ALT New Research in Brief. New EPA Funding Supports Faculty Studying Risk of PFAS Exposure on Nervous System. UGA public health researchers Lily Tang, J.S. Wang and Ye Shen received a $750,000 EPA grant to assess the neurotoxicity of 'forever chemicals" using nematodes. (Headshots of Tang, Wang and Shen).

ALT The University of Georgia College of Public Health State of the Public's Health Conference takes place Thursday, October 27, 2022 at the UGA Center for Continuing Education and Hotel. Keynote Speakers are: Montrece McNeill Ransom, JD, MPH currently serves as the Director of the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training at the National Network of Public Health Institutes. Ms. Ransom will be discussing issues of health equity and incorporating equity into public health practice; and Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd is a leading international expert in weather and climate and is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia. He will discuss the art and challenges of communicating science today.

ALT Photo of female student working in a lab. Help us cross the finish line. Give Now! By helping us bridge the August fundraising gap, you are directly supporting the Lipp Lab's ability to track rising viral levels of COVID-19 in the Athens-area community and enabling local leaders and healthcare systems to prepare for the fall. Will you help the Lipp Lab continue pandemic wastewater surveillance?

ALT Study Finds article quote: "We shouldn’t just assume that everyone will benefit from low-dose aspirin, and in fact the data shows that the potential benefits are similar to the potential harms for most people who have not had a cardio-vascular event and are taking it to try to prevent a first heart attack or stroke," Ebell said.