June 2025| Center for Human Health and the Environment

A Note from the Director

Hello summer!

The pools are open, vacationing has started, and many of us have major research ongoing while students have no other obligations. If that doesn't have you busy, you are likely writing grants! It is a super busy time of year. Last week, CHHE received a Just in Time request from NIEHS, so we remain hopeful to hear funding notification in the near future. The NIEHS Council will meet again this coming week (6/5 at NIEHS) to make more programmatic decisions and to introduce a research concept on "Impact of Environmental Exposures on Gut-Brain Signaling in Neurological Conditions". You can watch the live webcast here. We have been busy planning the Center's upcoming events for the year, so please watch for save the dates - our summer retreat is mentioned in this issue. Mark it on your calendar! We are looking for two faculty that may want to co-chair the 10th Annual Symposium next spring - the topic is open and could be introduced to the Internal Advisory Board as early as their June meeting if you have a great idea. Please let me know if you are interested in taking on this leadership role. On another note, if you have been looking for authoritative documents that have gone away in recent months, you may be able to find them on our CHHE website. These include documents from the EPA, CDC, RoC, IRIS and NIEHS. If there are other documents you have been looking for and they seem to no longer exist, please let us know and we will try to get access to them and post them.

Fingers crossed that all of the P30's have their funding in place soon, so we can all get some important pilot projects funded, summer efforts in place, and community engaged work underway. Looking forward to making a difference!!

Sue Fenton

sefenton@ncsu.edu

Toxicology Bldg. 1104E

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News

ECU Faculty Awarded Nearly $500K to Advance Mosquito Control Innovation

Dr. Sinan Sousan and Dr. Stephanie Richards received $497,882 in funding from NC Innovation to launch a cutting-edge project on insecticide efficacy testing. In collaboration with North Carolina mosquito control agencies, the team will develop an e-commerce platform to simplify test ordering and reporting. Their work has the potential to significantly enhance mosquito control efforts and improve environmental health outcomes across the state and beyond. Read more here

Cathrine Hoyo Appointed to National Advisory Council on Environmental Health

Dr. Hoyo has been appointed to the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council (NAEHSC), a Congressionally mandated body that advises top federal health leaders including the Secretary of HHS, the Director of NIH, and the Director of NIEHS. The council plays a key role in guiding research priorities, training programs, and career development efforts funded by NIEHS. Dr. Hoyo has a two year appointment. Council Members

Sue Fenton Elected to Leadership Role in the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (BDRP)

Dr. Fenton was recently elected to BDRP Leadership to serve as one of three Councilors for a two year term (June 2025-May 2027). Fenton is currently serving as the Chair of the 2025 Science Committee and is a member of the 2026 Annual Meeting Program Committee.

CHHE Staff Honored at Annual ORI Awards Ceremony

Dr. Katy May and Michico (MJ) James were nominated by CHHE for Office of Research and Innovation awards in the areas of Outstanding State Government Service and Public Service, respectively. They were among 18 staff across the many ORI institutes and centers honored at a ceremony at the Friday Institute on May 8 for their commitment, passion, and hard work.

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Recent Publications citing CHHE

Novel PFAS in Alligator Blood Discovered with Non-Targeted Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry Boatman AK, Kudzin GP, Rock KD, Guillette MP, Robb F, Belcher SM, Baker ES.
Manganese-induced Precocious Puberty Alters Mammary Epithelial Cell Proliferation in Female Rats Hamilton AM, Srivastava VK, Hiney JK, Dees WL, Dearth RK.
Modulation of iron metabolism by new chemicals interacting with the iron regulatory system Tsuji Y, Ninomiya-Tsuji J, Shen MYF, DiFrancesco BR.

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“Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P30ES025128. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

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