Presentations

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (EHSCC) 2025 Annual Meeting at the University of Kentucky

Science 3 Session: Bridging Bench and Bedside: Environmental Contaminants and Cancer Across the Spectrum

Co-Chairs: Dana Dolinoy and Lida Chatzi

Kristen Malecki, University of Illinois Chicago

Utilizing PLACES to Characterize Recruitment for the Cohorts for Environmental Exposures and Cancer Risk

ISEE Symposium: New Cohorts for Environmental Exposure and Cancer Risk among Environmental Justice and High-Risk Communities in the United States

Chairs: Kristen Malecki & Wei Zheng

• The impact of urbanicity on Environmental Exposures of concern in Minnesota (10,000 Families) – Heather Nelson
• Improving understanding and early detection of Environmental Exposures on the development of liver disease and liver Cancer: The Southern Liver Health Study (STRIVE) – Cynthia Moylan
• Recruiting from Michigan’s Environmental In-Justice Hotspots – methods, rationale and preliminary findings (MI-CARES) – Leigh Pearce
• Searching the exposome to identify environmental chemical exposures for Cancer risk in humans: the Southern Environmental Health Study (SEHS) – Wei Zheng
• The association between toxic metal exposure, race, gender, and liver enzymes in individuals with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (STRIVE) – Nikia Smith  

AACR Educational Session: Next Generation Cancer Epidemiologic Cohorts

Shaneda’s talk was titled: “Cohorts for Environmental Exposures and Cancer Risk (CEECR): From Cohort inception to future opportunities”