EXAMPLES OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS

LAST UPDATED: JANUARY 2014

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Naujokas MF, Anderson B, Ahsan H, Aposhian HV, Graziano JH, Thompson C, Suk WA. 2013. The Broad Scope of Health Effects from Chronic Arsenic Exposure: Update on a Worldwide Public Health Problem. Environmental Health Perspectives. Perspectives 121:295–302.

Schug TT, Nadadur SS, Johnson AF. 2013. Nano GO Consortium—A Team Science Approach to Assess Engineered Nanomaterials: Reliable Assays and Methods. Environmental Health Perspectives 121:A176-A177 .

Birnbaum LS, Bucher JR, Collman GW, Zeldin DC, Johnson AF, Schug TT, Heindel JJ. 2012. Consortium-Based Science: The NIEHS’s Multipronged, Collaborative Approach to Assessing the Health Effects of Bisphenol A. Environmental Health Perspectives 120:1640–1644.

King , H.A., K.W. Trotter, and T.K. Archer. 2012. Chromatin remodeling during glucocorticoid receptor regulated transactivation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1819(7):716-26.

Weinstock D, Slatin C. 2012. Learning to Take Action: The Goals of Health and Safety Training. New Solutions 22(3):255-267.

Weinstock D, Lee J. 2012. Being on the Web of Unions: An Interview With D'Arcy Martin, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. New Solutions 22(3) 269-281.

King H.A., A. Hoelz, B. Crane, and M.W. Young. 2011. Structure of an Enclosed Dimer formed by the Drosophila Protein Period. Journal of Molecular Biology. 413(3):561-72.

Lee J, Weinstock D. 2011. Minimizing Safety and Health Impacts at Disaster Sites: The Need for Comprehensive Worker Safety and Health Training Based on an Analysis of National Disasters in the U.S. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. doi:10.2202/1547-7355.1757

Harris M, Yeskey K. 2011. Bioterrorism and the Vital Role of Family Physicians. American Family Physicians 84(1).

Rubinson L, Vaughn F, Nelson S, Giordano S, Kallstrom T, Buckley T, Burney T, Hupert N, Mutter R, Handrigan M, Yeskey K, Lurie N, Branson R. 2010. Mechanical Ventilators in US Acute Care Hospitals. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 4:199-206.

Yeskey K. 2010. Introduction to Public Health Emergency Response in Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: Principles and Practice PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation.

Yeskey K. 2009. Effective Pandemic Preparedness. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 3(Supplement 2): S91-92.

Coleman C, Hrdina C, Bader J, Norwood A, Hayhurst R, Forsha J, Yeskey K, Knebel A. 2009. Medical Response to a Radiologic/Nuclear Event: Integrated Plan from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services. Annals of Emergency Medicine 53(2).

Roszak A, Jensen F, Wild R, Yeskey K, Handrigan M. 2009. Implications of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) During Public Health Emergencies and on Alternate Sites of Care. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 3(Supplement 2):172-175.

Zaslavsky I, Pezzoli K, Valentine D, Lin A, Sarabia H, Ellisman M, Tukey RH, Hull A, Miranda ML, Avakian MD. 2006. Integrating GIS and Portal Technologies for Assessing Environmental Health Impacts of Hurricane Katrina. In: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Vol II, August 19-22. Houston, TX: American Science Press, 385-390.

Yeskey K. 2005. Domestic Disaster Response: FEMA and Other Governmental Organizations in Textbook of Military Medicine: Military Preventive Medicine Borden Institute.

Suk WA, Avakian MD, Carpenter DO, Groopman JD, Scammell MK, Wild CP. 2004. Human Exposure Monitoring and Evaluation in the Arctic: The Importance of Understanding Exposures to the Development of Public Health Policy. Environmental Health Perspectives 112(2):113-120.

Suk WA, Murray K, Avakian MD. 2003. Environmental Hazards to Children's Health in the Modern World. Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research 544(2-3):235-242.

Avakian MD, Dellinger B, Fiedler H, Gullet B, Koshland CP, Marklund S, Oberdorster G, Safe SH, Sarofim A, Smith KR, Schwartz D, Suk WA. 2002. The Origin, Fate, and Health Effects of Combustion By-products: A Research Framework. Environmental Health Perspectives 110(11):1155-1162.

MEETING REPORTS/SUMMARIES

Nanotechnology Consortium Summary Report: Center Progress Updates from January 2013-October 2013; January 2014

Examining Safety Culture/Climate: A Workshop Report; October 2013

Worker Education and Training Program: NIEHS Hurricane Sandy Response Report; September 2013

Urban Waters Federal Partners & Awardee Meetings; October 23-25, 2012

Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Awardee Symposium; July 10-11, 2012

Prenatal Programing and Toxicity (PPTOX) III: Environmental Stressors in the Developmental Origins of Disease: Evidence and Mechanisms; May 14–16, 2012

Centers for Neurodegeneration Science Grantees Meeting; May 3-4, 2012

Strengthening a Dynamic Environmental Public Health Network for Tomorrow: Advancing Science Through Critical Reflection (NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health); March 7-8, 2012

Improving Safety and Health Training for Disaster Cleanup Workers: Lessons Learned from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; February 2012

BPA GO Consortium Meeting; January 17-19, 2012

Mini-Symposium: Epigenetics, Chromatin Biology, Development, and Disease; January 10, 2012

“We find the Research Brief series so useful

that I save and catalog each one as part of the

monthly new additions to the California

Water Boards’ Joint Intranet Technical

Library. I put out the new-additions e-mail

(which goes to a large fraction of Water

Board staff, statewide) at the beginning of the

month, after receiving your e-mail.”

Ed Wosika, Assoc. Eng. Geologist; Land

Disposal Unit; California State Water

Resource Control Board

REPORTS ON SCIENCE & PROGRAMMATIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Celebrating 25 Years of the Superfund Research Program

2012 HHS Environmental Justice Implementation Progress Report

Guidelines for the Protection of and Training of Workers Engaged in Maintenance and Remediation Work Associated with Mold, May 2005

NIEHS Division of Extramural Research and Training, 2012 Overview and Highlights

NIEHS Superfund Research Program monthly Research Briefs (since 2002)

Sustainable Materials Management Report; prepared for Waste Management, Inc.

Training Workers for Risks of Nanotechnology

FACT SHEETS, BULLETINS, AND BROCHURES

NIEHS/EPA Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Protecting Children’s Health for a Lifetime

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Can Be Cost Effective and Economical

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Can Be Green and Sustainable

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Can Protect the Environment, Public Health, and Water Quality

Federal Facility Community Fact Sheets: Five Year Reviews at Superfund Sites

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment: A Sensible Solution

Fact Sheets for the National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training

Protecting Yourself While Removing Post-Disaster Debris from Your Home or Business (Training materials and fact sheet)

Protecting Yourself from Avian Influenza (English and Spanish)

Protecting Yourself While Responding to Earthquakes (English and Spanish)

Protecting Yourself While Responding to Hurricanes (English, Spanish, Vietnamese)

Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD) Preparedness: Protecting Yourself During a Dirty Bomb Response

Safety and Health Awareness for Oil Spill Cleanup Workers (English, Spanish, Vietnamese)

Safety Awareness for Responders to Floods: Protecting Yourself While Helping Others

Fact Sheets for the Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration:

Leading the Way on Climate Change Adaptation

BioPreferred® Program: Expanding Agricultural Markets

Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines: Recycled Content Products

Energy Star®: Saving Energy, Money, and the Environment

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool: Procuring Eco-friendly Electronics

Federal Energy Management Program: Increasing Federal Energy Efficiency

Low VOC: Making Everyday Products Safer

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Protecting Our Air and Health

Primary Metals Free: Eliminating Hazardous Metals

Plastics Removal in the Marine Environment: Unclogging Our Oceans and Waterways

Significant New Alternatives Policy: Protecting the Earth’s Ozone Layer

WaterSense®: Saving an Essential ResourceGSA Schedule Offerings for Climate Change Adaptation Services

NEWSLETTERS

ePosted – NIEHS Superfund Research Program monthly newsletter

Global Environmental Health Newsletter – NIEHS quarterly newsletter

NewsBriefs – NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program weekly newsletter

PEPH News – NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health monthly newsletter

NIEHS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR (ONLINE NEWSLETTER ARTICLES)

Since 2007, MDB has written more than 140 articles for the Environmental Factor.

Recent examples include:

Duke brings Superfund research to the Elizabeth Ricer Learning Barge - January 2014

Preterm birth linked with maternal phthalate exposure during pregnancy - January 2014

Researchers find elevated flame retardant exposure among U.S. gymnasts - January 2014

Delaware cleanup project makes use of NIEHS-funded technology - December 2013

Toxicology symposium highlights the flip sides of nanomaterials - December 2013

UC Berkeley meeting explores methods to detect more chemicals - December 2013

Reducing lead contamination in urban soils - November 2013

Scientists document arsenic spread to previously unpolluted aquifer in Vietnam - October 2013

Duke SRP uses blog to explain research projects - September 2013

Iowa SRP hosts health science and engineering summer camp - September 2013

Zebrafish developmental assays test the safety of new chemicals - September 2013

Duke workshop addresses environmental justice issues in North Carolina - August 2013

Superfund pilots new promotora training module in Mexico and Arizona - August 2013

WETP workshop identifies strategies to promote effective safety cultures - July 2013

New approach creates red blood cells, platelets in vitro - July 2013

Barium distributions in teeth reveal early-life dietary transitions - June 2013

New plant research discoveries could benefit global agriculture - June 2013

POSTERS

Advances in Emerging Contaminant Detection, Remediation, and Exposures: Update on the Superfund Research Program; presented at 2013 NIEHS Science Day

Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Resource Center: Connect & Share; presented at 2013 NIEHS Environmental Health Disparities & Environmental Justice Meeting

Building Resiliency Through Community Emergency Response Teams and Hazardous Waste Worker Training Programs; presented at the 2012 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference

National Network to Investigate the Utility of Short-term Bioassays for Evaluating Sediment Quality; presented at the 2009 National Association of Remedial Project Managers

Social Media and Emergency Response; presented at the 2010 CDC 4th Annual National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media