DATE: 11:30 a.m. ? 5 p.m., Feb. 7, 2008.

EVENT: The University of Michigan School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences hosts its 13th Annual Toxicology Symposium “Synergy: The Changing Direction of Environmental Health.”

The keynote speaker will be Dr. David Schwartz, Senior Advisor for Environmental Health Sciences, NIH. There will be additional presentations by Dr. Ellen Silbergeld, professor, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Environmental Health Sciences and editor in chief, Environmental Research; and Dr. Robert Roth, professor, Michigan State University, Department of Toxicology & Pharmacology and associate director, National Food Safety & Toxicology Center.

Students and researchers in toxicology and ancillary biomedical fields are strongly encouraged to present a poster of their research. All posters submitted by students and post-doctoral fellows are automatically entered into the poster competition with cash prizes being awarded to the best three posters. The deadline to submit an abstract to be included in the abstract book is Feb. 1.

There is no cost to register. Use online registration tool by Feb. 1 to reserve a free lunch:

PLACE: School of Public Health Crossroads, corner of Observatory and Washington Heights, Ann Arbor.

SPONSORS: Funding for the Symposium is provided, in part, by the NIH/NIEHS Environmental Toxicology Pre/Post-Doctoral Research Training Grant (ES07062), the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, the School of Public Health, the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, and Corporate and Private Donors to the Toxicology Development Fund of the UM School of Public Health.

CONTACTS: Margaret Cabaj, e-mail: [email protected], (734) 764-5410

Symposium website