New Mercury Education Project in Partnership with EPA and Rural School

Monday January 13th, 2014

This year the EPA Partners in Technical Assistance Program (PTAP) Pilot has launched the first project with a school located near the Black Butte Mine Superfund Site in rural Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Posted in: Events, Research Translation, Science Education, Training

Focusing on Chemicals with Unknown Human Health Impacts

Friday November 1st, 2013

In the past few years, our Center has been conducting research to learn more about oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (OPAHs). OPAHs are one of the degradation products of parent PAHs. OPAHs are studied because they are present in the environment and pose an unknown hazard to human health.

Posted in: Research, Science Education, Training

Reflection on an Externship Training Opportunity

Friday October 25th, 2013

This past summer, through the KC Donnelly Externship Award Supplement, I conducted a collaborative research project at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel-Hill with Dr. Mike Aitken and Dr. Jun Nakamura.

Posted in: News, Research, Training

Dr. Paul Slovic Discusses Risk Perception with Graduate Students

Monday October 21st, 2013

On Oct. 16th, Dr. Paul Slovic visited Oregon State University to share and discuss issues related to risk communication with graduate students enrolled in the TOX 507/607 seminar.  This term the seminar is co-lead by the Superfund Research Center’s Research Translation Core and Training Core.

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Moving Research Out of the Lab and Into the World

Monday October 7th, 2013

The UC Davis Entrepreneurship Academy was a unique learning experience that teaches the basics of intellectual property as well as marketing and launching a new business. While I am not currently interested in launching a company, this experience provided valuable information on how to maintain flexibility with intellectual property.

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Congratulations to the 2013 winners of the KC Donnelly Externship Award!

Wednesday July 10th, 2013

The K.C. Donnelly Externship Award Supplement from NIEHS gives SRP Trainees valuable training opportunities. We are thrilled to have two winners this year.

From NIEHS…

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New Publication Highlights Perceptions of Environmental Health Among Tribal Members

Wednesday June 26th, 2013

The Community Engagement Core (CEC) engaged 27 Tribal members in three 90-minute focus group sessions to elicit feedback about tribal indicators of health, environmental health concerns, and the importance of smoked food as a cultural tradition. The findings were published in Environmental Justice.

Posted in: Research, Training

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