H. Henry, D. Shaughnessy
Mar 1, 2007
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Environmental Health Perspectives
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Analysis (CRIS) on 10 July as a program administrator for the Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP). She received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Rochester, which included a year of study in plant-derived medicine at universities in Australia and Ecuador. In 2004, she completed a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati, where she was an SBRP trainee participating in numerous multidisciplinary research projects. Henry has recently returned from a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship in Australia studying the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on arsenate acquisition by native grasses growing on gold mine tailings. Henry’s primary role has been to initiate the SBRP’s new Individual Research Project Program, which is designed to address specific issues that complement the multiproject research programs, meet high-priority research needs of the SBRP, or tackle issues of emerging concern. The first request for information (RFA), released in November, encouraged the development of innovative approaches to remediate contaminated sediments. Henry’s most recent activity has been to organize the upcoming web-based seminar series “Nanotechnology—Applications and Implications for Superfund,” which will highlight the potential of nanotechnology to support characterization and remediation of hazardous waste sites as well as explore the potential risks of this new class of compounds. For more information on the series, please see http://www-apps.niehs.nih.gov/sbrp/products/products4.cfm.