Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center

Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center https://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/home Supported by NIEHS

The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC) at the University of Arizona is funded by the NIEHS and aims to provide unbiased environmental health resources & information to the community. The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center works closely with National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to solve complex and ever-changing issues in environmental health.

Over the past fifteen years, the State of Arizona has presented the SWEHSC with a wide and challenging array of environmental problems that have utilized the talents of the SWEHSC's members and resources. These include the health effects of the trichloroethylene-contaminated water in South Tucson, the effects of arsenic exposure from the dust of mine tailings and the presence of arsenic in various ground waters, the effect of high UV-light exposure to the many nationalities and ethnic groups drawn to the Southwest and the potential genetic susceptibilities of these many ethnic groups to a multitude of environmental pollutants.

The PFAS Conference is finally here! We're so happy to welcome attendees from all over the country. We will be discussin...
06/08/2026

The PFAS Conference is finally here! We're so happy to welcome attendees from all over the country. We will be discussing all things PFAS from both research and community perspectives. Thanks to everyone who made this event possible!

Don't forget that we're hosting a free PFAS CME workshop during the conference next week! Learn about how to discuss PFA...
06/02/2026

Don't forget that we're hosting a free PFAS CME workshop during the conference next week! Learn about how to discuss PFAS with your patients. Please share with your networks!

The 2026 National PFAS Conference is coming up! The UA Communications team put together this nice write up about the eve...
05/28/2026

The 2026 National PFAS Conference is coming up! The UA Communications team put together this nice write up about the event:

The 2026 National PFAS Conference, taking place June 8-10 on the U of A campus, is one of the few national conferences designed around the people living very closely with contamination.

One of the breakout sessions during the National PFAS Conference is open to the public and counts for CME credit! Learn ...
05/27/2026

One of the breakout sessions during the National PFAS Conference is open to the public and counts for CME credit! Learn about PFAS and how it relates to your patients with Dr. Rachel Criswell. Please pass this along to your networks, it's relevant to MDs, DOs, RNs, and others. Zoom option available!

Check out this blog highlighting a Cooling Center Toolkit developed by SWEHSC member Mona Arora, PhD, and her team, as w...
05/24/2026

Check out this blog highlighting a Cooling Center Toolkit developed by SWEHSC member Mona Arora, PhD, and her team, as well as the Pima County Health Department, a valuable resource for cooling centers:

May 20, 2026 | Royani Saha, University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Betsy Camara, Pima County Health Department, Office of Heat Relief and Response, Nate Young, Pima County Health Department, Office of Heat Relief and Response, Mona Arora, University of Arizona, Mel a...

Congratulations to Detlef Knappe, PhD, for being selected for a 2026 Trailblazer Award by the National PFAS Conference! ...
05/21/2026

Congratulations to Detlef Knappe, PhD, for being selected for a 2026 Trailblazer Award by the National PFAS Conference! We look forward to celebrating his achievement at the conference in June 🎉

Congratulations to Phil Brown, PhD, for being selected for a 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National PFAS Confer...
05/19/2026

Congratulations to Phil Brown, PhD, for being selected for a 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National PFAS Conference! We look forward to celebrating his achievement at the conference in June 🎉

Congratulations to Chris Lau, PhD, for being selected for a 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National PFAS Confere...
05/18/2026

Congratulations to Chris Lau, PhD, for being selected for a 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National PFAS Conference! We look forward to celebrating his achievement at the conference in June 🎉

The next NIH Health and Extreme Weather Program webinar will be this Friday and will feature SWEHSC members Kacey Ernst,...
05/13/2026

The next NIH Health and Extreme Weather Program webinar will be this Friday and will feature SWEHSC members Kacey Ernst, PhD, and Melissa Furlong, PhD. They will be discussing best practices for quantifying weather exposures for health outcome. Register here:

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05/06/2026

Important info if you're living in Santa Cruz County!

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