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EARTHSC 8898 Rachel Coyte - You Are Where You Live: Connecting Geochemistry and Health

8898 Seminar - SP23 - Dr. Rachel Coyte
April 21, 2023
1:45PM - 3:00PM
291 Mendenhall Laboratory

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Add to Calendar 2023-04-21 13:45:00 2023-04-21 15:00:00 EARTHSC 8898 Rachel Coyte - You Are Where You Live: Connecting Geochemistry and Health Speaker: Rachel Coyte - Post Doctoral Scholar in SES Seminar Title: You Are Where You Live: Connecting Geochemistry and Health Abstract:  While geology and health may not have historically seemed the most natural pair, it is a field that has been rapidly gaining widespread interest in recent years.  My research is specifically interested in human exposures to trace elements from their environments, how those exposures are incorporated into the human body, and their ultimate effects on human health. This talk with cover recent work done at OSU relating to human bone composition, as well as trace element exposures and pregnancy.  Host: Andrea Grottoli Zoom Link 291 Mendenhall Laboratory School of Earth Sciences earthsciences@osu.edu America/New_York public

Speaker: Rachel Coyte - Post Doctoral Scholar in SES

Seminar Title: You Are Where You Live: Connecting Geochemistry and Health

Abstract: 

While geology and health may not have historically seemed the most natural pair, it is a field that has been rapidly gaining widespread interest in recent years.  My research is specifically interested in human exposures to trace elements from their environments, how those exposures are incorporated into the human body, and their ultimate effects on human health. This talk with cover recent work done at OSU relating to human bone composition, as well as trace element exposures and pregnancy. 

Host: Andrea Grottoli

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