The STEEP 2024-2025 Seminar Series will explore PFAS and their health impacts through a series of expert-led presentations.

The series begins with Dr. Joseph Braun, Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET. Dr. Braun will present PFAS Exposure and Its Health Impacts: Understanding Sources, Health Risks, and Interventions, focusing on the relationship between PFAS exposure and long-term metabolic diseases, as well as approaches for assessing and mitigating these risks.

Following Dr. Braun, on Wednesday, December 11th, 2024, at 12:00PM ET, join us for an eye-opening webinar, PFAS Research: Facts, Fiction, and Fraud,  featuring STEEP Project 1 lead Philippe Grandjean,  founding editor of the journal Environmental Health, as he delves into the complex world of PFAS research. Although science is meant to be neutral and objective, Grandjean has uncovered numerous instances of bias and even falsification in PFAS-related studies. In some cases, research publications have been manipulated to support marketing agendas rather than scientific truth. In this webinar, Grandjean will provide real-world examples of how research can be misused and share his insights on how to critically assess publications to identify which may be misleading or untrustworthy.

Dr. Alicia Timme-Laragy, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at UMass Amherst, will present virtually on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 11:00 AM ET. Her talk, Insights into Developmental Toxicity of PFAS from Zebrafish, will investigate how zebrafish serve as a model for studying the developmental effects of PFAS, especially their disruption of critical biological pathways involved in oxidative stress.

Join us for these insightful discussions on PFAS research and its broader public health implications.

Additional speakers will be announced throughout the year. For more details and registration, visit the URI STEEP SRP website.