News & Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

AAAS meeting 2008
Feb. 14-18, 2008 -- Boston, MA
OHH Symposium "From Kitchen Sinks to Ocean Basins: Emerging Chemical Contaminants and Human Health"

Fall 2006 Joint Seminar Series at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center and University of Washington encourages communication among scientists, students and others interested in the complex interactions of oceans and human health (schedule TBA).

Coastal Zone 2007
July 22-26, 2007 -- Portland, Oregon
West Coast Center scientists will present information on their research.

PRESS RELEASES

January 13, 2005 | The Marine Mammal Center Receives Federal Funding to Study Marine Mammal Health. Issued by The Marine Mammal Center.

September 22, 2004 | New Initiative to Study Impact of Oceans on Human Health. Issued by Oregon State University.

August 23, 2004 | NOAA, Partners Create Three Centers Focused on Lakes/Oceans. Issued by NOAA.

MEDIA COVERAGE

April 22, 2007 | Dr. Vera Trainer discusses a new rapid detection method for identification of toxic algae on the Earth & Sky Radio Series.

March 14, 2007 | Dr. Nathaniel Scholz and colleagues discuss how copper from stormwater runoff affects salmon olfaction and behavior.

January 27, 2007 | Dr. Nathaniel Scholz featured in article on how exposure to copper affects the behavioral responses of juvenile coho salmon and impaired sense of smell.

July 31, 2006 | Dr. Frances Gulland featured in article on toxic algae and marine mammals.

April 6, 2006 | Dr. Nathaniel Scholz mentions recurrent fish kills in urban creeks due to toxic pollutants in Puget Sound.

January 9, 2006 | Dr. Usha Varanasi featured in story about current health of Puget Sound on Earth & Sky Radio Series.

September 25, 2005 | Dr. Vera Trainer and Dr. Kathi Lefebvre featured in article about tracking harmful algal blooms in the Juan de Fuca eddy.

September 22, 2005 | Dr. Tracy Collier featured in article on water quality and fish sampling efforts post-Hurricane Katrina.

December 23, 2004 | Dr. Usha Varanasi discusses the many services the oceans provide to human health on the Earth and Sky Radio Series.

November 27, 2004 | Dr. Tracy Collier discusses an emerging contaminant of concern—flame retardants or polybrominated diphenyl ethers on the Earth & Sky Radio Series.

September 2, 2004 | NOAA’s Oceans and Human Health Initiative is featured in NOAA Magazine.