Spring 2024 Center for Applied Research in Environmental Sciences (CARES) Seminar Series

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — The Spring 2024 CARES Seminar Series is a collaborative opportunity to feature prominent researchers in the fields of environmental health science and justice and a chance to display some of the newest collaborations developed between RTI International and North Carolina Central University. All meetings in the series are open to the public and may require advance registration.

Each seminar will host experts to present and discuss their research followed by a Q&A session for those attending. Topics discussed in these seminar series include talks about plastic pollution, PFAS exposure, lead in drinking water, air quality and the future of CARES research collaborations. 

The meetings will vary between in-person and hybrid and will alternate between the RTI campus and NCCU campus to demonstrate the strong commitment of the CARES program to the collaborative efforts at both institutions. Lunch will be provided to in-person attendees from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the seminar will run from 12 to 1 p.m. 

Please use this form to sign up for invitations to the Spring 2024 CARES Seminars.

Additional details on currently planned sessions are below.

• Assessing Surface Waters in Third Fork Creek for Environmental Contaminants, presented by Dr. Caresse Gerald, NCCU. March 6 at RTI. Registration; Zoom link; Meeting ID: 978 9089 0414; Passcode: 253907  
• Patterns, Profiles, and Parsimony: mainstreaming scRNA-seq studies from the perspective of reproducibility and information profit, presented by Dr. Oswaldo "Ozzy" Lozoya, RTI. April 24 at NCCU.
• Application of in vitro airway models in inhalation toxicology, presented by Dr. William Gwinn, NIEHS. May 22 at RTI

Previous talks in this series include:  

• What is CARES? NCCU-RTI Center for Applied Research in Environmental Sciences (CARES), presented by Dr. Deepak Kumar (NCCU), Tamara Terry (RTI), and Keith Levine (RTI) 
• The Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, presented by Imari Walker-Franklin, RTI
• Probing the impact of environmental risk factors on neuronal functions, presented by Dr. Qing Cheng , NCCU 
• What’s in a genotype? How genetic differences underlie epigenetic responses to dietary patterns, presented by Dr. Elizabeth Martin, ICF  
• Physical activity and young Black women attending university: a qualitative perspective, presented by Dr. Karen Webb & Dr. Amy Linder, NCCU 
• Vaping Exacerbates Pulmonary Inflammation, presented by Dr. Vijay Sivaraman, NCCU