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Former ROUTES Scholar Receives PEAK Experience Award to Continue Work with Project 4
In February, Northeastern College of Engineering undergraduate Alena Alexander was announced as a recipient of a PEAK Experience Summit Award from Northeastern University. With this award, she has been able to work with PROTECT’s Project 4 team as they research and...
Project 4 Trainee Kyla Drewry Reflects on KC Donnelly Externship Experience
This past fall, Northeastern PhD candidate and PROTECT trainee Kyla Drewry contributed to Hurricane Helene disaster response through her NIEHS KC Donnelly externship. Over two months, Kyla worked with organizations and agencies like the North Carolina Department of...
PROTECT Study Examining the Long-Term Impact of Hurricane Maria on Water Quality and Human Health in Puerto Rico Selected as NIEHS Paper of the Month
A study led by former Project 4 trainee Dr. Yishan Lin using PROTECT data assessed the long-term changes in tap water quality in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. This 14-month study integrated two effect-based quantitative toxicity assays with a targeted...
PROTECT Researchers Awarded During ISEE 2024
During the last week of August, PROTECT researchers, trainees, and staff from across projects and cores participated in the 36th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) in Santiago, Chile. The event, held from August...
Project 4 Paper Analyzing a Combined EAOP-Pyrite Water Remediation System Highlighted by NIEHS
A new paper by PROTECT Project 4 researchers investigates the effectiveness of a combined electrochemical advanced oxidation process (EAOP) and pyrite water remediation system to clean contaminated groundwater. The paper, which was published in the Journal of...
DMAC and Project 4 Welcome Summer Research Students
Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC) and Project 4 researchers and trainees are excited to be working with several Massachusetts community college and high school students this summer through Northeastern’s research experience programs.The DMAC has brought on two...