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Sustainable housing interventions to reduce environmentally-transmitted infections in low-income countries

HSPH, Building 1, Room 1302 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

Jade Benjamin-Chung, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor at Stanford University in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. Her group conducts research to identify interventions to control, eliminate, or eradicate environmentally-transmitted infectious diseases, including malaria, diarrhea, soil-transmitted helminths, and influenza. Her research uses a variety of epidemiologic, computational,...

MEMCARE-SRC Speaker Series – Environmental Contamination and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome in Puerto Rico: Overview of the PROTECT Superfund Research Center and Update on Water Purification Technology Development

HSPH, Building 1, Room 1302 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

With Akram Alshawabkeh, PhD, PE, University Distinguished Professor and Snell Professor of Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University Director, PROTECT Superfund Research Center

MELD T32 Seminar – Role of Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in Cadmium-Induced Neurotoxicity and Its Application

HSPH, Building 1, Room 1302 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

With: Zunwei Chen, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Zunwei will introduce the role of EVs in neurotoxicity caused by heavy metal cadmium exposure using human in vitro neuronal cells with a focus on novel microvesicles ARMMs and the underlying mechanisms. He will then explore the potential of EVs as therapeutical application targeting neurodegenerative diseases.

MEMCARE-SRC Speaker Series – Chengfeng Yang

HSPH, Building 1, Room 1302 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

With Chengfeng, Yang, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology Stony Brook Cancer Center