Why the NIH/NIEHS Superfund Research Program is Really SUPER! Monday, November 10

9:00 a.m.
Monday, November 10
Dalton Woods Auditorium,
Energy, Coast & Environment Bldg
Louisiana State University
Why the NIH/NIEHS Superfund
Research Program is Really SUPER!
A PUBLIC SEMINAR BY
William Suk, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Superfund Research Program and Center for Risk &
Integrated Sciences (CRIS)
Chief, Hazardous Substances Research Branch, NIEHS Division
of Extramural Research & Training
Suk received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the George Washington University
and his Masters in Public Health in health policy from the School of Public Health,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the editorial boards
of a number of international journals, including Environmental Health, Toxicology
and Environmental Chemistry, International Journal of Occupational Medicine
and Environmental Health, and the Central European Journal of Public Health. He
has been recognized with a National Science Foundation fellowship. The NIH has
honored him for his many efforts, and he has received the Department of Health
and Human Services Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service. He is a recipient
of the Roy E. Albert Memorial Award for Translational Research in Environmental
Health from the University of Cincinnati; the Child Health Advocacy Award from
the Children’s Environmental Health Network; the John P. Wyatt Lecture Award
in Environmental Health and Disease from the University of Kentucky; and the
Adel F. Sarofim Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement in Championing
Research on the Origin, Fate and Health Effects of Combustion Emissions. He
is a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, the international society of scholars in
environmental and occupational health.
The NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) funds university-based multidisciplinary research on human health and environmental issues related to
hazardous substances. The central goal is to understand and break the link
between chemical exposure and disease. In keeping with the NIEHS mission,
teams of diverse professionals develop, test, and implement unique solutionoriented approaches to address complex environmental health problems. Focused
research is improving the understanding of environmental contaminants, which
may lead to lower environmental cleanup costs, reduced risk of exposure, and
improvements in human health.
Hosted by: Slawo Lomnicki, Ph.D. (slomni@lsu.edu) and LSU SRP (http://www.srp.lsu.edu/index.html)