IHHE faculty member Dr. Katrina Korfmacher was on WXXI radio's Connections today. She discussed the future of the statewide Healthy Neighborhood Program that addresses home-related health issues. www.wxxinews.org/show/connect...

Have you changed your furnace filter? It's easier than you think and you can do it yourself! Our Engagement team created a video that walks you through the steps of changing your furnace filter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzCX...

Join us on Thursday March 5 for a seminar presented by Dr. Peter Thorne from University of Iowa. “Pattern Recognition Signals and the Hygiene Hypothesis: Bridging Toxicology and Population Health" #toxicology

IHHE faculty members Drs. Katrina Korfmacher and Becca Lauzon wrote a @nchh.org blog article about their ROC HOME study project. "Integrating New York’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program into Housing Rehabilitation: Initial Lessons from the ROC HOME Study" nchh.org/2026/02/inte... #URochesterResearch

New research article co-authored by IHHE faculty member Dr. Katrina Korfmacher. 📢 "Understudied PFAS precursors dominate household dust: insights from a pilot study in Rochester, NY" 🔗 rdcu.be/e3TO9 #URochesterResearch #PFAS

So proud to be part of this team work.

Read about the evolution of the Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center (LOMP), which leverages the expertise and teamwork of numerous IHHE faculty members. #microplastics #URochesterResearch @ritcpe.bsky.social www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/t...

Rochester Ecology Partners is launching a Tree Ambassador program with funding from the IHHE. 🌳 The Tree Ambassador program will engage our community in activities on the health benefits of trees and encourage the expansion of Rochester’s tree canopy. rochesterecologypartners.org/2026/01/27/t...

The IHHE’s Community Engagement team attended the Rochester Healthy Home Partnership (RHHP) meeting today to celebrate the 8th printing of the “Healthy Homes, Healthy Families” resource guide, which we co-developed in collaboration with RHHP. 🔗 www.urmc.rochester.edu/environmenta...

@jackofrogy.bsky.social and Rachel Lombardo leverage the power of #Xenopus as a robust comparative model to study the health impacts of microplastics in this post on the Node 🐸⬇️ thenode.biologists.com/the-health-i...

We are honored to share our Perspective in Nature Communications, reflecting on the legacy of John B. Gurdon. Beyond his discoveries, his generosity and curiosity inspired a community of scientists-we remember and celebrate his lasting impact. #JohnGurdon #Xenopus #NatureCommunications

Modern Xenopus research uses this system to study #devbio, genetic diseases, biomechanics, and cell biology. If you want hands-on experience, register now to the CSHL Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... Deadline: January 16, 2026

Our recent review on evolution of non classical MHC-I and innate T cells is out in the journal Cells doi.org/10.3390/cell...

Please join us in congratulating Shreya Bavdekar and the 2025 URMC PREP cohort on their outstanding presentations at the PREP Symposium! Next up for Shreya: @colorado.edu! 🎓👏 #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @jackofrogy.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social 🧵1/3

Happy Earth Day! 🌎 The "Microplastics and Me" brochure created by our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center (LOMP) is a featured resource for the NIH Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Resource Center. @urochester.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @ritcpe.bsky.social #SciComm

Why we study shrimp on treadmills: The case for curiosity-driven research www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/b... via @statnews.com

IHHE faculty member Dr. Jacques Robert will be on WXXI Environmental Connections - Friday 2/28 from 1-2pm. He will discuss his research on the effect of environmental stressors on amphibian health, and what frogs can teach us about human health. 🐸 #URochesterResearch www.wxxinews.org/environmenta...

Me & some of my favorite posters from the #standupforscience rally in Chicago today. The snow did not stop us ❄️🧬🧪🥼

IHHE faculty member Dr. Alison Elder is quoted in this microplastics article. “The inhalation route is a major concern because if inhaled plastics can get into the deep lung and cause an inflammatory reaction, they don’t need to go anywhere to cause health outcomes.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is a remarkable statement from the president of the American Bar Association which is nonpartisan and avoids politics … www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

IHHE and @ritcpe.bsky.social faculty members of our Lake Ontario MicroPlastics Center are in sunny San Diego for a meeting with other Centers for Oceans and Human Health. @urochester.bsky.social @rittigers.bsky.social #microplastics #URochesterResearch

Hey if you're HHS or elsewhere and have heard more, OR if you are an NIH or NSF grantee who has seen your funding actually move forward (or not!), I'd love to hear from you. Signal in bio.

Disruptions to the NIH impact more than just science; they will hit all Americans in our wallets. I spoke yesterday with Becky Fogel from @kutnews.bsky.social about the important role NIH-funded research plays in the economy. 🧵 1/n www.kut.org/education/20...

Dems. This is simple messaging. Musk demanded FAA head be fired; Trump did what Musk wanted. Now there's a deadly crash killing Americans because Trump is running America for the benefit of billionaires. Repeat: Elon Musk demanded FAA head be fired and Trump did his bidding to benefit Musk not us.

The dangers of pausing NIH grants could be far-reaching. Thank you @choo.bsky.social for your excellent @msnbc.com piece! www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Heard from inside the National Cancer Institute, part of NIH — travel through April is canceled. Purchasing with government card is frozen. All public comms are off limits. Can’t even submit abstracts to future meetings. Can’t submit *manuscripts* for publication. All hiring activity frozen. Fuck.

NIH withdrew several funding opportunities related to diversity. They’re not going to review the ones already in, and apparently they’re not going to pay the ones that have just been awarded.

Great decision

A special present from my lab during our jumping frog lab holiday party.

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