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Accolades: Jacob Harney, Mary Jane Williams
Posted 10/26/2006
Jacob Harney, associate professor of biology, A&S, recently co-authored a paper entitled “Estradiol-Induced Conditioned Place Preference May Require Actions at Estrogen Receptors in the Nucleus Accumbens” in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. The research described in this paper is designed to elucidate the intrinsic rewarding effects of estradiol in the brain that may help to explain clinical studies suggesting that adult females are more vulnerable to drugs of abuse than are their male counterparts.
Mary Jane Williams, interim chair of the Department of Nursing, ENHP, was an invited group facilitator at the Annual Lobbyist Meeting held in Washington, D.C. from Sept. 13-15, 2006. Williams’ group addressed the American Nurses Association House of Delegates resolution that examined the implications of chemical policy reform in the health care sector.
Williams is chair of the Connecticut Nurses Association’s Government Relations Committee and is actively involved in grassroots education related to environmental health and the development of policy. The Connecticut Nurses Association is a member of the Coalition for a Healthy Connecticut and a constituent member of the American Nurses Association, and it opposes the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) legislation currently being considered at the federal level.
Nurses are concerned about POPs because these chemicals, such as PCBs, DDT, and dioxin, take a very long time to break down in the environment and accumulate and reside in fatty tissue of the human body. POPs are associated with increased risk of cancer, birth defects, and immunological disorders and are a major concern of health care professionals.
Mary Jane Williams, interim chair of the Department of Nursing, ENHP, was an invited group facilitator at the Annual Lobbyist Meeting held in Washington, D.C. from Sept. 13-15, 2006. Williams’ group addressed the American Nurses Association House of Delegates resolution that examined the implications of chemical policy reform in the health care sector.
Williams is chair of the Connecticut Nurses Association’s Government Relations Committee and is actively involved in grassroots education related to environmental health and the development of policy. The Connecticut Nurses Association is a member of the Coalition for a Healthy Connecticut and a constituent member of the American Nurses Association, and it opposes the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) legislation currently being considered at the federal level.
Nurses are concerned about POPs because these chemicals, such as PCBs, DDT, and dioxin, take a very long time to break down in the environment and accumulate and reside in fatty tissue of the human body. POPs are associated with increased risk of cancer, birth defects, and immunological disorders and are a major concern of health care professionals.
