holiday -- NO SEMINAR |
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| Dec. 4 |
"Tribal Partnerships to Prevent Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in Southeast Alaska" COEH Research Seminar |
Dr. Matthew Gribble Assistant Professor Dept of Environmental Health Rollins School of Public Health Emory University |
| Dec. 11 | "Cobalt Toxicity: Smartphones, Beer Foam, and Everything in Between" |
Barrett Allen |