9:00 a.m. Monday, November 10 Dalton Woods Auditorium, Energy, Coast & Environment Bldg Louisiana State University Why the NIH/NIEHS Superfund Research Program is Really SUPER! A PUBLIC SEMINAR BY William Suk, Ph.D., M.P.H. Director, Superfund Research Program and Center for Risk & Integrated Sciences (CRIS) Chief, Hazardous Substances Research Branch, NIEHS Division of Extramural Research & Training Suk received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the George Washington University and his Masters in Public Health in health policy from the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the editorial boards of a number of international journals, including Environmental Health, Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry, International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, and the Central European Journal of Public Health. He has been recognized with a National Science Foundation fellowship. The NIH has honored him for his many efforts, and he has received the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service. He is a recipient of the Roy E. Albert Memorial Award for Translational Research in Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati; the Child Health Advocacy Award from the Children’s Environmental Health Network; the John P. Wyatt Lecture Award in Environmental Health and Disease from the University of Kentucky; and the Adel F. Sarofim Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement in Championing Research on the Origin, Fate and Health Effects of Combustion Emissions. He is a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, the international society of scholars in environmental and occupational health. The NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) funds university-based multidisciplinary research on human health and environmental issues related to hazardous substances. The central goal is to understand and break the link between chemical exposure and disease. In keeping with the NIEHS mission, teams of diverse professionals develop, test, and implement unique solutionoriented approaches to address complex environmental health problems. Focused research is improving the understanding of environmental contaminants, which may lead to lower environmental cleanup costs, reduced risk of exposure, and improvements in human health. Hosted by: Slawo Lomnicki, Ph.D. ([email protected]) and LSU SRP (http://www.srp.lsu.edu/index.html)