P-SNAP Roundtable
Fridays, 12:00PM – 1:30PM ET
Catch up on the discussions you’ve missed.
Past Topics
Oct 09, 2026
Mapping Cancer: The Story of Data on the Community Level and What it Can tell us about Exposures

Lauren Minsky, PhD PCIST
Oct 02, 2026
No Roundtable

Sep 11, 2026
Plastic in, Plastic Out? Understanding Environmental Exposure and Clearance from the Brain

Eliane el Hayek, PhDAssociate Professor, University of New Mexico
Sep 04, 2026
“Optimism for pyrolysis GCMS of microplastics in biological matrices”

Karl Jobst, PhDAssociate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Aug 01, 2026
No Roundtable This Month

Jul 24, 2026
Micro-/nanoplastics and their impact on pregnancy and early life

Lindsay Cahill, PhD Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jul 17, 2026

Plastics Litigation Update


Jul 07, 2026


Dispatches from the PERTH Trial: Results from the 7-day plastic free diet

Amelia Harray, PhDEat Sustainably

Andrew Lucas, PhDThe University of Western Australia

Michaela Lucas, MD, PhDHealth Department Western Australia
Jun 26, 2026
No Roundtable June 26 & July 3

Jun 19, 2026


Talking about Health Impacts of Fracking and Petrochemical Production



Lauren Minsky, PhDFounder, The People’s Cancer Incidence Screening Tool
Jun 05, 2026
No Roundtable

May 29, 2026
Inside Providence: Insights to complexities of health care plastics reduction

Beth Schenk, PhD, RN, FAANChief Environmental Stewardship Officer for Providence Health System
May 22, 2026
Environmental Exposures and Congenital Heart Disease

J William Gaynor, MDPediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
May 15, 2026
Topic: Microplastics and Neurodegenerative Disease

Marcus Garcia PharmD (Asst. Professor, UNM College of Pharmacy)
May 08, 2026
Integrating Uncertainty: Microplastic Risk Assessment in CA

Scott Coffin, PhDStaff Toxicology, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Apr 24, 2026
Microplastics in atherosclerotic plaque: bystander or driver of harm?

Ross Clark, MD, MBA, RPVI Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of NM School of Medicine
Apr 17, 2026
From Metrics to Management: Leveraging Life Cycle Assessment and Leadership Development to Drive Decarbonization in Clinical Systems

Cassandra Thiel, PhDAssistant Professor, NYU Langone & Clinical Sustainability Consultant
Apr 10, 2026
Plastics 101: The Basics of Polymer Structure, Additives, and Fragmentation

Betsy DellProfessor, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology, RIT
Mar 27, 2026
The Plastic Detox Playbook

Mar 23, 2026
“The Making of ‘The Plastic Detox’ — Q&A with Shanna Swan”
Please note this Roundtable is MONDAY, March 23 at 1:00PM EST

Shanna Swan, PhDDirector, Action Science Institute
Mar 13, 2026
Topic: Clinical Practice and Prevention in Environmental Health

Jeanne Conry, PhD, MDPresident, the Environmental Health Leadership Foundation
Feb 20, 2026
The Voice of Healthcare
Why is this physician dressed as a dolphin? Come to the Roundtable to find out.

Feb 13, 2026
Calling all colleagues in healthcare sustainability! A project for 2026

Mary Kosuth, PhD
Feb 06, 2026
The pediatric science of synthetic turf — an update

Sarah Evans, PhD MPH
Jan 30, 2026

When Evidence Is Young: Microplastics in Pediatric Tonsils


Kara Meister, MD, FAAP, FACS
Jan 16, 2026

Allies and Colleagues at Project Tendr: Who, What, and How


Maureen Swanson – Director, Project TENDR
Jan 09, 2026

Health concerns with “chemical recycling” of plastics


Veena Singla, PhD
Jan 02, 2026

The Effect of Environmental Micro- and Nanoplastics on Human Joint Health


Ricki Sheldon D.O.
Zachary Zinmer
Dec 19, 2025










Introducing plastics position statements to medical societies


Donna Staton, MD



Jane van Dis, M.D.



Charles (Chase) E. Moon, MD, FAAP



Elizabeth Ryznar, M.D., MSC
Dec 12, 2025

Safer States Orientation


Gretchen Salter
Dec 05, 2025

Toxicants and EDCs for everyone: Writing and speaking on endocrine science and health


Aly Cohen, MD
Nov 21, 2025
Workshop review of P-SNAP handout on plastic free food handling
Samantha Romanick, PhD (EWG)
Oct 31, 2025

Haberdasher of Horror: A deep dive into microfibers, why they are everywhere we look, and reasons for concern


Susanne Brander, PhD
Oct 24, 2025

The Collaborative for Health & Environment, Science Communications, & P-SNAP


Kristin Schafer (CHE)
Oct 17, 2025

PFAS and Co-contaminants


Varun Subramanian (EWG)
Oct 10, 2025

Public Opinion on Plastics and Health: recent polling data and science communication


Shannon Goff (NRDC)
Sep 26, 2025


Health Harms of PFAS: an Overview



Megan J. Wolff, PhD MPH
Sep 19, 2025
Social Media for Science and Medicine
Sep 12, 2025





Notes from the PERTH trial (Plastic Exposure Reduction Transforms Health): How it started, How it’s going


Michaela Lucas, MD PhD


Amelia Harray, PhD


Andrew Lucas, PhD
Sep 05, 2025

Quantifying MNPs


Mary Kosuth, PhD
Aug 01, 2025

Little Things Matter


Bruce Lanphear, MD MPH
Jul 18, 2025
Emerging Research on Microplastics
Matthew Campen, PhD
Jul 11, 2025

Environmental Chemicals, Diabetes, and Obesity


Sarah Howard (HEEDS)
Jun 20, 2025


Online Disinformation Influencers: Plastics, Chemicals, and Public Health



Jane van Dis, M.D.
Jun 06, 2025

Emerging Research on Nanoplastics and Phthalate Replacements


Genoa Warner, PhD
May 30, 2025


Children’s Health & Chemical Policy



Charles (Chase) E. Moon, MD, FAAP
May 23, 2025


Artificial Turf and Children’s Health



Sarah Evans, PhD MPH
May 16, 2025

Communicating Science Through the Media


Amy Kostant (Science Communication Network)
Apr 25, 2025

Healthcare Sustainability in a Community Health Center


Sydney Engel, FNP
Apr 18, 2025

Climate Communications… for plastics


Ed Maibach, PhD MPH
Apr 04, 2025

Healthcare sustainability from the perspective of infectious disease medicine


Preeti Jaggi, MD and Shreya Doshi, MD
Mar 07, 2025




Reduction of Plastics in Healthcare Settings in the UK


Richard Hixson, FRCA FFICM



Megan J. Wolff, PhD MPH
Mar 07, 2025

A Review of BPA, Aromatase, and Autism Spectrum Disorder


Christos Symeonides, MRCPCH(UK) FRACP
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