History

Conference on Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenesis

This Conference is the 12th in the series, consistently featuring a broad range of the latest advances in the molecular mechanisms of metal toxicity and carcinogenicity, as well as strategies for mitigating metal-induced adverse health effects.  Previous Conferences in the series are listed below: 

1st Conference: Morgantown, West Virginia, September 10-12, 2000, sponsored by CDC/NIOSH and OSHA. Organizer: Xianglin Shi

2nd Conference: Morgantown, West Virginia, September 8-11, 2002, sponsored by CDC/NIOSH.  Organizer: Xianglin Shi

3rd Conference: Morgantown, West Virginia, September 12-15, 2004, sponsored by CDC/NIOSH.  Organizer: Xianglin Shi

4th Conference: Morgantown, West Virginia, September 24-27, 2006, sponsored by CDC/NIOSH. Organizer: Xianglin Shi

5th Conference: Morgantown, West Virginia, September 14-17, 2008, sponsored by CDC/NIOSH.  Organizer: Xianglin Shi

6th Conference: Lexington, Kentucky, November 14-17, 2010, sponsored by NIH/NIEHS and University of Kentucky.  Organizer: Xianglin Shi

7th Conference: Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 21-24, 2012, sponsored by NIH/NIEHS and University of New Mexico.  Co-Organizers: Ke Jian Liu and Xianglin Shi

8th Conference: Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 26-29, 2014, sponsored by NIH/NIEHS and University of New Mexico. Co-Organizers: Ke Jian Liu and Xianglin Shi

9th Conference: Lexington, Kentucky, October 23-26, 2016, sponsored by NIH/NIEHS and University of Kentucky. Co-Organizers: Xianglin Shi and Ke Jian Liu

10th Conference: Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 28-31, 2018, sponsored by NIH/NIEHS and University of New Mexico.  Co-Organizers: Ke Jian Liu and Xianglin Shi

11th Conference: Montréal, Québec, Canada, October 16-19, 2022, sponsored by NIH/NIEHS and Canadian Institutes of Health Research.  Co-Organizers: Koren Mann, Ke Jian Liu and Max, Costa

12th Conference: Port Jefferson, New York, October 26-29, 2025, sponsored by NIH/NIEHS, Stony Brook Cancer Center, and Stony Brook University. Co-Organizers: Ke Jian Liu and Max Costa