Michele La Merrill, Ph.D.

Michele La Merill

Position Title
Associate Professor

  • Environmental Toxicology
Bio

Education:

  • 2002, BA Biology, Reed College, OR
  • 2008, PhD Toxicology, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2010, MPH, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM), NY
  • 2012, Postdoctoral Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM), NY


Department: Environmental Toxicology
Research Interests:

Environmental Toxicology, Genetic and Developmental Pharmacology, Metabolic Fate and Pharmacokinetics


Research Summary:

The mission of La Merrill Lab is to understand susceptibility to environmental diseases. We consider susceptibilities to disease that may result from environmental insults during the exquisitely sensitive developmental period, from poor diet and ensuing metabolic diseases, and from genetic and epigenetic predispositions.


Courses/Teaching:

  • Genes and The Environment, ETX 198


Lab Members:

Emma Karey, PTX, Tomoko Ishikawa, PTX, Ciara Main, Animal Sciences, Sunjay Sethi, Environmental Toxicology


Lab Rotation Availability: no
Lab website
PubMed listing