Author Archives: Heyreoun

Drs. Cornelis (Kees) Elferink, GC-CPEH Co-Director, and John Prochaska, CEC LIT are co-authors on a recent article “Proximity to oil refineries and risk of cancer: A population-based analysis” that was featured by the Texas Standard (NPR show) on 12/3/2020 showing that GC-CPEH members (including IHSFC members) are active in this environmental research realm: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/study-shows-correlation-between-proximity-to-oil-refineries-and-cancer-risk-but-narrower-research-still-needed/.

Dr. Margot Williams received her BS from Muskingum College in Ohio, then completed her PhD in the lab of Dr. Ann Sutherland at the University of Virginia where she studied mammalian development.  She next made the switch to zebrafish during her postdoctoral training with Dr. Lila Solnica-Krezel at Washington University School of Medicine. While there,ContinueContinue reading “2020 Chi-Bin Chien Award Winner, Dr. Margot Williams, a GC-CPEH Pilot Project Awardee”

Baylor College of Medicine has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund a new Maternal and Infant Environmental Health Riskscape (MIEHR) Research Center. Baylor will receive $7.1 million over five years and is one of only three sites in the country selected as a Center of Excellence for environmental health disparities research byContinueContinue reading “The Maternal and Infant Environmental Health Riskscape (MIEHR) Research Center”

GC-CPEH Deputy Director, Dr. Elaine Symanski’s Metal Air Pollution Partnership Solutions project was highlighted in the June 2020 Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Newsletter by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).  Dr. Symanski with GC-CPEH members, Drs. Inkyu Han and Heyreoun An Han and the rest of her team working together withContinueContinue reading “Metal Air Pollution Partnership Solutions (MAPPS) Project Highlighted in NIH PEPH Newsletter”