Research Week 2017: Why should anyone care about aflatoxins? Communicating the need for basic science around the world

By Amanda Gibbs May 01, 2017 Portland, OR

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Stephen Lloyd, Ph.D. (center) talks with Justin Denny, M.D., M.P.H. (left) and Leah Cronn, J.D., April 11, 2017 at OHSU. Lloyd's recent research focused on toxic compounds found in common food sources in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa that can cause hepatocellular carcinoma. Denny and Cronn work with OHSU Global, a program that explores academic and research collaborations in Thailand and Southeast Asia. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Research Week: Stephen Lloyd, Ph.D.

Vladimir Vartanian (left), Stephen Lloyd, Ph.D. (center) and Irina G. Minko, are all authors on a research paper showing that the NEIL 1 DNA repair enzyme protects against aflatoxin-induced hepatocellular carcinoma in mice. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Research Week: Stephen Lloyd, Ph.D.

Stephen Lloyd, Ph.D. (left) talks with Justin Denny, M.D., M.P.H. (center) and Leah Cronn, J.D., April 11, 2017 at OHSU. Lloyd's recent research focused on toxic compounds found in common food sources in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa that can cause hepatocellular carcinoma. Denny and Cronn work with OHSU Global, a program that explores academic and research collaborations in Thailand and Southeast Asia. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Research Week: Stephen Lloyd, Ph.D.

Recent research by Stephen Lloyd, Ph.D. focused on toxic compounds found in common food sources in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa that can cause hepatocellular carcinoma. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)