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X-WR-CALNAME:Global Health Winter Research Spotlight with Jenna Forsyth
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DESCRIPTION:From evidence to action — Jenna Forsyth shares her interdisci
 plinary research on reducing global lead exposure at the source.\n\nJoin t
 he Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health and Stanford Center for
  Human and Planetary Health for this Global Health Winter Research Spotlig
 ht featuring Jenna Forsyth\, PhD\, Director of Project Unleaded at the Sta
 nford Center for Human and Planetary Health\, who will present her researc
 h on reducing lead exposure worldwide.\n\nDetails:\nLocation: Huang\, 475 
 Via Ortega\, Room 305\n\nDate: March 2\, 2026\n\nTime: 12-1pm\n\nLunch: Wi
 ll be served!\n\nAbout Jenna Forsyth:\nJenna Forsyth\, PhD\, is an interdi
 sciplinary environmental health scientist. She has focused on lead exposur
 e research for 10 years and currently oversees the research portfolio for 
 Project Unleaded - an initiative to identify and mitigate priority sources
  of lead poisoning globally\, with an emphasis in South Asia. Based on her
  team’s discovery and effort to address lead poisoning from turmeric in 
 Bangladesh\, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in Globa
 l Health by Time Magazine in 2024.\n\nPrior to studying lead contamination
  and poisoning\, she spent nearly 10 years addressing global and environme
 ntal health problems from contaminants in the air\, water\, soil\, and foo
 d. She works at the interface of environmental science\, epidemiology\, an
 d behavior change — developing and evaluating interventions to reduce ex
 posures to contaminants and disease vectors\, particularly in low-income c
 ountries.\n\nHer work has been featured in The Economist\, The Washington 
 Post\, Vox\, The Scientist\, Undark\, Think Global Health\, Environmental 
 Health News\, Stanford Medicine\, Effective Altruism and other outlets.\n\
 nShe holds a PhD in Environment and Resources from Stanford University and
  a Master’s of Science in Engineering and Certificate in Global Health f
 rom the University of Washington.\n\nAcross campus\, she is affiliated wit
 h the Doerr School of Sustainability\, Woods Institute for the Environment
 \, Center for Human and Planetary Health\, Center for Innovation in Global
  Health\, King Center on Global Development\, and the Maternal and Child H
 ealth Research Institute.
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LOCATION:Jen-Hsun Huang Building (School of Engineering)\, 305
SUMMARY:Global Health Winter Research Spotlight with Jenna Forsyth
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/global-health-winter-resear
 ch-spotlight-with-jenna-forsyth
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