Check out @lpm.org's interview w/ Dr. Natasha DeJarnett about the Envirome Institute and our upcoming community event on the intersections of history, science & health. tinyurl.com/y8drx4xx See event details below. We hope you can join us!

Oceans provide essential ecosystem services to human society, yet the climate impacts on blue capital have long been ignored. A study in Nature Climate Change shows that accounting for the potential damage would almost double the social cost of carbon estimation. go.nature.com/4riGn6w 🌊 🧪

Inside Climate News: A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response insideclimatenews.org/news/2601202...

The US government has lost more than 10,000 people with PhDs in the STEM or health fields since Trump 2.0 took office — 14% of the federal civil servants with PhDs in those areas, a @ScienceMagazine analysis shows. What could possibly go wrong? www.science.org/content/arti...

Large language models in global health www.nature.com/articles/s44...

We envision a world in which an engaged, enthusiastic public champions innovative research discoveries that help people and their dogs live healthier, longer lives. 🔍Learn more about us at dogaginginstitute.org #DogAgingInst #companiondogs #HealthyAging #SupportResearch

📣You’re Invited: History & Science Forum at Roots 101 Join us for a FREE community event on the powerful intersections of history, science, policy and environmental health. ➡️Thurs, Feb 5, 2026 Reception: 5:15pm | Panel: 6pm Details & registration: shorturl.at/Kw0vX

Congratulations to Dr. Sophia Sears on her recent appointment to the Early Career Editorial Board for the FASEB Journal. @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @uoflmedicine.bsky.social @stevenpjones.bsky.social

Congratulations to Ben Doelling of the Baba lab for recently receiving an NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship to examine strategies to reduce maladaptive inflammation in the setting of heart failure. #cardiosky @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @stevenpjones.bsky.social @uoflmedicine.bsky.social

Congratulations to Iona Palmer, Dean’s Research Scholar in my laboratory, for receiving a Travel Award from the American Physician Scientist Association to present work on the impact of sleep and sleep disruption on maternal cardiovascular health at the AAP/ASCI/APSA joint meeting in April.

Dismantling US vaccination policy will lead to more vaccine-preventable disease in kids. But how easy will it be to monitor the impact of the erosion of vaccine coverage? New data collection rule changes raise serious concerns about how visible results will be. www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/c...

Celebrate National #DressUpYourPetDay with us! Share your favorite photos of your adorable dog dressed up—it’s a great way to spread joy and connect with fellow pet lovers! 🔍 Discover more about the important work of the Dog Aging Institute at dogaginginstitute.org. #cutedogs #DogAgingInst

Many major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, primarily due to groundwater withdrawal, reduced sediment supply, and urban expansion, increasing flood risks for millions.

AI has been used for the first time to design genetic circuits in a human cell line, enabling rapid analysis and prediction of complex DNA functions for synthetic biology applications.

It's not too late for Americans to get the world-class transit networks they deserve — and it wouldn't take as long or cost as much as we spent building the highway system, a new analysis finds.

Axios: What to know about the world's great climate collapse www.axios.com/2026/01/13/c...

Thanks to Bill McDowell for interviewing me for an article in the Institute of Food Technologists magazine! www.ift.org/news-and-pub...

2025 saw another year of improvements for cyclists and bicycle infrastructure in Louisville. Envirome's Urban Design Studio examines cyclist safety in Louisville. www.udstudio.org/stories/a-lo...

We are excited to hear from Dr. Kory Lavine, Director for the Center of Cardiovascular Research at WashU, today. Dr Lavine is presenting as part of the Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Seminar Series, on work from his laboratory focused on understanding cardiac fibrosis. #cardiosky

Congratulations to Brittany Reynolds, Alex Carll, and colleagues on their recent publication in AJP-Heart. This review discusses how e-cigarette constituents and related toxicants disrupt cardiac rhythm and cause arrhythmias. For more details, please see: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41467847/ #cardiosky

A recent pub from the Wahlang Lab demonstrates that persistent organic pollutants uniquely increase susceptibility to steatotic liver disease in females by disrupting estrogen-related signaling and activating xenobiotic response pathways. 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41237942/

Join the additional CIEHS TRSC seminar covering the new IRB Protocol Builder online tool and how it can make IRB submissions more standardized, efficient, and user-friendly! 📅 Wednesday, January 28 ⏰ 4:30 PM (ET) 💻 Virtual 🔗 Register: forms.office.com/r/4YMJBKKdYF

Congrats to Natasha DeJarnett! Her co-edited textbook Environmental Health: Foundations for Public Health won 1st place in AJN's Public & Population Health Book of the Year. 🔗https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/fulltext/2026/01000/book_of_the_year_awards_2025.33.aspx

Congratulations to Helen E. Collins on receiving the 2025 International Union of Physiological Sciences International Early-Stage Faculty Prize for her contributions to Physiology. Read more about the award at www.iups.org/academy/awards #cardiosky

🫀 After MI, the heart is anything but static. Our new @CircRes paper maps temporal, sex-specific, cell-level transcriptomic changes in the murine heart following MI. A resource for the field. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41410034/ GEO: GSE308914 #cardiosky @stevenpjones.bsky.social

Out just in time for New Years' resolutions to quit puffing! Our review of how e-cigs and e-cig constituents cause arrhythmia. journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115… @ciehs.bsky.social @cardiometabosci.bsky.social @uoflenvirome.bsky.socialjournals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...25

Congratulations to Tyler Jobe, a PhD student in the laboratory of Dr. Marcin Wysoczynski, for receiving an AHA Predoctoral Fellowship to examine the metabolic control of neutrophil function. You have a bright future ahead of you. #cardiosky @stevenpjones.bsky.social @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

Congratulations are in order. Last week at the Envirome Annual Awards Gathering, the Center's own, Dr. Yibing Nong, received the Faculty of the Year award, and Ben Doelling, a PhD student, received the Trainee of the Year award. These Awards are extremely well deserved, and we are proud of you both.

Had a Louisville story featured on NPR's Morning Edition today, about how our local water company tracked a spike in one type of forever chemical up the Ohio River to a West Virginia factory. You can listen here: www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...

📢 The European Union just finalized its legally binding target to cut climate pollution 90% by 2040 from 1990 levels.📉⬇️ www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Plazas > Parking.

Intense wildfires can loft large smoke particles high into the atmosphere, where they persist and significantly increase outgoing radiation, potentially impacting Earth's climate in ways not yet reflected in current models. doi.org/hbd8pq

A new prospective #ScienceAdvances study involving more than 1000 pregnant women from three low- and middle-income countries suggests there is a relation between maternal lipid levels during pregnancy and preterm birth and gestational age. https://scim.ag/4pQ6cdg

This week, Dr. Sophia Sears, Assistant Professor in the Center, will deliver an invited talk as part of the Indiana University School of Medicine Nephrology Divisions' Renal Research Seminar Series.

Join us for the next “& Science” Forum Series event: Faith & Science! An expert panel will explore the intersection of faith, science, health & the environment. 📅 Thurs, Dec 11 📍 St Stephen Church Reception: 5:15pm; Panel: 6:00pm Registration and details below. www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-scie...

Congratulations to Dr. Marcin Wysoczynski, Associate Professor in the Center, on his appointment as a regular standing member of the NIH Integrative Myocardial Physiology/Pathophysiology B (MPPB) Study Section. #cardiosky @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @uoflmedicine.bsky.social @stevenpjones.bsky.social

The recording from the Weitzman Awards event has been posted to Weitzman's YouTube channel. The portion about Envirome's Green Heart Louisville Project begins at the 11-minute mark. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrDv...

Congratulations to the Center's own, Lianay Gutierrez Luque and Tyler Jobe, for their excellent presentation this week at #SfRBM25. We are proud of you both. Keep up the great work!

Dr. Danielle Little, Jones Lab graduate, had her final paper published from her dissertation. She led a team that deleted the primary hyaluronan-producing gene (Has2) in fibroblasts.

‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions | grist.org/health/lance...

Today at #SfRBM25

Kudos to the Envirome team members honored at the 2025 @uoflmedicine.bsky.social Dean's Staff & Faculty awards, including: Dr. Lauren Anderson Dr. Nolan Boyd Lori Phillips Cardinal Spirit Award Nominees Dr. @stevenpjones.bsky.social Distinguished Service to the University of Louisville Nominee

Envirome joined LOUMED and other Greenprint partners and community members to celebrate the opening of LOUMED Commons, a new and much needed green space in the heart of the medical & education district. One more step on the path to a greener, healthier city!

Today at #SfRBM25

Yesterday, UofL's Center for GIS held #GISDay 2025: Seeing the Forest for the Trees - Mapping Health in an Urban Landscape  to showcase how GIS helps foster a deeper understanding of our world. Envirome's Ray Yeager & fellow panelists discussed local projects incl the Green Heart Louisville Project.

In Session 6 at #SfRBM25 on Friday, Dr. Marcin Wysoczynski will present recent findings from his laboratory on the underappreciated role that mitochondria play in emergency granulopoiesis and the immune response. #cardiosky

Hot on the heels of his mentor, Tyler Jobe, a graduate student in Dr. Marcin Wysoczynski's laboratory, will present his thesis research on metabolic remodeling in neutrophils derived from emergency granulopoiesis, at #SfRBM25 on Friday in Session 6. #cardiosky

Transparency is a new test of corporate climate leadership. Patagonia’s first-ever Work in Progress Report shows what accountability and progress can look like, including their commitment to protecting the Vjosa River. (Sponsored by @patagonia.com)

The Weitzman School of Design at UPenn awarded the 2025 Witte-Sakamoto Family Medal in City and Regional Planning to the University of Louisville’s Green Heart Louisville Project at a public ceremony earlier this week. Learn more about the honor: news.louisville.edu/news/uofls-g...