Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series | Suzanne Fenton PhD

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Location: 

Room 160E, Commonwealth Honors College, UMass Amherst

Please join The Center for Research on Families as Suzanne Fenton PhD, a Group Leader in Reproductive Endocrinology in the National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health,  presents a talk titled Early-Life Chemical Exposures and Female Puberty-Related Outcomes in Animal Models

Dr. Fenton's current research is designed to understand mechanisms underlying the effects of early life exposures that lead to persistent changes in breast tissue and enhance disease susceptibility over one's lifetime. She focuses on increasing information on which environmental factors affect things such as breast development during puberty and its relationship to mammary tumor risk and children's health, as it pertains to chemical exposure via breast milk.

To learn more about Dr Fenton, visit http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/ntp/repro_endoc/index.cfm