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University of Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute

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The Envirome Institute investigates how environmental conditions foster, support or impede cardiovascular health. We're pursuing a new vision of health that promotes wellness, improves resilience & reduces health inequities. Find us @ enviromeinstitute.com

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@uoflenvirome.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:13 PM

We are grateful to the colleagues and partners making this work possible!

@uoflenvirome.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:13 PM

Through partnerships with Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District, Louisville Metro Department of Public Health & Wellness, and others, we’re using wastewater data to track infectious diseases, investigate emerging threats and explore how #wastewater can provide early warnings and time to prepare.

@uoflenvirome.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:13 PM

This Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) "Stories from the Field" feature highlights the Envirome Institute's Center for Healthy Air, Water and Soil’s collaborative wastewater work in Louisville.

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Wastewater is poured from a larger container into small, clear containers by a person wearing protective gear including blue gloves.
@statnews.comOct 9, 2026, 8:09 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

The Trump administration's growing restriction of international students and scholars' entry into the U.S. is raising concerns about the future of the country's biomedical workforce.

“This is an incredible series of self-owns,” one immigration attorney said. https://bit.ly/4dXOBws

@momscleanairforce.orgOct 9, 2026, 2:56 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

New Post! New Report Highlights What Climate Change Is Doing to Our Brains—and What We Can Do About It ift.tt/tulJYXx

@drhelenecollin1.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:05 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

A special thank you to the Australian Broadcasting Company Radio National’s Health Report and all of the team that produce the show for highlighting the importance of sleep health during pregnancy and the postpartum period and our recent paper led by Iona Palmer: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42846691/

@cardiometabosci.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:55 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

With them, the Center now has eight FAHAs.

@cardiometabosci.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:53 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

Alex Carll, PhD(@cardiocarll.bsky.social), investigates how e-cigarette aerosols and air pollutants disrupt cardiac rhythm and pump function, with a focus on the autonomic nervous system as the link between exposure and arrhythmia.

@cardiometabosci.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:53 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

Jason Hellmann, PhD, studies why inflammation fails to resolve in atherosclerosis and obesity, and how exercise training boosts the body's own pro-resolving lipid mediators

@cardiometabosci.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:54 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

Marcin Wysoczynski, PhD, studies how the immune system drives heart failure, including how the injured heart signals the bone marrow to ramp up neutrophil production after a heart attack.

@cardiometabosci.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:49 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

Shahid Baba, PhD, studies how carnosine and related histidyl dipeptides protect the heart and skeletal muscle in heart failure, work he has carried into a Phase II clinical trial in peripheral artery disease.

@cardiometabosci.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:49 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

Four Center faculty have been named Fellows of the American Heart Association: Drs. Shahid Baba, Alex Carll, Jason Hellmann, and Marcin Wysoczynski. More on each of them below.

@ahascience.bsky.social @uoflenvirome.bsky.social #AHAScience

@uoflenvirome.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 5:39 PM

If you missed today's webinar, you can catch the recording here:

youtu.be/YW24uBkzlLQ

@cardiometabosci.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 5:21 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

🌙🌡️ New research from the Center shows that sleep, metabolism, and body temperature are tightly linked, and that environmental temperature and light exposure can significantly shape these relationships. Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42728207/ #SleepResearch #Metabolism #Thermoregulation

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@insideclimatenews.orgOct 7, 2026, 4:21 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

A batch of newly disclosed internal documents show ExxonMobil scientists questioning the company’s claims on its preferred climate solutions.

@insideclimatenews.orgOct 7, 2026, 4:21 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

Alabama will now require more public disclosures around data centers, but stopped short of requiring each project be approved by its utility commission.

@mthphc.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 6:56 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

🔥 What happens in the air during a controlled burn?

In our latest Substack, we take a closer look at the chemistry of prescribed fire, what’s released when vegetation burn and why understanding these emissions matter for human health.

Read the full article: substack.com/home/post/p-...

@newscientist.comOct 7, 2026, 9:54 AMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

Higher temperatures around the world due to the record-breaking El Niño will lead to an estimated 450,000 extra deaths by February unless swift action is taken, warn researchers

@sotoxicology.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 2:11 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

The deadline is approaching for undergraduate students to apply for opportunities to explore toxicology and attend the 2027 SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo in San Antonio, Texas. Learn more: toxchange.toxicology.org/blogs/dahea-...

@sotoxicology.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:56 PMReposted by @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

A free #SOTWebinar on October 26 will present a contemporary, science-based framework for evaluating particulate risk for medical device manufacturing. Learn more and register: aim-hq.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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