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EDC- North Carolina Annual Meeting 2025

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:February 13, 2025
Post category:Blog Events

This meeting has been postponed due to the uncertainty in science, travel bans, and other actions of the Trump administration. We hope to reconvene this fall. We are sorry.

2024 Lou Guillette Jr Outstanding Young Investigator Award Winner: Dr. Chris Kassotis

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:December 9, 2024
Post category:Blog

Chris Kassotis, Ph.D., is the 2024 winner of the Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator award. This award comes with a $5000 honorarium and a recycled glass plaque.The award, in…

Lou Guillette Jr. Memorial Symposium

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:October 22, 2024
Post category:Blog Events

General InformationFriday and Saturday, March 14 - 15, 2025The University of Florida, GainesvilleHPNP Auditorium, Room 14041225 Center DriveParking Friday, CEHT parking lot, 2187 Mowry Drive (15 minute walk) There is…

Congratulations to our EDC-NC poster award winners

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:March 25, 2024
Post category:Blog

On March 22, 2024, we held our fourth annual EDC-North Carolina meeting.Poster award winners were:Ryne Thomas, EPA, first place graduate student;Shaza Gaballah, Duke, second place graduate student;Diana Pacyga, UNC, first…

Meeting: Endocrine disrupting chemical research in North Carolina

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:February 21, 2024
Post category:Blog Events

Friday, March 22, 2024 from 8:30AM-5PM, Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS) will host its fourth annual meeting of EDC researchers in the North Carolina area. There is no…

2023 Lou Guillette Jr Outstanding Young Investigator Award Winner: Dr. Anne Starling

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:February 12, 2024
Post category:Blog

Anne Starling, Ph.D., is the 2023 winner of the Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator award. This award comes with a $5000 honorarium and a recycled glass plaque.The award, in…

Woods Hole Course on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:December 4, 2023
Post category:Blog Events

Applications are due Jan. 15 for this two week-long May 2024 course at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory. Learn from some of the best scientists in the endocrine disrupting…

HEEDS Congratulates Drs. Andrea Gore and Changcheng Zhou, Recipients of the 2023 NIEHS RIVER Grant Award

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:July 26, 2023
Post category:Blog

EDC Researchers Andrea Gore and Changcheng Zhou are the 2023 recipients of the NIEHS RIVER (Revolutionizing Innovative, Visionary Environmental Health Research) Grant Award.The RIVER (R35) grant is NIEHS’ most prestigious…

Lou Guillette, Jr. Outstanding Young Investigator Award

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:July 7, 2023
Post category:Blog

We are now accepting applications! Due Sept. 30, 2024.HEEDS sponsors an award of $5,000 to honor our colleague Lou Guillette, Jr. This award is given annually to an outstanding young…

Endocrine Disruptor Research Highlighted at The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting

Post author:HEEDS
Post published:June 26, 2023
Post category:Blog

The Endocrine Society held its annual meeting in Chicago in June 2023. Five sessions focused on endocrine disruptors. Each session had a standing-room-only crowd, indicating great interest among the endocrine…

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Webinar: Changes at NIH: What do they mean for environmental health?
by Sarah Howard on April 3, 2025 at 3:34 pm
This May 8 webinar features Dr. Linda Birnbaum, who will discuss the implications of the Trump administration's changes for environmental health, and Dr. Scott Belcher who will discuss the effects on individual research efforts. Sponsored by the EDC Strategies Partnership.
POSTPONED: North Carolina EDC working group 5th annual meeting
by Sarah Howard on March 26, 2025 at 11:46 am
Previously scheduled for April 25, 2025, Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS) has postponed its 5th Annual Meeting of EDC-NC, its North Carolina working group on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). More information. We hope to reschedule this fall.
Webinar: Children's health and the exposome
by Sarah Howard on March 12, 2025 at 7:02 pm
This April 15 webinar, Children's Health: Assessing impacts of the exposome, features Dr. Rémy Slama of the EU's ATHLETE research project. Dr. Slama will explore the environmental factors that are most likely to affect children’s health, and present approaches to rank the impact of these factors. The webinar is sponsored by the EDC Strategies Partnership.

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Drinking from plastic bottles may raise blood pressure, early study finds
by EHN Curators on April 2, 2025 at 10:42 am
A small study from Austria links microplastics in bottled water to changes in blood pressure, adding to concerns about everyday plastic exposure and cardiovascular health. Eric Ralls reports for Earth.com.
Trump’s science attacks trigger urgent warning from leading researchers
by EHN Curators on April 1, 2025 at 11:16 am
In an extraordinary move, nearly 2,000 top U.S. scientists are sounding the alarm about what they say is a deliberate campaign to dismantle science under the Trump administration. Jessica Glenza reports for The Guardian.
Trump administration freezes billions in NIH funding, disrupting medical research across U.S.
by EHN Curators on March 31, 2025 at 11:30 am
Funding for biomedical research has dropped by nearly 60% since President Trump took office in January, leaving scientists without resources and forcing major project delays. Dan Diamond and Dan Keating report for The Washington Post.

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Endocrine Society statement on HHS restructuring, mass firings, and scientific review
by EHN Curators on April 2, 2025 at 2:13 pm
A major reorganization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — including massive cuts to the federal workforce — threatens scientific progress that drives our economy and improves the public’s health.
Tennessee bill could block lawsuits against pesticide makers, including Monsanto
by EHN Curators on April 2, 2025 at 10:58 am
Tennessee lawmakers are advancing a bill that would shield pesticide manufacturers from some liability lawsuits, even as critics point to past industry efforts to suppress health risk data. Caroline Eggers reports for WPLN News.
New Mexico moves to ban nearly all PFAS-containing products by 2028
by EHN Curators on April 1, 2025 at 8:57 am
New Mexico lawmakers have passed two bills that would ban most products with added PFAS and classify certain firefighting foams as hazardous waste, positioning the state to join Maine and Minnesota with sweeping restrictions on the toxic chemicals. Sharon Udasin reports for The Hill.