WHAT: The Environment, Health and Disease, a symposium hosted by the new Center for Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The Center is the first of its kind in Pennsylvania and will bring together world-renowned experts from the field of environmental toxicology. Topics to be addressed include lung and airway disease, endocrine and reproduction disruption, oxidative stress injury, genes and the environment, and biomarkers. The symposium will also focus on: collaborative research; translational research; grants and initiatives; training health care professionals; and community-based advocacy.
Several Penn scientists will be presenting new and updated research. This updated information will include recent discoveries in the area of asthma treatment, biomarkers for mesiothelioma (the "silent killer"), melanoma susceptibility genes, and gene-environment interactions and preterm birth. Scientists will discuss new initiatives to identify lung cancer susceptibility genes and the link between ozone and asthma. The symposium will also provide a forum in which scientists and stakeholders can discuss how to tackle environmental health issues that pervade our urban region.
The Center represents a partnership between research scientists and communities in southeastern Pennsylvania. Its mission is to understand the mechanism by which environmental exposures lead to disease. Understanding these processes can lead to early diagnosis, intervention, and prevention strategies. The goal of the center will be to improve environmental health and medicine in the region.
WHEN: Tuesday, October 17
WHERE: University of Pennsylvania's Biomedical Research Building II/III: Auditorium, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA
MORE INFO ON SYMPOSIUM: Nationally recognized speakers to include: Dr. William Martin, Associate Director for Translational Biomedical Research, who will speak on "Translational Research and Environmental Medicine" and Dr. Anne Sassaman, Director of Extramural Research and Training at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences who will discuss "Grants and Initiatives in Environmental Health Sciences."
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If you plan to attending this event, contact Mary Webster or Rick Cushman.
Penn's School of Medicine is ranked #2 in the nation for receipt of NIH research funds; and ranked #3 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's most recent ranking of top research-oriented medical schools. Supporting 1,400 fulltime faculty and 700 students, the School of Medicine is recognized worldwide for its superior education and training of the next generation of physician-scientists and leaders of academic medicine.
Contact: Rick Cushman
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine