Environmental Health student Mary Kosuth is investigating microplastics and whether or not they end up in our food and drinks.
Environmental Health Sciences
Student Earns Fellowship to Research Meningitis Vaccine
Environmental Health PhD student Maria Sundaram has received the Graduate School’s 2017-18 Frieda Martha Kunze Fellowship and plans to spend her fellowship year completing her dissertation on the effectiveness of a meningococcal meningitis vaccine in an outbreak-prone region of Africa known as the “meningitis belt.”
Marizen Ramirez, PhD joins EnHS Faculty
The Division of Environmental Health Sciences is pleased to welcome our new faculty member, Marizen R. Ramirez, PhD.
Silvia Balbo Awarded ISSNAF Hogan Lovells Award
Silvia Balbo, Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, was recently awarded the 2016 Hogan Lovells Award for research in Medicine, Biosciences and Cognitive Science from the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF). ISSNAF grants specific focus to early stage investigators working in North America whose commitment to their discipline of study is innovative, impactful and honors their country of origin.
Balbo was one of three finalists selected to present their work at the 2016 ISSNAF Annual Event at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC. Her presentation was entitled “DNA adductomics for the investigation of the exposome.”
Susan Arnold and Amber Illies Publish Article on TLVs in AIHA Synergist
Dr. Susan Arnold, Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, and Industrial Hygiene graduate student, Amber Illies, authored an article that was published in the September 2016 issue of AIHA Synergist.
Jon Oliver joins EnHS Faculty
The Division of Environmental Health Sciences is pleased to welcome our new faculty member Jonathan D. Oliver, PhD.
Sick Time: Convertino Shares New Model for Predicting Seasonal Flu With CDC
Emeritus Associate Professor Rex Singer passes away
New Foodservice Training App Helps Immigrants Succeed
Professor Craig Hedberg and alumna Farhiya Farah have developed a smartphone app in English and Somali that uses videos and interactive features to describe food-safety practices and to train people in the Minnesota Food Code.
EnHS Grad Students Prabha Atluri and Melanie Firestone Receive MnDrive Global Food Ventures Fellowships
Environmental Health Sciences graduate students, Prabha Alturi and Melanie Firestone, have been awarded MnDrive Global Food Ventures fellowships for 2016-17. As part of the program, they will participate in activities designed to help build their skills in communications and problem solving along with pursuing individual research projects. Craig Hedberg, professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, will serve as their advisor.
Convertino named Outstanding Reviewer by Environmental Modeling & Software
IH Student Yuan Shao Receives 3M Occupational Health and Safety Scholarship
EnHS Industrial Hygiene PhD student Yuan Shao has received one of three 3M 2016 Occupational Health and Safety Scholarships. Yuan was recognized at a 3M-sponsored reception on May 22, 2016 during the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) in Baltimore.
