BCM-Rice Superfund Research Program

The @BCMHouston @RiceUniversity Superfund Research Program was established to examine maternal exposure to PAHs which are present in Superfund sites.

[ECHO Child Health Research @ECHOChildHealth]

Join us online Wed. 10/9 @ 1 pm ET to see @AlisonPaquette of Seattle Children's Research Institute present our next free, public #ECHODiscovery webinar on the role of the #placenta in the relationship between chemical exposures and #preterm birth: https://t.co/pl7VhCdLC5

[Environmental Health News @EHNewsroom]

The suffering of the Medcalf family is but one story among far too many that are emblematic of the struggles behind America’s Superfund program, which aims to clean up sites around the country contaminated with a range of dangerous industrial toxins.
https://t.co/DnGmStDfhQ

[Rice Engineering and Computing @RiceEngineering]

Congratulations to professors Pedro Alvarez and Antonios Mikos for being elected fellows of the @americanacad, the nation’s foremost society of scholars. https://t.co/0HoRJYJp91

[Rice University Civil & Environmental Engineering @RiceCEVE]

Congratulations to civil and environmental engineering professor Pedro Alvarez for being elected a fellow of the @americanacad, the nation’s foremost society of scholars. https://t.co/DXvEtYdWN3

[BCM-Rice Superfund Research Program @BCMSuperfund]

Please join us for our upcoming seminar featuring Jackie Medcalf, founder of THEA. @TXHEA

[THEA @TXHEA]

Curious about the current status of the Waste Pits? Join us in ONE WEEK for Superfund Site updates and cupcakes for THEA’s birthday! Be there at 6:30 at the Highlands Community Center 604 Highland Woods Dr., Houston, TX 77562.

[BCM-Rice Superfund Research Program @BCMSuperfund]

Congratulations to our SRP trainee, Gwen Hummel, who recently received a Fulbright award to study at the University of Western Australia in 2025! @BCMGradSchool

[Environmental Health News @EHNewsroom]

A study published in Toxicological Sciences used new tools to detect microplastics in human placentas, and found microplastics in all 62 of the placentas sampled.
https://t.co/uCMX1N99Rr

[Enrico R. Barrozo @BarrozoPhD]

Honored that our collaborative work was recognized at @MySMFM #SMFM24 with the Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Supported by @baxi_md | @TCHResearchNews @bcmhouston @BCMFromtheLabs @BCMSuperfund

[Eliane El Hayek @ElianeElHayek]

@eliseo_fc
@jorgenvironment @BarrozoPhD
https://t.co/PgMtJkZ5Gw

[Rice University @RiceUniversity]

Naomi Halas, a pioneering researcher in the fields of nanophotonics and plasmonics at Rice University, has been awarded the 2024 Mildred Dresselhaus Prize for Nanoscience/Nanomaterials from the American Physical Society. https://t.co/y8lLhciiKd

[BCM-Rice Superfund Research Program @BCMSuperfund]

Congrats to our Project 3 colleagues on their recent publication showing that environmental PAHs increase neonatal lung injury.
Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) augments neonatal hyperoxic lung injury: Role of cytoc… https://t.co/ktto7cBdRW

[BCM-Rice Superfund Research Program @BCMSuperfund]

Excited to present at the annual SRP meeting today. Sara Denison from Project 4 at Rice University presented on utilizing clays to enhance pyrolysis of PAH remediation. Melissa Suter presented data on altered metabolomics in preterm birth. #SRP2023

[Texas A&M Superfund Research Center @tamusuperfund]

APHA Annual Meeting & Expo coming up. Introducing Xiara Day and Ruby Hernandez, @tamusuperfund CEC trainees, who will be showcasing their @SRP_NIEHS research at the poster sessions. Stop by and check out their posters. @PublicHealth @tamuvetmed

[BCM-Rice Superfund Research Program @BCMSuperfund]

Please come join us on Sept. 7 for a discussion at SCI CAFE on Clean Air for Blue Skies.

[BCM-Rice Superfund Research Program @BCMSuperfund]

Micro-RNAs may serve as a protective epigenetic mechanisms in the neonatal female lung. @kdocneo @CCoarfa
Loss of microRNA-30a and sex-specific effects on the neonatal hyperoxic lung injury https://t.co/C0Bt01QoeA