Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at Oregon State University

07/24/2026

07/22/2026

Dr. Susan Tilton received OSU’s 2025–2026 Family Friendly Faculty Award, recognizing her support of parenting students as they balance their academic and family responsibilities. Award recipients are selected based on student nominations and reviewed by the Family Resource Center leadership team.

07/22/2026

Dr. Rohlman, in collaboration with Drs. Ho (OSU) and Shannon (OHSU) received $30,000 from the Oregon Partnership for Alzheimer’s Research. This pilot project will study thousands of Oregonians enrolled in the Healthy Oregon Project to understand whether exposure to wildfire smoke increases the risk of cognitive decline and dementia-related symptoms. The results will provide new insights into wildfire smoke as a potentially preventable risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

07/22/2026

Hi! I'm Ayanika, the new Fiscal Coordinator (Budget & Financial Analysis) for the EMT department. I hold a Bachelor's in Finance, an MS in Finance, and an MBA, and I'm excited to be starting my career here, supporting the department's grants and financial operations. Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

06/26/2026

Alex Soo passed his master’s defense with the seminar title: "Exploration of Immunotoxicity Following Dermal Application of 6:2 FTMAC in a Mouse Model".

06/25/2026

Dr. Diana Rohlman and team had a paper come out in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology titled “Comparative Analysis of Report-back of Research Results Strategies for Personal Chemical Exposure Data”. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-026-00932-0
This first multi-state study compared report-back strategies across three cohorts using silicone wristbands: pregnant people in New York and Detroit, and a post-disaster Houston community. It shows that participants strongly want personal chemical exposure results, and that report-back of research results (RBRR) can deepen understanding of links between environmental exposures and health (even when health benchmarks are unknown). Common requests included plain language, clearer visuals, glossaries, and more color and graphics to aid comprehension and graph literacy. Impacts went beyond individuals, motivating concern for families and communities, and stimulating interest in collective action and policy engagement. This work also shows that effective RBRR must be tailored to life stage, culture, disaster history, and trust levels, with community liaisons crucial to adapting language and framing to avoid blame and to address historical injustices. Overall, it delivers transferable, participant-tested design lessons to make complex exposure reports both ethical and actionable across diverse setting