Research Highlights

Rager-Lab Group Research Highlights

2024

2024 Hettleman Prizes awarded to five exceptional early-career faculty
Dr. Rager has been awarded the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement

Gillings School researchers uncover new mechanisms of PFAS toxicity in liver cells

Rager receives $3 million Outstanding New Investigator Award from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

8 public health faculty win Gillings School’s inaugural Research Excellence Award

Dr. Julia Rager was awarded a Gillings School Research Excellence Award

2023

2023 ISES Annual Award Winners

Lauren Koval awarded the IPA/DGUV Award for Young Exposure Scientists

New Study Uncovers Mechanism of Heart and Lung Responses to Wildfire Smoke
Global Environmental Health Newsletter: NIEHS. 2023 Apr.

NIEHS Extramural Paper of the Month: Grouping wildfire exposures for improved health risk assessments
Environmental Factor: Your Online Source for NIEHS News: 2023 Feb

2022

Carolina’s Rockette scientist

Gillings wildfire smoke research bolstered by EPA’s Science to Achieve Results program

Chemical Mixtures: A Recipe for Breast Cancer

NIEHS Extramural Paper of the Month: Link between exposure to wildfire smoke and cardiovascular harm revealed
Environmental Factor: Your Online Source for NIEHS News: 2022 Oct

Gillings School honors 6 faculty members for teaching innovation

Computer Modeling Teases Out Chemical Toxicants in Wildfire Smoke

Environmental Factor: Your Online Source for NIEHS News: 2022 Mar 8