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Welcoming New Postdocs!

August 31, 2023
We’d like to welcome our two new Post Doctoral Research Associates, Jennie Thies and Dre’ Dobson! Jennie comes to us with a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Alabama. Her research interests include: Neurodegenerative Diseases and Others | Parkinson’s Disease, ALS, Epilepsy, Autism | Mitochondrial Biology | Mitochondrial...

Another Successful CiTEM Retreat – June 2023

August 31, 2023
This past June we had another successful Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine Annual Retreat at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens. We started the morning listening to Dr. Ilona Jaspers, Director of CiTEM, speak on the achievements of the program in the past year and discuss where the program is...

Check out this new article published by the Society of Toxicology!

July 13, 2022
Read it here.

NC Award Recipients (2016)

June 23, 2022
  Two members of the Curriculum in Toxicology receive the North Carolina Award, the highest civilian honor given by the state of North Carolina. Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, and Dr. Aziz Sancar, Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at -CH...

CiTEM Trainees Honored

June 23, 2022
In addition to publishing over 20 first-author papers, our CiTEM trainees have received 20 poster and travel Awards, are the winners of NC Impact Awards in 2019 and 2020 (Bevin Blake and Yael-Natalie Escobar), winners of the NIEHS 3-minute thesis competition (Bevin Blake), were inducted into the Frank Porter...

Alexia Perryman Awarded ToxScholar Grant to Serve as Invited Speaker at California State University-East Bay

April 26, 2022
Congratulations to Alexia Perryman for receiving the Society of Toxicology ToxScholar Outreach Grant to support her visit to California State University-East Bay (CSU-EB), where she served as an Invited Speaker for the “Introduction to Toxicology” undergraduate course. Alexia was hosted by the instructor, CiTEM alumnus Brett Winters, and his...

Graduate Student Vinh Nguyen awarded Dissertation Completion Fellowship

April 15, 2021
Vinh Nguyen Join us in congratulating Vinh Nguyen on being awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship from the Graduate School for the 2021-2022 academic year.  Vinh is conducting his research in Dr. Bernard Weissman’s lab.  Congratulations Vinh!!!!!

Graduate Student Micah Willis awarded 2021 AAI Minority Scientist Award

April 13, 2021
Micah Willis Congratulations to Micah Willis for receiving the AAI Minority Scientist award for his work on “Microvesicle-associated immunomodulators are critical regulators of immune dysfunction following burn injury”. Burn injury can be separated into two very distinct phases; an hyper-inflammative early-acute phase (0-72 hours post injury), followed by an immunosuppressive sub-acute...

Faculty Member Phillip Clapp is Featured in Press Briefing on Mask Fitting

February 22, 2021
Phil Clapp Collaborative research between CEMALB and EPA investigators shows that double masking can provide additional protection for the wearer. However, improving fit with the outer mask is key. Read More here: https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/tight-fit-more-important-than-a-second-mask-to-prevent-covid-19-spread/19535938/  

Recent Graduate Yael-Natalie Escobar Awarded APS Fellowship

February 3, 2021
Yael-Natalie Escobar It is becoming increasingly apparent that science is a major component of many issues, topics, and decisions with which Congress must grapple. The American Physiological Society (APS) sponsors an early career advocacy fellowship to engage researchers in “advocacy activities and provide them with skills to become long-term advocates...