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Center for Human Health and the Environment Receives $7.6M Funding Renewal

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Sep 28, 2023

NC State Researchers Awarded $3 Million from NSF to Design Revolutionary Materials

The research will drive the design, discovery and development of advanced materials needed to address major societal challenges. 
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Sep 12, 2022

The Freedom of Flexibility

Private support has given Thomas Schaefer, the Wesley O. Doggett Distinguished Professor for the Department of Physics, greater flexibility to Think and Do. 
Heather Patisaul works at a light box

Jul 7, 2022

Associate Dean for Research Patisaul Recognized for Outstanding Scientific Contributions

Heather Patisaul has been named chair for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the NC State Research Leadership Academy, and has received an award from the Society of Toxicology. 
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Feb 14, 2022

ShellCast App Helps Growers Forecast Harvest Closures

The North Carolina State Climate Office's Kathie Dello, Sheila Saia and John McGuire were part of a team that developed ShellCast, an online application for predicting temporary shellfish lease closures. 
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Oct 1, 2021

Zakas Awarded $1.9M NIH Grant for Maternal Genetics Research

Christina Zakas will investigate how maternal genetics affects human health and development. 
Cathrine Hoyo delivers a talk at the 2020 CHHE Symposium.

Sep 28, 2021

Researchers Receive $17M Grant to Explore Links Between Contaminants and Liver Cancer

NC State is the lead institution on a major study that will explore a potential link between environmental contaminants and liver cancer. 
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Aug 30, 2021

Geneticist Heil Awarded $1.9M NIH Grant for Genome Evolution Research

Caiti Smukowski Heil of the Department of Biological Sciences received a grant through the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award program. 
Joshua Pierce works in his lab

Dec 18, 2020

NC State Chemist Awarded $2.4M for Research on Bioactive Natural Products

Joshua Pierce will investigate potential treatments for bacterial infections, cancer and other diseases. 
Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji

Dec 18, 2020

NC State Toxicologist Awarded $1.8M to Study Contributors to Inflammatory Disease

Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji will use the five-year grant to investigate how certain signaling pathways contribute to inflammatory diseases. 
Zoe Lindsey-Mills and Rob Smart talk in his lab

May 14, 2020

Center for Human Health and the Environment Receives $7.6M Funding Renewal

The NIEHS will continue to fund the center's work to understand how human health is impacted by environmental factors for another five years.