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Martin Philbert Featured Speaker at Minority Student Meeting
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| Martin Philbert |
Martin Philbert was a plenary speaker at the 2008 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Orlando, Florida, on November 5. His presentation "Nanomaterials & Health: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" was the featured talk in the opening session of the conference. Dr. Philbert is currently serving as SOT Secretary and is Professor of Toxicology, the Executive Director of the Center for Risk Science and Communication, and the Senior Associate Dean for Research at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. His research focuses on the development of flexible polymer nanoplatforms for the optical sensing of ions and small molecules and the early detection and treatment of tumors. His other research interests include the mitochondrial mechanisms of chemically-induced neuropathic states.
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| Enrique Fuentes Mattei |
Sponsored by NIH-MARC, ABRCMS is the largest multidisciplinary student conference in the United States. The conference attracts approximately 2,600 individuals, including 1,650 undergraduate students, 300 graduate students/postdoctoral scientists, and 750 faculty and administrators. The conference features talks from premier scientists, an array of professional development workshops, career coaching, and student research posters.
SOT's sponsorship of this lecture provided high visibility of toxicology as a career. Jose Manautou, who also represented the University of Connecticut, provided the introduction of Dr. Philbert, and Enrique Fuentes Mattei, student member of SOT from the University of Puerto Rico, staffed the SOT exhibit booth during the conference.
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