2023

 

Progress toward understanding the relative importance of atmospheric PFAS sources and deposition for potential human and ecosystem exposures. Oral presentation by Colin Thackray at AGU 2023 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. 11-15 December, 2023.

 

Temporal Trends in Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Massachusetts Drinking Water. Oral presentation by Katherine Yang at at AGU 2023 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.  11-15 December, 2023.

 

Characterizing Mercury Release and Potential for Ecosystem Uptake in Permafrost Thaw-and Wildfire-Susceptible Alaskan Ecosystems. Oral presentation by Scott Zolkos at at AGU 2023 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.  11-15 December, 2023.

 

Sociodemographic Factors Are Associated with the Abundance of PFAS Sources and Detection in U.S. Community Water Systems. Invited presentation by Jahred Liddie at the National PFAS Contamination Coalition meeting. October 4, 2023. Virtual.

 

Sociodemographic Factors Are Associated with the Abundance of PFAS Sources and Detection in U.S. Community Water Systems. US EPA Federal-State Toxicology Risk Analysis Committee. Invited webinar presentation by Jahred Liddie, September 21, 2023.

 

PFAS Contamination of U.S. Community Water Systems and COVID-19 Mortality: Evidence from Two Drinking Water Monitoring Datasets. Oral presentation by Jahred Liddie at the International Society of Exposure Science. Chicago, IL. August 27-31, 2023.

 

Mercury Emissions and Cycling Under Alternative Societal Development Pathways. Poster presented by Ben Geyman at the Goldschmidt conference in Lyon, France,  July 9-14, 2023.

 

New Satellite Data for SO2 Suggest Higher Volcanic Mercury Emissions Concentrated in the Northern Hemisphere. Oral presentation by Ben Geyman at the Goldschmidt conference in Lyon, France,  July 9-14, 2023.

 

Dietary and gut microbiome effects on MeHg uptake and elimination rates: a case study of two Malagasy populations. Poster presentation by Evan Routhier at the Goldschmidt conference in Lyon, France, July 9-14, 2023.

 

Sociodemographic Factors Are Associated with the Abundance of PFAS Sources and Detection in U.S. Community Water Systems. Invited presentation by Jahred Liddie at the IDEA Learners Meeting (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Public Engagement with Science). June 22, 2023. Chapel Hill, NC (presented virtually).

 

Update on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule by Elsie Sunderland at Resources for the Future (RFF) webinar on "Unplugging Emissions: Exploring New EPA Rules on Climate and Health." Virtual. May 19, 2023.

 

PFAS Exposure Pathways. Invited presentation by Elsie Sunderland at the Social & Economic Impacts of PFAS in the Great Lakes/Lake Champlain Region Meeting. Illinois-Indiana Sea-Grant. Virtual presentation. March 8, 2023.

 

Reflections and Lesson from the Last 30 Years of Fish Consumption Advisories. Invited keynote talk by Elsie Sunderland at the US EPA National Forum on Contaminants in Fish. Virtual Meeting, February 28, 2023.

 

Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance and Precursor Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Recreational Fish: Implications for Fish Advisories. Oral presentation by Heidi Pickard at the US EPA National Forum on Contaminants in Fish. Virtual Meeting, February 28, 2023.

 

A food web bioaccumulation model for the accumulation of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in fish: how important is renal elimination? Oral presentation by Jennifer Sun at the US EPA National Forum on Contaminants in Fish. Virtual Meeting, February 28, 2023.

 

 

2022

 

Policy-Relevant Strategies for Environmental Health Research. Invited presentation by Elsie Sunderland at the International symposium: Sustainable and visionary health research in a changeable world. University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, Denmark. December 15, 2022.

 

Impacts of Global Change on the Cycling and Bioaccumulation of Anthropogenic Pollutants. Invited Seminar by Elsie Sunderland at the Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar Series, California Institute of Technology. Pasadena, CA, November 30, 2022.

 

PFAS and Precursor Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Recreational Fish: Implications for Fish Advisories. Oral presentation by Heidi Pickard at the SETAC North America 43rd Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 13-17, 2022.

 

Source-Receptor Relationships for Atmospheric PFAS Determined Using a 3-D Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model and Spatially Resolved US Emissions. Oral presentation by Jennifer Sun at the SETAC North America 43rd Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 13-17, 2022.

 

NIH Superfund Research Program Risk e-Learning Webinar Series: Climate Change and Health. Session II: Untangling Complex Exposures and Health Effects. Webinar including Elsie Sunderland. November 4, 2022.

 

PFAS Exposure Pathways, Sources and Time Trends.  Invited seminar by Elsie Sunderland at  George Washington University, Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, October 14, 2022. [pdf]

 

Sociodemographic disparities and metal concentrations in US drinking water supplies. Oral presentation by Mona Dai at ISEE, Athens Greece, September 18-21, 2022.

 

Sociodemographic factors are associated with abundance of PFAS sources and detections in U.S. Community Water Supplies. Poster presentation by Jahred Liddie at ISEE, Athens Greece, September 18-21, 2022.

 

Invited webinar by Elsie Sunderland with the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3), September 1, 2022.

 

Invited plenary talk by Elsie Sunderland at the 12th International Symposium on Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface, Zurich, Switzerland, July 24-29, 2022. [pdf]

 

Invited talk by Elsie Sunderland for the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Network: Contaminants in Arctic wildlife and humans – cross-cutting issues workgroup. June 21, 2022. [pdf]

 

Sociodemographic determinants of PFAS contamination in a United States Community Water Supplies. Poster Presentation by Jahred Liddie at the 3rd National PFAS Meeting: Highly Fluorinated Compounds - Environmental Justice and Scientific Discovery, Wilmington NC, June 15-17, 2022.

 

Invited talk by Elsie Sunderland. Ocean Nexus Center North American Meeting. Virtual. June 14, 2022. [pdf]

 

Centurial Persistence of Forever Chemicals at Military Fire Training Sites Without Remediation. Poster presentation by Bridger Ruyle at the Gordon Research Conference Environmental Science: Water. June 2022. [pdf]

 

Active or passive transport? Analyzing the mechanisms underlying liver accumulation of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) using toxicokinetic modeling. Poster presentation by Fabian Fischer at the Gordon Research Conference Environmental Science: Water. June 2022.

 

Using EOF and the TOP Assay to Understand PFAS Biogeochemistry Downstream of Historical Fire-fighting Training. Oral presentation by Bridger Ruyle at the  Northeast Conference on the Science of PFAS: Public Health & the Environment. Marlborough, MA,  April 5-6, 2022.

 

Chemical effects characterization. Invited seminar by Fabian Fischer at the University of Rhode Island. April, 2022.

 

Analytical Methods & Challenges in Identifying Bioaccumulative PFAS in Aquatic Ecosystems. Oral Presentation by Heidi Pickard at the Northeast Conference on the Science of PFAS: Public Health & the Environment,  Marlborough, MA,  April 5-6, 2022.

 

Sociodemographic determinants of PFAS contamination in a United States Community Water Supplies. Poster Presentation by Jahred Liddie at the Northeast Conference on the Science of PFAS: Public Health & the Environment,  Marlborough, MA,  April 5-6, 2022.

 

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2021

 

The Economist Impact on: Chemical Pollution in the Ocean, Back to Blue Initiative. Invited podcast featuring Elsie Sunderland. December 22, 2021.

 

Research gaps in understanding the PFAS problem. Invited Congressional Testimony by Elsie Sunderland. House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittees on Environment and on Research and Technology.  December 7, 2021.

 

PFAS In Our World: Understanding Exposures in a World Full of PFAS. Invited keynote talk by Elsie Sunderland. FLUOROS Global 2021: International Perspective on PFAS Science. Virtual meeting. October 3, 2021. [pdf]

 

Accumulation of PFAS Precursors in Recreational Freshwater Fish Species. Poster presentation by Heidi Pickard at FLUOROS Global 2021. October 2021.

 

The known unknowns: What are we are currently overlooking related to PFAS exposures? Invited seminar by Elsie Sunderland for the North Carolina State Superfund Program. September 28, 2021. [pdf]

 

PFAS Exposure Sources. Invited panel including Elsie Sunderland, Environmental Working Group Symposium on PFAS, July 14, 2021.

 

PFAS Exposure Sources and Pathways. Invited presentation by Elsie Sunderland at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine consensus study on Guidance on PFAS testing and Health Outcomes. July 13, 2021.

 

Let's Talk about PFAS: The Case of the Missing Contaminants. Invited talk by Bridger Ruyle at the STEEP Superfund Program Community Outreach Event. June 23, 2021.

 

What PFAS Chemicals Are and Where They are Found. Invited presentation by Elsie Sunderland. MA PFAS Interagency Task Force. June 15, 2021. [pdf]

 

Global Contaminants in an Era of Environmental Change. Invited seminar by Elsie Sunderland at the Physical Geography seminar series, University College London. May 20, 2021. [pdf]

 

Present understanding of exposure sources and health effects of poly- and perfluroalkyl substances (PFAS). Invited seminar by Elsie Sunderland at the Environmental Metrology & Policy Program, Georgetown University. April 29, 2021. [pdf]

 

Global multimedia modeling capabilities for mercury. Invited presentation by Elsie Sunderland at the Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution (HTAP) Fate and Transport partnership meeting. April 13, 2021. [pdf]

 

The business and societal impacts of drinking water contamination. Invited panel featuring Elsie Sunderland for "Dark Waters" film discussion -  Harvard Business School Food, Agriculture and Water Club. March 24, 2021.

 

PFAS Exposure Pathways, Sources and Time Trends. Invited talk at "PFAS: A Virtual Workshop for Journalists." Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources. January 27, 2021. [pdf]

 

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2020

 

Characterizing U.S. Drinking Water Inorganic Pollutant Concentrations Through an Environmental Justice Lens. Virtual presentation by Mona Dai at the SETAC North America 41st Annnual Meeting (Virtual). 15-19 November, 2020.

 

Multimedia modeling. Invited talk by Elsie Sunderland at the Minamata Convention online seminar series. United Nations Environment Programme. November 17, 2020.

 

Per- and Polyflouroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Exposure, Toxicity and Policy. Invited talk by Elsie Sunderland for the University of Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (MLEEAD) Center. October 7, 2020.

 

Sources, Fate and Effects of PFAS. Invited Seminar by Elsie Sunderland, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory Seminar Series, September 9, 2020. [pdf]

 

Understanding diverse exposure pathways for PFAS. Keynote Talk by Elsie Sunderland. Emerging Contaminants Summit, March 11, 2020. [pdf]

 

Linking global contaminant releases to health. Invited Seminar by Elsie Sunderland for the Doctoral Seminar Series, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St John's University, Queens NY, February 24, 2020. [pdf].

 

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