Author Archives: Erica Branham

Linnstaedt Lab graduate students Brittanie Winfield (BCB), Alice Woolard (BCB) and Erica Branham (GMB) attended the 2024 Department of Genetics Scientific Retreat in Myrtle Beach where they each presented posters of their research. 

Congratulations to Erica Branham, who was awarded an F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Erica’s project is titled: “Stressful life events confer risk for chronic posttraumatic musculoskeletal pain through DNA methylation changes at the POMC promoter”

The Linnstaedt Lab received an NIH project grant (R01) from NIAMS to fund a five-year project aiming to identify sex-dependent microRNA-mediated pathways to chronic musculoskeletal pain development following trauma.

Alice Woolard joined the lab as a PhD student in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology.

The Linnstaedt Lab attended the first annual Maxiner Symposium at Duke University where Lauren, Erica, Jacqueline, Liz, Simran, Meghna, Miranda, and Taanvii presented posters over their research.