About


I joined the lab of Dr. Debra Bangasser at the Neuroscience Institute of Georgia State University as a research scientist in February 2023.

The lab studies the effects of early life adversity on steroid hormones, cognition, and motivated behavior in males and females. 


Publications


Early resource scarcity causes cortical astrocyte enlargement and sex-specific changes in the orbitofrontal cortex transcriptome in adult rats


Claire Deckers, Reza Karbalaei, Nylah A. Miles, Eden V. Harder, Emily Witt, Erin P. Harris, Kathryn Reissner, Mathieu E. Wimmer, Debra A. Bangasser

Neurobiology of Stress, vol. 29, 2024, p. 100607


Stress during puberty exerts sex-specific effects on depressive-like behavior and monoamine neurotransmitters in adolescence and adulthood


Erin P. Harris, Francisca Villalobos-Manriquez, Thieza G. Melo, Gerard Clarke, Olivia F. O'Leary

Neurobiology of Stress, vol. 21, 2022


Bisphenol A exposure in utero disrupts hypothalamic gene expression particularly genes suspected in autism spectrum disorders and neuron and hormone signaling.


Henriksen AD, Andrade A, Harris EP, Rissman EF, Wolstenholme JT

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 21(9), 2020, p. 3129


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Media


Sep 1, 2022

2022 Brain Awareness Video Contest

For the 2022 Brain Awareness Video Contest, members of the Dudek lab created this video "I Can See Clearly Now, The Brain is Gone: Tissue Clearing as a Tool To Visualize Neuronal Projections and Pathways." Our video was selected for the top 10 of the ...


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Oct 20, 2021

"I'm a Scientist" public engagment

I'm participating in I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here... an online, student-led STEM enrichment activity. It connects school students with scientists through energetic real-time text based chats. Students ask scientists questions via a live-chat a... (Link)


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May 19, 2021

Pint of Science 2021

Pint of Science Ireland went virtual in 2021!  I lead a team of Cork-based volunteers in organizing a "Planet Earth"-themed virtual event for the festival. I hosted the event on Zoom with speakers Dr. Elena Pagter, Sammy Ball, and Professor Maria McNam... (Link)


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