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CHHE Summer Retreat held on August 28, 2024

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Apr 11, 2025

Community Engagement Core Hosts Community Forum in Cumberland County

At the request of Cumberland County Extension employees, the CEC, in partnership with DHHS, DEQ, and county health officials, hosted a community forum on PFAS contamination in local gardens. Presentations…

Apr 11, 2025

Community-Engaged EHD Workshop: Impact-focused Environmental Health Research

On March 24, 2025, the Center for Human Health and the Environment (CHHE) hosted the “Community-Engaged Workshop: Impact-Focused Environmental Health Research,” bringing together environmental health professionals and researchers to discuss…

Apr 11, 2025

Albert Keung Named Integrative Sciences Initiative Director of Biotechnology Programs

Albert Keung has been named director of biotechnology programs for the Integrative Sciences Initiative (ISI) in the Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs, effective March 1. ISI Executive Director Joshua Pierce…

Jan 13, 2025

Forming the Post Helene Water Response (PoWR) Team

The team, led by Jackie MacDonald Gibson (NC State) and Rebecca Fry (UNC-CH) was recently funded by the CEHS/CHHE Inter-P30 Rapid Response Initiative.  This community-based participatory work will use pre-hurricane…

Jan 9, 2025

NIEHS Awards Jane Hoppin $1.9 Million to Enhance GenX Exposure Study

CHHE members Dr. Jane Hoppin, along with ECU co-investigators Dr. David Collier and Dr. Suzanne Lea, has received a 4-year NIH U24 grant to extend and maintain the GenX Exposure…

Jan 9, 2025

Sue Fenton gives Senate Testimony on the Public Health Impacts of PFAS Exposures

Dr. Sue Fenton (CHHE Director) and Dr. Laurel Schaider (Silent Spring Institute) provided expert testimony at the request of Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) during a December 5th hearing of the…

Oct 14, 2024

Sinan Sousan Receives Patent Cooperation Treaty Funding

Environmental Health faculty Dr. Stephanie Richards and DPH faculty Dr. Sousan presented last week to the ECU Patent Committee and, as a result of that presentation, received funding for the Patent Cooperation…

Oct 14, 2024

EHSCC Hill Day

Center directors, Sue Fenton (CHHE) and Dana Dolinoy (M-LEEaD), presented P30 research and outreach efforts to House and Senate teams from MI, OH, and NC on Sept 26 for EHSCC Hill Day.…

Oct 14, 2024

2024 NIEHS EHSCC Meeting

Sept 23-25, P30 EHSCC national meeting in Baltimore. David Aylor and Jen Richmond-Bryant represented CHHE in Career Development and Community Exposures discussion panels, respectively. Natalia Duque-Wilckens and Jen Runkle were selected to present posters in…

Sep 6, 2024

CHHE Summer Retreat held on August 28, 2024

The retreat featured an overview of the newly reorganized CHHE structure and services offered to full members, highlights of new services offered by our career development program, and changes to…