2023 i4Kids Symposium

12 Apr 2023, 09:15 to 05:00

Hybrid: Rangos Research Center Auditorium

Save the date for our 2023 i4Kids Symposium on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at the Rangos Research Center Auditorium in UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh!

The i4Kids symposium will overview current goals and achievements and feature exciting collaborative research. Participants will have the opportunity to network with potential collaborators. We encourage researchers to submit abstracts to be selected to give an oral or poster presentation. We strongly encourage participants to attend in person, though a virtual option will be available. All presenters must attend the symposium in person. The event will include a continental breakfast, lunch, and networking reception. A detailed schedule will be released closer to the symposium date.

Please visit the registration and abstract submission page linked below for more information. If you have any questions, please contact us at i4Kids [at] pitt [dot] edu.

Click here for registration and abstract submission information

Keynote Speaker

Heather Stapleton, Ph.D.
Ronie-Richele Garcia-Johnson Distinguished Professor
Nicholas School of the Environment
Duke University

Her research focuses on human exposure to chemical additives such as flame retardants and PFASs (“forever chemicals”) broadly used in consumer products and their link to adverse health effects, particularly in children and mothers. Her research group uses high resolution mass spectrometry to analyze environmental and biological samples to measure human exposure levels and to study effects on metabolic outcomes and thyroid hormone regulation. She is currently Director of the Duke Environmental Analysis Laboratory, Deputy Director for the Duke Superfund Research Center, and formerly a Lead in the Children’s Health Discovery Institute. Dr. Stapleton was awarded the prestigious Duke University Thomas Langford Lectureship Award in 2020 and testified at the US Senate Hearing on Flame Retardant Chemicals in 2012. She was featured in the New York Times article, "The Harmful Chemicals Lurking in Your Children's Toys".

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