Global Environmental Health Chat

In this episode we will hear from Katrina Korfmacher, Ph.D., and Christy Tyler, Ph.D., co-directors of the Lake Ontario Microplastics Center (LOMP) at the University of Rochester, jointly funded by NIEHS and the National Science Foundation. They will discuss the efforts underway at the center to better understand and respond to the human health impacts of microplastics in Lake Ontario and the entire Great Lakes region.

Human Health Impacts of Microplastics in the Great Lakes

Global Environmental Health

In this podcast episode, we speak with Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan, the editor-in-chief of JHP, about the journal’s focus on understudied communities. We also discuss the unique features offered by JHP, which spotlights researchers from low-resource areas and builds research capacity in those communities. 

Highlighting Research in Understudied Communities

To commemorate the program’s 10th anniversary this year, DR2 program lead Dr. Aubrey Miller discusses program hallmarks, successes, and goals.

Disaster Research Response Program Marks 10 Years

In this episode, we will hear from Leticia Nogueira, the scientific director of Health Services Research at the American Cancer Society and an inaugural NIH Climate Change and Health Scholar.

Global Climate Change and Cancer Care

In this podcast episode, we speak with Johnnye Lewis, Ph.D., a toxicologist at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and longtime director of its NIEHS-funded Metals Exposure and Toxicity Assessment on Tribal Lands in the Southwest (METALS) Superfund Research Program (SRP) Center.

Partnering With Indigenous Communities to Improve Tribal Health

This podcast series brings to you the knowledge and experiences of people working to understand and combat environmental health problems that reach beyond national boundaries and contribute to the global burden of disease.

Global Environmental Health Chat

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