Center Activities
CEET Seminars
2009-10 Schedule for Conversations in Environmental Toxicology
Third Thursday of the Month
3:00 – 4:00 p.m., M100 John Morgan Building
September 17
Title: A Network View of Environmental Adaptation and Anticipation
John Hogenesch, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania
October 15
Title: Using Yeast Cells to Explore the Genetic and Environmental Causes of Human Neurodegenerative Diseases
Aaron Gitler, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania
October 22 (Note Date: Special Seminar)
Title: "Effects of Environmental Estrogens on the Female Reproductive Tract: Epigenetic Mechanisms"
Carmen Williams, MD, PhD
Clinical Investigator
Laboratory of Reproductive & Developmental Toxicology
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
November 19
Title: Early Changes in Gene Expression within the Lungs of Smoke-exposed Mice
Margaret Clapper, PhD
Associate Professor
Fox Chase Cancer Center
December 17
Title: Nicotine Dependence Treatment: Medication Development and Pharmacogenetics
Caryn Lerman, PhD
Mary W. Calkins Professor and Director Tobacco Use Research Center
Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania
January 21
Title:
Hemoxygenase and the Lung
Phyllis Dennery, MD, FAAP
Professor, Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
February 18
Title: NAD and Mitochondrial Metabolism
Joseph Baur, PhD
Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Department of Physiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
** March 17 - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, M100 John Morgan Building
*** 2009 Pilot Project Award Presentations ***
Title: Structural and Functional Studies of the Rap80 Breast Cancer Suppressor Protein Complex
Roger A. Greenberg, MD, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology
Title: Role of Aldo-Keto Reductases (AKRs) in Hepatic and Lung Metabolism of Natural and Synthetic Glucocorticoids: Insights into Systemic and Local Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroids for Asthma
Yi Jin, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Title: A Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Validity of FDG-PET/CT to Quantitatively Assess Differential Metabolic and Inflammatory Changes in Organs of the Whole Body in Relation to Tobacco Use
Drew Torigian MD, MA
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Title: Safety Evaluation of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials
Yoko Yamakoshi, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
March 18
Title: The Egg and the Environment
Patricia Hunt, PhD
Meyer Distinguished Professor
School of Molecular Biosciences
Washington State University
April 8
Title: Adventures in Genetics, Genomics and Epigenetics: Roles of Furry,
Circadian Rhythm, and the CArG Binding Factor in Mammary Carcinogenesis
Helmut Zarbl, PhD, ATS
Director, NIEHS Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease
Associate Director for Public Health Science, Cancer Institute of New
Jersey Professor of Toxicology, DEOM
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
May 20
Title: Of Men and Mice - Understanding the Etiology of Testicular Cancer
Kate Nathanson, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
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Co-Sponsored Seminars
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Seminars
Institute for Environmental Medicine Seminar Series
Penn Genomic Institute Events and Seminars
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds:
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal Club Topic List
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division Conference and Events
Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health seminars
Center for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Seminar Series
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Retreats
The University of Pennsylvania was the host institution for the Annual Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Meeting and Symposium October 19 – October 21, 2008. The theme of the meeting was Omics” Approaches in Environmental Health Sciences.
The 2nd Annual Symposium of the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) was held on November 19, 2007. The focus of the symposium was Genes and Environmental Health.
The Inaugural Symposium for the CEET was held on October 17, 2006. The focus of the symposium was The Environment, Health and Disease.
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Annual Reports
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