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Ladd Keith, an associate professor within the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture, will lead the Heat Resilience Initiative. An initiative that will address the global challenge of extreme heat by focusing on research, education, and outreach.

Dr. Chris Lim, a member of the Center, has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore the effects of environmental changes on emergency medical services.

This year, the Environmental Toxicology of Human Disease Training Program celebrates a renewal that will allow the program to continue addressing the needs of the scientific and medical communities.

The 2024 EHSCC meeting gathered researchers, scientists, and community members in environmental health science for insightful sessions, discussions, and networking.

Dr. Frank von Hippel spoke with AZPM and discussed why polluted ground and water in the Arctic have gone unnoticed.

Center member Dr.Beamer is assisting the Tucson Airport Authority in understanding the correlation between PFAS contamination and the use of firefighting foam.

Center member Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz (right) is collaborating on researching the microbiome at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, this research aims to better understand chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis.

Dr. Burgess continues to work with firefighters to study the correlation between fire exposure and increased levels of PFAS.

Jianqin Lu, PhD, was awarded the UACC Research Award for Translational Science nominated by Steffan Nawrocki, PhD.

Doctoral candidate Tuo Liu will be mentored by Melissa Furlong, PhD in the laboratory of Jeff Burgess, MD, MPH. His newly funded work will study the correlation between fire exposure and cancer in firefighters.