Environmental Health Science

Sep 3, 2021

Environmental Health Science Faculty News and Grant Successes

2020 CHHE Outstanding Member Award Congratulations to Drs. Michael Bereman and Mike Cowley for being selected to receive the 2020 Center for Human Health and Environment Outstanding Member Award. This award is given in recognition of their outstanding contributions to […]

May 16, 2020  |  Environmental Health Science

Center for Human Health and the Environment Receives $7.6M Funding Renewal

The NIEHS will continue to fund the center’s work to understand how human health is impacted by environmental factors for another five years.

Feb 4, 2019  |  Environmental Health Science

NC State Researchers to Invite Fayetteville-Area Residents for GenX, PFAS Study

Researchers with North Carolina State University’s GenX exposure study will be inviting a limited number of residents from Fayetteville’s Gray’s Creek area whose wells have been tested for GenX to participate in water, blood and urine testing for the presence…

Nov 10, 2018  |  Environmental Health Science

Researchers Identify Promising Proteins for Diagnostic, Prognostic Use in ALS

Researchers have identified proteins that may be useful in both earlier diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and in more accurate disease prognosis.

Mar 7, 2018  |  Environmental Health Science

Researchers Explore The Link Between Environment, Genes And Health

NC State’s Center for Human Health and the Environment hosted its second annual symposium focused on epigenetics, environment and human health.

Dec 1, 2017  |  Environmental Health Science

Researchers Receive Grant to Study GenX Exposure in New Hanover County Residents

NC State researchers will lead study on GenX exposure in New Hanover County residents

Jul 25, 2017  |  Environmental Health Science

NC State and UNC Researchers Find New Clues to ALS Causes and Cures

NC State and UNC researchers are teaming up to reverse TDP-43 protein aggregation, a hallmark of degenerative diseases like ALS.

Oct 27, 2016  |  Environmental Health Science

Early Lead Exposure Affects Gene Expression Throughout Life

A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University biologists Cathrine Hoyo and Randy Jirtle have found links between lead exposure in children and epigenetic alterations in regulatory regions of genes that are imprinted and known to be critical in growth regulation and brain development.