Week One
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Fri May 17
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Evening 6 PM
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Welcome Dinner
Swope 2nd Floor: Go through cafeteria line and meet in adjacent Private Dining Room
Introductions, Overview, Goals, Logistics:听 Ruderman, Hunt, Hyman MBL Education Dept
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Sat May 18
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Morning 9:00
Loeb 2nd floor lecture room
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Lecture:
EDCs: What, where, and how are we exposed? - Ruderman
How and why organisms are vulnerable to EDCs - Patisaul
Endpoints, windows of exposure, susceptible pathways
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Afternoon
Loeb 3rd floor
ECHO lab space
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Lab:
EDC mechanisms and analytical methods 鈥 Patisaul, Belcher
Models of EDC action, analytical lab, data interpretation
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Evening 7:00
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Lab:
Finish in vitro lab --- Patisaul & Belcher
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Sun May 19
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Morning
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Lecture:
The chemical revolution past, present and future 听鈥 Collins
EDC study design 鈥 Patisaul, Belcher, Vandenberg
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Data analysis from EDC mechanisms lab 鈥 Patisaul, Belcher
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Evening
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5-min PowerPoint presentations of participants鈥 home research projects
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Mon May 20
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Morning
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Lecture:
Animals: from toxicology to endocrinology 鈥 Vandenberg, Patisaul, Belcher Lunch with Science Journalism Fellows
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Brain and behavior lab
Using zebrafish to study EDCs - Delaney
Zebrafish facility tour
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Evening
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Communication:
Developing and refining your speaking style 鈥 Hunt
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Tues听May 21
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Morning
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Lecture:
EDCs as obesogens:听 A role in the rising tide of obesity? 鈥 Ruderman
Hazard Assessments 鈥 Vandenberg
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Mouse hazard lab 鈥 Vandenberg, Patisaul听听
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Evening
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Discussion:
Hazard vs risk - Vandenberg, Patisaul
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Wed May 22
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Morning
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Media Training 101 Handling tough questions from reporters - Kostant
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Afternoon
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Lab
Student interviews by reporters Rick Weiss and Kristina Marusic
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Evening
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Discussion:
The power of social media
Media training recap - Kostant
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Thur May 23
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Morning
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Lecture:
Community engaged research & One Health approaches - Frank von Hippel
Lessons from wildlife 鈥揃elcher听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Morphometric analysis of endocrine organs - Vandenberg听
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Evening
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Discussion:
Environmental justice - Frank von Hippel听听听听听听听听听听听
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Week Two
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Fri May 24
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Morning
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Lecture:
Analytical tools in biomonitoring 鈥 Gerona
Fundamentals of epidemiology - Oulhote
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Targeted vs non-targeted analysis 鈥 Gerona
Confounding: Implications of biomarker measurements 鈥 Oulhote
Direct vs indirect analysis; Choosing the right matrix 鈥 Gerona
Bias and error OR mixtures - Oulhote
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Evening
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Discussion:
Sustainable chemistry 鈥 Collins听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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Sat May 25
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Morning
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Lecture:
Perils and pitfalls of experimental studies to address human concerns and human studies to extend experimental findings 鈥 Hunt, Gerona
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Afternoon
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How is analytical data generated? - Gerona
R Lab 鈥 Oulhote
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Evening
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Pathways to change:
From scientific findings to policy change:听
How science-based agencies do and don鈥檛 make decisions 鈥 Maffini
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Sun May 26
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Morning
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Excursion to Martha鈥檚 Vineyard
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Afternoon
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听
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Evening
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PFAS at the movies:听 Dark Waters
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Mon May 27
Memorial Day
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Morning
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Lecture:听 听 听 听 听 听 听 C. elegans as a model to assess EDC effects on the germline and
effects of chemicals in mixtures听 - Colaiacovo听听听听听
EDC mixtures: Real life problems 鈥 Kassotis
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Using C. elegans to assess EDC germline effects 鈥 Colaiacovo
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Evening
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Discussion:
How to facilitate policy change - Maffini
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Tues听May 28
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Morning
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Lecture:
Intro to fetal programming and epigenetics - Susiarjo
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Epigenetic analysis - Susiarjo
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Evening
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Ethics and doubt 鈥 Vandenberg, Patisaul
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Wed May 29
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Morning
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Lecture:
Bridging chemistry and toxicology and TiPED 鈥 Collins, Warner
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Epigenetic analysis (continued) - Susiarjo
New water lab 鈥 Collins, Warner听听听听听听听听听
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Evening
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Revised participant 5 min PowerPoint research talks
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Thur May 30
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Morning
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Lecture:
Emerging topics - Vandenberg
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Afternoon
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Lab:
Discussion of water lab 鈥 Collins, Warner
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Evening
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Final Discussion & Course Party
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Fri May 31 |
Morning |
Final Breakfast and Departure |