Research to Real World

The Breast Cancer, Endocrine Disruptors, & Early Puberty symposium at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine was an inspiring and educational event. Attendees heard from medical experts and activists about the chemicals and toxins in our everyday environments that are linked to health problems like breast cancer. Karen Joy Miller was one of four speakers at the symposium and had a wonderful opportunity to represent the Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition, Inc. The event was mentioned in the New York Times in op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof’s article “Cancer From the Kitchen?”

Click on the link below to read the eye-opening article!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/opinion/06kristof.html

Congratulations to our colleague and friend Dr. Philip Landrigan who lead the riveting symposium. He recently was honored with a lifetime achievement award for public health!

Below is a summary of his work published by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine:

Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, DIH, whose research and recommendations have shaped environmental health policies worldwide, was awarded the 2009 Stephen Smith Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health by the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM).

Dr. Landrigan, the Ethel H. Wise Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, and Director of Mount Sinai’s Children’s Environmental Health Center, leads the National Children’s Study (NCS), which is the largest study of children’s health and the environment ever launched in the United States.

Click here for lecture details (pdf)