
Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá, PhD, MSc
@lesliamquiros
Mamá,Assistant Prof @JohnsHopkins
Dept of Environmental Health and Engr(@JohnsHopkinsEHE)
Study exposures and associated health risks among vulnerable poplns
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21-09-2019 02:16:28
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Want to hear tips on life/survival in academia??? ck out The Effort Report podcast!! GREAT tips from 2 senior faculty (Elizabeth Matsui and @rdpeng) w/successful career trajectories!

Happy to be in the company of amazing researchers in #Daegu #Korea @ the ISEE-ISES2019 AC Conference & humbled by the opportunity to represent our society International Society of Exposure Science and JohnsHopkinsEHE via a plenary talk on Environ. Exps among Vulnerable Poplns Across the Globe!



BPA exposure linked with worse asthma among Black kids. Great work led by Lesliam Quiros-Alcala Nadia Hansel, MD Meredith McCormack @rdpeng et al! Dell Medical School @DellMedPeds

Exposure to BPA among boys may worsen asthma, especially among Black children. Thankful to all of the amazing scientists involved in this work! JohnsHopkinsEHE Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Elizabeth Matsui Nadia Hansel, MD Meredith McCormack

We must do better! Chemicals in beauty products can exacerbate women's chemical body burden, esp. among already marginalized populations.Proud/humbled that our team's work was inc. in a TeenVogue report on beauty products.JohnsHopkinsEHE Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health teenvogue.com/story/harmful-…


More on our research work here. Mas sobre nuestro trabajo de investigacion aqui. PrasseLab JohnsHopkinsEHE Gracias Ma. Isabel Capiello, Noticias Internacionales univision.com/noticias/salud…

I’m headed to #ISES2023 …lots of great presentations and updates on #exposurescience research! I’m also registered for the Architectural Lake Tour on Wednesday evening! Join me! Contact ISES ([email protected] ) to get registered today! Don't miss out!!!



Honored to have been among leaders in the field of CKDnt & contribute to ongoing research discussions. Glad to have shared this with my mentees Melissa DeSantiago & Grant Tore. Thankful to Marvin Gonzalez. MD, Ph.D and Nate Raines for the invitation. ¡Vamos por más para ayudar a nuestra gente!

Finally got my NOA for my NIH R01 to study the effects of chemicals among hairdressers! In denial! Thankful, grateful, humbled, & blessed w/amazing mentors, fabulous community/academic research team & students, & loving family. On to make a difference! JohnsHopkinsEHE

Lucky to be around and work with so many amazing women leaders and scientists changing the world! Love this post Marsha Wills-Karp (she/her) and we appreciate your leadership! Happy Intl. Women's Day!

Beyond humbled to be invited as keynote speaker at a National Academies workshop to give a voice to vulnerable & overburdened communities, and stress the need for intentional & inclusive public health research. Grateful to so many...Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health JohnsHopkinsEHE


My heart is so full...with my PhD Advisor, Mentor, Friend, and Academic Mother, Dr. Brenda Eskenazi(Grand Rounds speaker), and some of my JohnsHopkinsEHE PhD mentees Melissa DeSantiago @granttore. Proud of all of the amazing contributions by Center for Environ Research & Children's Health team and proud of my students. 😊

