2021 Dellinger Symposium

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Background

The Dellinger Symposium is held in honor of Dr. Barry H. Dellinger, founding director of the LSU Superfund Research Center. Each year an investigator in environmental health sciences is nominated by trainees to receive the Barry Dellinger Award for outstanding advancements in understanding combustion processes, formation of combustion by-products, and/or mechanisms of their health effects. This year, Dr. Irfan Rahman was selected to receive the award. The symposium is organized by the Center’s Trainee Leadership Advisory Board, the Research Experience and Training Coordination Core, the Administrative Core, and the Community Engagement Core.  Support for this event is provided by a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health.

Agenda at a Glance

  • 2:00 - 3:00 - The Dellinger Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Irfan Rahman, University of Rochester Medical Center, E-Cigarette/Tobacco Smoke-Mediated Lung Inflammatory and Injurious Responses
  • 3:00 - 3:45 - Poster Session
  • 4:00 - 5:00 - Trainee Presentations
  • 5:00 - 6:00 - Keynote Address, Dr. Joel Kaufman, University of Washington, Environmental Health Sciences in a Translational Research Framework: More than Benches and Bedsides

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Registration Information

The 2021 Dellinger Symposium is a virtual event. The event is free and open to the public but advance registration through Eventbrite is required. For registration and additional information, please visit https://2021dellingersymposium.eventbrite.com.  Links to the Zoom Webinar and iPoster gallery will be available on the online event page.