Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS) is interested in developing educational materials that can be used in teaching undergraduates and graduate courses related to EDCs. Our goal is to make it easier to develop lectures and courses.
If you are interested in contributing to the HEEDS educational materials section, contact HEEDS. Anything submitted must be certified to free of copyright infringements or confidential material, and you must give permission for anyone to download and use the material.
Resources for Clinicians
Let’s Talk EDCs: Resources for Clinicians and Patients from the Endocrine Society.
The Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at UCSF provides numerous resources for clinicians on environmental health, including EDCs.
Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) National Classroom has a large selection of for-credit, free, on-demand webinars on a variety of environmental health topics, including many on EDCs.
Disparities in Environmental Exposures to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Diabetes Risk in Vulnerable Populations includes a Healthcare Provider Guide on EDCs for clinicians.
Ruiz D, Becerra M, Jagai JS et al.
Diabetes Care. 2018 Jan;41(1):193-205.
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on Food Additives and Child Health (2018)
Dr. David Collier, East Carolina University, has submitted slides, Environmental Chemicals and their Impact on Child Health: A Focus on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, and a Teaching Session on EDCs for medical doctors, with answer key.
Educational Resources
SHARP Training: Skills for Health And Research Professionals
The SHARP (Skills for Health And Research Professionals) Training Program at Columbia University offers short, intensive boot camps and workshops led by experts to teach in-demand skills on various topics in research and education. Programs are offered in New York City and in Portland, Oregon. Many topics relate to EDCs.
The Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) at UCSF provides a variety of educational materials on EDCs for the general public. For example, downloadable printable brochures from the All That Matters series:
and download printable brochures on climate change and health of vulnerable populations:
Dr. Jodi Flaws, Univ. of Illinois, has provided slides from her course, “Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology,” on Endocrine Disruptors and the Reproductive System.
Endocrine disruption infographics and fact sheets are available from HEAL and The Endocrine Disruption Exchange. For example, here is the infographic, Low Doses Matter:
