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


Fate (or state) of CA2 neurons in a mineralocorticoid receptor knockout


Erin P Harris, Stephanie M Jones, Georgia M Alexander, Başak Kandemir, James M Ward, TianYuan Wang, Xin Xu, Serena M. Dudek

bioRxiv


Characterizing Brainstem GLP-1 Control of Sensory-Specific Satiety in Male and Female Rats Across the Estrous Cycle


Sarah V Applebey, Allison G Xiao, Erin P Harris, Caleb Levine, Drew L Belser, Caroline E Geisler, Marise B Parent, Debra A Bangasser, Richard C Crist, Benjamin C Reiner, Matthew R Hayes

Biological Psychiatry, 2025


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


Juvenile stress exerts sex-independent effects on anxiety, antidepressant-like behaviours and dopaminergic innervation of the prelimbic cortex in adulthood and does not alter hippocampal neurogenesis


Erin P Harris, Andrew J McGovern, Thieza G Melo, Aaron Barron, Yvonne M Nolan, Olivia F O'Leary

Behavioural Brain Research, vol. 421, 2022


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Media


Mar 18, 2025

Dana Foundation Virtual Panel: Careers in Science Communication & Science Writing

I was invited to speak on a panel hosted by the Dana Foundation Career Network in Neuroscience & Society on careers in science commnication and science writing. Fellow speakers included Jared Boyce and Dr. Gertrude Nonterah. Thank you to the Dana Found... (Link)


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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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Contact


Erin Harris, PhD

Neuroscientist



Center for Behavioral Neuroscience

Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University


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