UR Institute for Human Health and the Environment
@UR_IHHE
Accelerating scientific discoveries and promoting innovative solutions to key issues related to the impact of the environment on human health.
IHHE faculty member Dr. Irfan Rahman was interviewed for this @nytimes article about the harmful chemicals in vape liquids. nytimes.com/2025/07/09/wel…
“This finding suggests that the male brain might be more vulnerable to environmental insults during neurodevelopment,” said Dr. Majewska senior author of study out today in @EJNeuroscience Paper ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ej… #URochesterResearch @UR_IHHE urmc.rochester.edu/news/publicati…
IHHE scientists led a 1-week @UofR summer course for local high school students. Participants learned the basics of epidemiology and toxicology and explored current environmental health issues such as water quality and air pollution.
"Thank you for providing the Safe City Water kits for my pre-college environmental health course! I got positive feedback from students, and several mentioned it as a highlight of the course." #sciencekits #handsonscience #environmentalhealth
Read about research on prenatal exposure to PFAS ("forever chemicals") by IHHE faculty members, Drs. Kristin Scheible, Todd Jusko, B. Paige Lawrence, and Thomas O'Connor. #URochesterResearch urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/for…
IHHE Exploration Grants promote transdisciplinary research experiences for @UofR undergraduate students. Meet our 2025 Exploration Grantees! urmc.rochester.edu/institute-for-… #URochesterResearch
Applications are being accepted for this year’s Community-Based Participatory Research Training Program. This free, 7 month program educates community members and @UofR researchers in community-engaged research principles. Applications due August 13. For more info……
Learn about threats to bee health, and what can be done to help protect bees, with the "Disappearing Bees" lesson created by our Life Sciences Learning Center. 🐝 urmc.rochester.edu/life-sciences-…
Honeybees pollinate 130+ types of nuts, fruits and vegetables. Nearly 56% of US honeybee colonies died off in the past year, which is the highest die off rate since annual reporting began in 2011. "If we don’t have bees, we won’t have food." 🐝 #SaveTheBees…
🎉We're proud that #URochesterResearch is being recognized for its efforts to advance our understanding of why and how we age Our own M. Kerry O'Banion, MD, PhD, is leading the Centers' Research Development Core. His research is focused on age-related inflammation
The University is now one of only eight Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging by @NIH, attracting new researchers to Rochester to explore why some species live longer—and what that means for human health #URochesterResearch uofr.us/4eQCY9J
Prof Deborah Cory-Slechta's first mentor at @URochester_SMD gave her the freedom to follow scientific questions that have helped transformed what we know about chemical exposures - specifically lead #URochesterResearch 🎙️Full conversation W/@JohnnyFoxe 👉youtube.com/watch?v=stukzW…
Join us Monday for a #cleanup with the @SenecaParkZoo and the Edgerton R-Center! We'll be collecting #plastic #data and we'd love your help!
New research paper co-authored by IHHE faculty members, Drs. Matthew Rand and Tanzy Love. 📢 "Transcriptomic analysis identifies muscle-specific mitochondrial and vesicular transport genes as methylmercury toxicity targets in a Drosophila model of congenital Minamata disease"…
Congratulations to IHHE faculty members Drs. Marissa Sobolewski and Deborah Cory-Slechta on their research paper that was selected as @NIH_NIEHS extramural grantee paper of the month! 🎉 "Brain iron accumulation in neurodegenerative disorders: Does air pollution play a role?"…
Dr. Katrina Korfmacher, IHHE co-leader of engagement, explains current research into how microplastics enter our environment, our bodies, and how they may be impacting our health. #microplastics youtu.be/QKPJntne8tI