CSDE Launches Its Lunch & Learn Series!

Posted: 12/7/2023 ()

With support from the Population Health Initiative, CSDE officially launched its Lunch & Learn series on Wednesday with a successful first event! The first event was facilitated by CSDE Science Core PI Dan Eisenberg and focused on uusing “Telomere Length as a Measure of Environmental Exposures”. Participants included faculty, postdocs and graduate students from Geography, Global Health, Statistics, and School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. The Eisenberg provided an overview about how telomere length is an important determinant of senescence and can be a potential cumulative biomarker of environmental exposures. In particular, Eisenberg shared how and why telomere length predicts morbidity and mortality, especially from infectious diseases. Additionally, Eisenberg demonstrated how environmental factors such as psychosocial stressors and infections influence telomere length.

Stay tuned for details on our next Lunch & Learn event in Winter 2024 which will be led by NWFSRDC & UWDC Director Sofia Ayala!