News:

• Children's Center investigator Dr. Shoreh Farzan selected to receive AACR-Aflac, Incorporated Scholar-in-Training Award at the 2013 AACR Annual Meeting. Dr. Farzan's abstract that was selected is entitled "Cutaneous alpha, beta and gamma human papillomaviruses in relation to basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma."

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• Children's Center investigator Dr. Kari Nadeau featured in New York Times for conducting trial to desensitize children with multiple food allergies

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• Beloved Former Surgeon General and Pediatric Surgeon Dr. C. Everett Coop dies at 96

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• Center postdoc Allison Appleton in the media for study of early childhood stress on later heart disease risk

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• Please congratulate Juliette Madan on being elected to the Society for Pediatric Research!
  

  SPR is the major pediatric academic society for faculty engaged in a research career, and requires substantial evidence of successful contributions as well as ongoing promise in research.

• "NHPR report discusses the prevalence of arsenic in NH groundwater"

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• Center Director, Dr. Margaret Karagas, will be serving on the editorial board for the Environmental Health journal.

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• "New Research Has Implications for Discussion of International Mercury Treaty"

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• "Agencies Weigh Pesticide Contamination As Source of Arsenic in Rice" (InsideEPA is not an official EPA document)

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• Center Director, Margaret Karagas, will be serving on the National Research Council sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and review its toxicological assessment of Arsenic for its Integrated Risk Information System

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• Center Research Translation and Community Engagement Director, Dr. Carolyn Murray, is featured in news report about the Center's research on Arsenic in Rice Products

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• The Coastal and Marine Mercury Ecosystem Collaborative (C-Merc) research report sponsored in part by the Chihldren's Center to be released December 3rd

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• Lundberg Family Farms responds to research on arsenic in rice

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• Center Investigator, Dr. Kathy Cottingham, keynote speaker at ''The 9th Annual Great Issues in Global Health and Medicine Symposium", speaks to students about global warming in a talk titled Climate Change: an ecological perspective

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• Center Investigator quoted in Environmental Health Perspectives

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• Center Postdoc mentioned in the media

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• Center's new research on rice consumption and arsenic exposure in children published in EHP and mentioned in the media


Link to article: Rice Consumption and Urinary Arsenic Concentrations in US Children

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• Bruce Lanphear, Chair of our External Advisory Committee, wins Scientific Integrity Award at AACR

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• Dr. Margaret Karagas served on the National Academies of Sciences Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities - Phase 1

  The committee report is now available online HERE

• Featured article in Science Daily discusses the recent publication in Nutrition Journal about the associations between toenail arsenic concentration and dietary factors. This study was led by Joanne Gruber.

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• Dr. Carmen Marsit of the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center examines how the placental epigenome reacts to different stressors.

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• Featured article in WIRED: Joshua Hamilton, PhD and Courtney Kozal-Horvath, PhD call attention to the importance of understanding Arsenic exposure and encourages government agencies to set a universal standard in regards to Arsenic exposure. Please click the following link to read the article titled: Is Arsenic the Worst Chemical in the World?
  
  
  

• PRESS RELEASE: Dartmouth's Coastal and Marine Mercury Ecosystem Research Collaborative (C-MERC) Paper Gives Direction to Future Research on Human Effects of Mercury Exposure
  
  
  

• The New Hampshire Pediatric Society awards Dr. John Moeschler, MD, affiliated with the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center at Dartmouth, the Pediatrician of the Year award in appreciation for his outstanding dedication and service to the children of New Hampshire

• Podcast: Bite of Arsenic with Kathy Cottingham, PhD
  

  Dr. Cottingham is one of environmental health science's foremost researchers, please join in as she discusses the motivation and vision behind her research

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• Children's Center Associate Director Carol Folt Appointed Interim President of Dartmouth

• League of Women Voters of the Upper Valley in collaboration with Dr. Carolyn Murray presents an environmental series Bringing Nature Home: Creating a Healthy Landscape
  




• Researchers at the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center at Dartmouth, in collaboration with Brian Jackson, call attention to high levels of arsenic (AS) found in organic rice syrup, and stress the need for regulatory limits on arsenic in food

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• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes: Study Improves our Understanding of Dietary Sources of Arsenic

• The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) announces Dartmouth Researchers' Evaluation of Rice as a Source of Fetal Arsenic Exposure

• Dartmouth NOW announces: the publication of Rice Consumption Contributes to Arsenic Exposure in U.S. Women in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal




• Dr. Karagas Meets Surgeon General Benjamin

• Environmental Health News: It's Elemental: Many Private Wells Across U.S. are Contaminated with Arsenic and Other Elements
  




• U.S. Geological Survey announces: Arsenic, Uranium and Other Trace Elements, a potential Concern in Private Drinking Wells

The full study and findings can be accessed at: http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/trace/pubs/sir2011-5059

• Xun Shi, PhD, and Principal Investigator for Project 3 currently has a paper named one of the top 25 papers by International Journal of Geographical Information Science. The paper is titled: Selection of Bandwidth Type and Adjustment Side in Kernel Density Estimation Over Inhomogeneous Backgrounds
  

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