MI-CARES: Environmental Health & Injustice Research Group

10/07/2025

Our MI-CARES webinar, “Why did the U.S. Surgeon General Issue a Warning on Alcohol and Cancer?” with Kathryn Barry, PhD, MPH, has been posted to our YouTube channel. Please watch, like and share!

“Why did the U.S. Surgeon General Issue a Warning on Alcohol and Cancer?” with Kathryn Barry, PhD, MPH (Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Public Health, Un...

09/18/2025

NEXT WEEK: Join us for a MI-CARES webinar with Kathryn Barry, PhD, MPH, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Thursday September 25 at Noon. We'll be discussing "Why did the U.S. Surgeon General Issue a Warning on Alcohol and Cancer?" Please register on Zoom (https://myumi.ch/qZqxm) to join us live or you can watch it on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/-CARES) after the event.

The 2025 advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General indicated that alcohol is a key risk factor for several types of cancer. Join our upcoming webinar to learn about the important connection between alcohol use and cancer risk. Dr. Barry will provide an overview of the current knowledge about alcohol and cancer and also share new research findings on lifetime alcohol intake and its relationship to colorectal polyps and colorectal cancer.

Dr. Kathryn Barry is an Assistant Professor and cancer epidemiologist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research aims to investigate environmental and occupational risk factors for cancer, the interplay of genes and the environment in the chance of developing cancer, and biomarkers related to cancer. Dr. Barry has also investigated lifestyle risk factors for colorectal cancer and colorectal polyps, which are benign growths in the colon or re**um that can lead to cancer.

09/04/2025

Join us for a MI-CARES webinar with Kathryn Barry, PhD, MPH, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Thursday September 25 at Noon. We'll be discussing "Why did the U.S. Surgeon General Issue a Warning on Alcohol and Cancer?" Please register on Zoom (https://myumi.ch/qZqxm) to join us live or you can watch it on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/-CARES) after the event.

06/23/2025

POSTPONED: The MI-CARES webinar with Dr. Kathryn Barry, “What do we know about alcohol and cancer?”, originally scheduled for Thursday June 26, has been postponed. We'll let you know when it's back on the schedule. Sorry for the inconvenience!

05/07/2025

Our MI-CARES webinar, “Chemicals in beauty and personal care products: emerging science and pathways to action” with Ami Zota, ScD, MS, has been posted to our YouTube channel. Please watch, like and share!

“Chemicals in beauty and personal care products: emerging science and pathways to action” with Ami Zota, ScD, MS, Associate Professor, Environmental Health S...

04/30/2025

Join us for a MI-CARES webinar with Ami Zota, ScD, MS of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Tuesday May 6 at Noon. We'll be discussing "Chemicals in beauty and personal care products: emerging science and pathways to action". Please register on Zoom (https://myumi.ch/mRZVG) to join us live or you can watch it on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/-CARES) after the event.

01/24/2025

Our MI-CARES webinar, "Cervical cancer: The pathway to elimination" with Anna Gottschlich, PhD, MPH, has been posted to our YouTube channel. Please watch, like and share!

MI‑CARES Webinar: "Cervical cancer: The pathway to elimination" with Anna Gottschlich, PhD, PhD, MPH

01/16/2025

Join us for a MI-CARES webinar with Anna Gottschlich, PhD of the Karmanos Cancer Institute, Thursday January 23 at Noon. We'll be discussing "Cervical cancer: The pathway to elimination?". Please register on Zoom (https://myumi.ch/VGpyq) to join us live or you can watch it on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/-CARES) after the event.

10/30/2024

Our MI-CARES webinar with Rafael Meza, PhD has been posted to our YouTube channel. Please watch, like and share!

MI‑CARES Webinar: “So what's up with va**ng? Is it less, the same, or more risky than smoking?” with Rafael Meza, PhD (Distinguished Scientist, British Colum...

10/25/2024

Join us for a MI-CARES webinar with Rafael Meza, PhD of the British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Tuesday October 29 at Noon. We'll be discussing "So what's up with va**ng? Is it less, the same, or more risky than smoking?". Please register on Zoom (https://myumi.ch/JwbDq) to join us live or you can watch it on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/-CARES) after the event.

09/26/2024

Our MI-CARES webinar with Jessica Madrigal, PhD, MS has been posted to our YouTube channel. Please watch, like and share!

Dr. Madrigal’s research focuses on the investigation of environmental exposures, health equity, and cancer risk. She is a research scholar in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics at the National Cancer Institute.

“Pesticide use, indoor residential exposures, and childhood cancer” with Jessica Madrigal, PhD, MS (Independent Research Scholar, National Cancer Institute)D...

09/24/2024

Join us for a MI-CARES webinar with Jessica Madrigal, PhD, MS of the National Cancer Institute, this Thursday at Noon. We'll be discussing "Pesticide use, indoor residential exposures, and childhood cancer". Please register on Zoom (https://myumi.ch/mZ3zj) to join us live or you can watch it on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/-CARES) after the event.