Social, Psychological, and Economic Impacts of Superfund and Other Contaminated Sites
This workshop was designed to provide a small forum for different scientific and related communities to discuss the full spectrum of issues surrounding the economic and societal costs of site contamination. The participants shared their viewpoints regarding contaminated neighborhood or site issues with the goal of identifying research topics and providing a more holistic understanding of the effects that hazardous waste sites have on our society.

The Human Gut Microbiome in Health and Ulcerative Colitis
Dr. Susan Huse
Josephine Bay Paul Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA

Co-sponsored by SRP and Children's Environmental Health (CEH).
Seminar abstract.

Early Environmental Influences on Child Health and Development: An Update on the National Children's Study
Dr. Stephen Buka
Professor and Chair
Department of Epidemiology in the Public Health Program (PHP)
Brown University
Seminar abstract.

Environmental Research Ethics Retreat
This event was co-sponsored by Brown University's Superfund Research Program, Children's Environmental Health and Northeast Ethics Education Partnership (NEEP). Event schedule.

Celebrating Rhode Island's Superfund Research Program in Appreciation of Senator Jack Reed
Event schedule.

Hospitals for a Healthy Environment Confererence
A learning and networking event as part of a movement to create healthier and more environmentally sustainable hospitals in Rhode Island. This conference provides a wealth of practical tools/resources to educate, motivate, and facilitate sustainable practices that increase operational efficiency, create extraordinary environmental benefits, and save costs.

A Systematic Approach to Gene-Environment Interactions in Child Development
Dr. Robert O. Wright
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Environmental Health
Director, Superfund Research Program
Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health
Seminar abstract.

New Integration of targeted and system-level approaches to understand environmental exposure and human disease
Dr. Kun Lu
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Seminar abstract.

Fate, transport, and remediation
Dr. Upal Ghosh
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Maryland
Seminar abstract.

Picillo Farm and the Evolution of the Superfund Program in Rhode Island
Terrence Gray, Assistant Director for Air, Waste & Compliance
Matthew DeStefano, Superfund NPL Program
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Seminar abstract.

Nanoparticle-lipid interactions: Implications in nanotoxicology and nanomedicine
Dr. Geoffrey Bothun
Deppartment of Chemical Engineering
University of Rhode Island
Seminar abstract.

Environmental Activism in Native America
A co-sponsored event by the Center for Environmental Studies, Office of Institutional Diversity, Superfund Research Program-Community Engagement Core, Third World Center, and the Undergraduate Finance Board (UFB).
Seminar abstract.

Toroku: The Long-Term (and Tragic) Environmental History of a Japanese Mountain Hamlet
Dr. Timothy S. George
Department of History
University of Rhode Island
Seminar abstract.

Perspectives on the History of Industrial Waste Disposal in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Joel Tarr
Richard S. Caliguiri University Professor
of History & Policy
Department of History
Carnegie Mellon University
Seminar abstract.

Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: The Vision and Distinguishing Adaptive versus Adverse Effects
Kim Boekelheide
Director, Brown University's SRP Program
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Brown University
Seminar abstract.

Hospitals for a Healthy Environment in Rhode Island
Join regional health care professionals for a learning and networking event on creating environmentally sustainable hospitals for staff, patients and communities in Rhode Island.
Co-sponsored by Brown University's Children's Environmental Health and Superfund Research Program.
Event announcement.

Linking Environmental Toxicants to Neurodegenerative Disease: Persistent Organic Pollutants and Engineered Nanomaterials
Kurt Pennell
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tufts University
Seminar abstract.

Genetic and Environmental Factors for Testicular Dysgenesis: Fetal Origins of Adult Reproductive Deficiency?
Humphrey Hung-Chang Yao
Principal Investigator
Developmental Reproductive Biology Group
Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS/NIH)
Seminar abstract.

Brown University's SRP Annual Retreat
Agenda:
Review of program and scientific achievements.
Future Directions of SRP-funded Research.

Epigenetic Modifications Induced by Enviromnental Pollutants: Results from Human Studies
Andrea Baccarelli
Associate Professor of Environmental Epigenetics
Department of Environmental Health
Harvard School of Public Health, Exposure, Epidemiology & Risk Program
Seminar abstract.

Contact with Beach Sand and Risk of Illness: Steps in the evolution of a perspective on epidemiologic research, public health, and disproportionate impacts
Dr. Christopher D. Heaney
W.K. Kellogg Health Scholar
University of North Carolina
Gillings School of Public Health
Seminar abstract.

Environmental Implications and Applications of Nanotechnology: Lessons Learned from Microbial-Nanoparticle Interactions
Pedro Alvarez
George R. Brown Professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rice University
Seminar abstract.

Waiter, There's a Phthalate in My Soup
Science Seminar for Journalists: Reporting on the Science and Impacts of Toxic Chemicals.
Photo gallery.

Environmental Training for Attorneys
Environmental Health & Chemical Exposures: Law & Science
Co-Sponsored by the RI Bar Association and Brown's SRP.

Nanomaterial Exposure and Environmental Effects: Predictive Tools for Assessing Risk
Mark Wiesner
Professor
Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Duke University
Seminar abstract.

Design of Programmable Anticancer Agent & Dioxygen Reactivity of Dinitrosyl Iron Complexes
Eunsuk Kim
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Brown University
Seminar abstract.

PCBs, Nutrition and Endothelial Cell Function: Implications in Atherosclerosis
Bernhard Hennig
Professor of Nutrition and Toxicology
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Director, UK Superfund Research Program
University of Kentucky
Molecular and Cell Nutrition Laboratory
College of Agriculture
Seminar abstract.

Assessing the achievements and establishing the goals and direction of Brown's SRP.

Diesel Air Pollution and Asthma in New York City
George D. Thurston
Professor, NYU School of Medicine
Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine
Seminar abstract.

Aggregation and Bacterial Cytotoxicity of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials in Aquatic Environments
Menachem Elimelech
Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering
Environmental Engineering Program
Yale University
Seminar abstract.

Arsenic Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Exposure Assessment in New Hampshire
Margaret Karagas
Professor of Community and Family Medicine in Epidemiology
Dartmouth Medical School
Seminar abstract.

Applying Spatial Methods in Environmental Research
John R. Logan
Professor of Sociology
Director of Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences
Brown University
Seminar abstract.

Flame Retardant Dilemma: Fire Safety, Human Health and the Global Environment
Arlene Blum
Executive Director, Green Science Policy Institute
Seminar abstract

Learning to Add: Assessing the Combined Effects of Similarly-Acting Toxic Exposures
Gregory Howard
School of Public Health, Environmental Health
Boston University
Seminar abstract

Assessing the achievements and establishing the goals and direction of Brown's SBRP.
Retreat Itinerary

Public Schools and Contaminated Land in Rhode Island: Using SBRP Research Translation and Community Outreach to Foster Research and Advocacy
Laura Senier, MPH MA
Department of Sociology, Brown University
Social Sectors Development Strategies, Inc.
Seminar abstract

NanoTECH: A Forum on the Health, Safety and Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials
OCCUPATIONAL & ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CENTER
410 South Main Street, Third Floor
Providence, RI
Sponsored by The RIght Safe Coalition.
Program Description

The Unique Vulnerability of Children to Toxic Exposures in the Environment
Phil Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc.
Professor and Chair, Community and Preventive Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Seminar abstract

Love Canal ... 30 Years Later -- What do we know, 'For Sure',
and Where do we Go From Here
Lois Gibbs
Love Canal Leader
Executive Director of the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice
Seminar abstract

Diesel Exhaust and Lung Cancer - An Exposure Biology Analysis
Thomas Smith
Professor of Industrial Hygiene
Department of Environmental Health
School of Public Health
Harvard University
Seminar abstract

Vapor Intrusion in Commercial and Industrial Buildings: Assessment and Mitigation
Vapor intrusion workshops co-sponsored by NEWMOA and SBRP.
Program Description

National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media Atlanta, Georgia
Roundtable #1: Academic-Community-State Partnerships to Enhance Community Knowledge of Environmental Health Issues
Academic institutions can serve as important resources to communities facing health impacts of exposures to environmental contaminants. In this session, efforts to establish and maintain partnerships between academic institutions and community members, medical professionals and state representatives in order to increase community awareness of environmental contamination issues and to build community capacity to address environmental health issues will be described.
Moderator: Elmer Akin, DPH, MDB, Inc., Marietta, GA

Gaining Greater Perspective and Relevance for Academic Research through State and Local Partnerships
Kelly G. Pennell, Ph.D., P.E., Phil Brown, Ph.D., Eric Suuberg, Sc.D. and Kim Boekelheide, Ph.D.,MD., Brown University, Providence, RI

Academic-Community Partnership to Address Lead Poisoning
Rosemary Caron, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Providing Environmental Health Education to the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Kathleen Gray, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

For detailed information on the conference as well as information on all scientific sessions, presenter guidelines, housing, registration, etc., please click here.

Environmental Toxicology and Human Health
This course is designed to provide students with the fundamental concepts relating to adverse effects of toxic substances on human health with particular interest paid to development of human cancers. Lectures will cover fundamentals of toxicology including exposure routes to toxic substances and their absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion, adverse effects of different environmental exposures such as cigarettes smoking, heavy metals, sun light, and potential health risks associated with incorporating nanotechnology in to our daily lives. The World Trade Center, Chernobyl Incident, Hurricane Katrina, and some catastrophic events will be used as case studies to reinforce the concepts covered in the lectures.
Course Description

Improving Water Quality by Riverbank Filtration – Experiences in
India and Jordan
Presented by Dr. Thomas Boving
Assoc. Professor, Environmental Hydrogeology
Department of Geosciences
University of Rhode Island

TALKS:
Kim Boekelheide: Toxicity Testing for Risk Assessment in the 21st Century

Kelly Pennell: Evaluating the Effect of Site-specific Features on Vapor Intrusion Risks using a 3-D Numerical Model

Anatoly Zhitkovich: Cellular Vitamin C as the Key to High Mutagenicity and Genotoxicity by Chromium(VI)

POSTERS:
Linda Covington, Kelly Pennell, Kim Boekelheide: Reuse In RI: A State-Based Approach To Complex Exposures

Kelly G. Pennell, Eric M. Suuberg: Brown University's SBRP: Bridging Research and Practice

Phil Brown, Laura Senier, Elizabeth Hoover, Crystal Adams, Rebecca Tillson, Alison Cohen: Building Stakeholder Involvement in Brownfields Redevelopment: Crafting a Statewide Policy to Ensure Environmental Justice and Stakeholder Equity

Nicholas Heger: Interspecies Approach to the Assessment of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Low Dose or Complex Mixtures

Jillian L. Goldfarb: PAH Mixtures: Trends in Vapor Pressure Behavior and Adherence to Raoults Law of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Mixtures

Haley Menard: Cell Cycle and Apoptotic Responses of Human Lung Cells to Formaldehyde

Xinyuan Liu: Targeted Removal of Bioavailable Metal as a Detoxification Strategy for Carbon Nanotubes

Xiaolin Li: Cationic surfactants: emerging contaminants of concern and new tracers for contaminant source apportionment, sediment transport and in-situ transformation of endocrine disrupting compounds

Lorin Jakubek: Toxicological Effects of Metal Leaching from Single-walled Carbon Nanotube on Calcium Ion Channels

This May marks the 100 anniversary of the birth of noted writer and
ecologist Rachel Carson.  Her 1962 book, Silent Spring, is an eloquent
testimony to the dangers of synthetic pesticides, and is widely regarded
as sparking the modern environmental movement.