The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides funding for a wide range of research, including studies of how environmental factors affect human health.
The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), an institute within NIH, supports efforts to understand how environmental exposures affect our risk of cancer, neurodevelopmental disorders, and many other diseases and disabilities.
In this webinar, Dr. Linda Birnbaum discussed the potential implications for environmental health research of recent changes at NIH. The conversation was moderated by Dr. Jerry Heindel, Director, Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies (HEEDS), a program of Environmental Health Sciences.
This webinar was the first in a series of conversations related to on-going changes at the federal level. These conversations will include a variety of opinions and perspectives.
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Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum is a toxicologist, microbiologist, and Scientist Emeritus and former director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, as well as a Scholar in Residence at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. As NIEHS director, Dr. Birnbaum oversaw research grants and shared the results of cutting-edge environmental health research with the public and policy makers. She also met with communities, including in Alaska, to better understand environmental health concerns and disparities. Throughout her career, Dr. Birnbaum has been particularly effective at bringing forward the mounting scientific evidence of harm of exposures to certain chemicals that are now ubiquitous in our products and environment.
This webinar was hosted by the EDC Strategies Partnership, which is co-chaired by Sharyle Patton (Biomonitoring Resource Center), Jerry Heindel and Sarah Howard (Environmental Health Sciences' Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies, HEEDS), Génon Jensen (Health and Environment Alliance, HEAL), and Rachel Massey (Collaborative for Health and Environment, CHE). Any opinions expressed in these webinars are those of the speakers, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations in the EDC Strategies Partnership. To see a full list of past calls and webinars related to EDCs and listen to or view recordings, please visit our partnership page.