Fernanda Laezza, MD, PhD, GC-CPEH Center Co-Director (UTMB) and Career Development Program Director, has received a new R01 award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) for her project, “Hippocampal Vulnerability to Environmental Pesticide Exposure.” Dr. Laezza is a Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Director of the Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).
The hippocampus is the part of the brain that supports learning and memory. The project will study how environmental pesticide exposure affects it, building on Dr. Laezza’s expertise in neuronal excitability, ion channels and pesticide toxicity.
At GC-CPEH: Dr. Laezza is a Full Member in the MIHED (Mechanisms and Interventions in Human Environmental Disease) thematic focus area. As Center Co-Director for UTMB, she succeeded Dr. Cornelis “Kees” Elferink. She also leads the Center’s Career Development Program, which mentors junior faculty and new investigators in environmental health sciences.
Congratulations, Dr. Laezza!
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