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Office of Communications & Public Liaison

The Office of Communications & Public Liaison (OCPL) is the first source of news and information about the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the Institute's important biomedical research and funding programs. The OCPL team handles media requests, inquiries from the scientific community, as well as internal communication activities. News releases (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/releases/index.cfm), Brochures & Fact Sheets (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/ocpl/materials/index.cfm) and science education materials (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/index.cfm), newsletters (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/index.cfm), videos (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/video/index.cfm), web pages, exhibits, tours and presentations (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/scied/tours/index.cfm) are available from the OCPL resources and staff.

The Office of Communications & Public Liaison provides these key services:  

  • News Media Relations (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/media/index.cfm)
  • Public Information, Education and Outreach
  • Public Inquiries
  • Web Site Development
  • Newsletter (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/index.cfm) Publication
  • Science Writing and Editing
  • Science Photography, Arts and Graphics
  • Audiovisual Production

Christine Bruske Flowers
Christine Bruske Flowers
Director, Office of Communications & Public Liaison



Tel (919) 541-3665
Fax (919) 541-2260
bruskec@niehs.nih.gov


P.O. Box 12233
Mail Drop B2-02
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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Christine Bruske Flowers joined the NIEHS in 2004. Previously she led communications and outreach activities for other federal government programs including the U.S. Department of the Interior International Affairs Program, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers environmental restoration programs. Flowers also served as Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs for the North Carolina House of Representatives, and Director of Public Relations for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina's Fourth Congressional District. Flowers is a veteran of the U.S. Army Medical Specialty Corps. She holds an M.A. in Public Affairs Journalism from Regent University and a B.S. in Biology from North Carolina State University.

OCPL Staff

News Media Relations

Robin Mackar, M.P.H.
Tel  (919) 541-0073
rmackar@niehs.nih.gov

Public Information, Education and Outreach

John Peterson
Tel  (919) 541-7860
peterso4@niehs.nih.gov

Lou Rozier
Tel (919) 541-1993
rozier@niehs.nih.gov

Web Manager

Cheryl Thompson, M.B.A.
Tel  (919) 541-1072
thompsonc2@niehs.nih.gov

Newsletter Editor

Ralph (Eddy) Ball, Ph.D.
Tel  (919) 541-4816
ballr@niehs.nih.gov

Science Writer/Editor

Robin Arnette, Ph.D.
Tel  (919) 541-5143
arnetter@niehs.nih.gov

Program Support

Anne M. Thompson
Tel (919) 316-4517
thomps13@niehs.nih.gov

Myra A. Westmoreland
Tel (919) 541-0378
westmorelandma@niehs.nih.gov

Written Inquiries

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
P.O. Box 12233, MD NH-10
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2233
Fax (919) 541-4395

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Last Reviewed: January 13, 2009