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Dr. Jamie DeWitt (right) and Samuel Vance (left), a second-year biomedical science master’s program student, conduct research into the health effects of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in DeWitt’s lab at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine. | Photo: Cliff Hollis | Video: Redd Wolfley
A professor at East Carolina University was recently selected to join the National Academies Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions (ESEHD).
Dr. Jamie DeWitt of the Brody School of Medicine s Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology joins the committee of 16 environmental science and policy experts charged with convening several workshops each year to explore how new scientific advances, technologies and research methodologies could deepen our understanding of the effects of environment on human health.
LISTED: Two Barboursville residents and one from Culloden were among more than 8,400 students qualifying for the deanâs list at Ohio University, Athens, for the fall semester. They include Chris Courts and Jessica Napier, both of Barboursville, and Chris Camp of Culloden, College of Health Sciences and Professions.
POSTPONED: Previously scheduled for Nov. 5, 2020, and March 25, 2021, the Gary Allan concert has been rescheduled for Friday, Sept. 17, at Mountain Health Arena.
TWINS: Eddie and Vicki Smith of Steele Memorial United Methodist Church in Barboursville became great-grandparents of twin boys born Feb. 23. Born to Keegan and Kristi Ray of Greensboro, N.C., were Quinton Tucker, weighing 6 pounds, 9 ounces, and Murphy Owen at 5 pounds, 7 ounces. Congratulations on this double blessing.