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Research Interests

Elise’s current research interests include understanding wildfire smoke mixtures toxicity using in vitro and computational approaches, evaluating the role of extracellular vesicles in respiratory responses to toxicants using human clinical samples, and exploring relationships between chemical exposure, social stressors, and the built environment. She is also passionate about mentoring and developing resources to train the next generation of scientists in computational approaches in environmental health research.

 

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Julia Rager

 

Publications

Link to full publication list: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1RUEY5mbxcOAL/bibliography/public/

 

Awards Won 

  • 1st place, President’s Award for Research Competition, NC SOT (08/2023)
  • Anderson-Clewell Trainee Award, SOT Biological Modeling & Risk Assessment Specialty Sections (03/2023)

 

Grants Awarded

  • UNC-CH Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility Rapid Response Seed Grant, “Pilot data for tracing wildfire-induced intercellular communication throughout the respiratory tract through extracellular vesicle technologies” (PI: Hickman/Rager)
  • NIEHS T32 Postdoctoral Training Grant in Toxicology (UNC-CH) (PI: Jaspers)

 

Additional Professional Information

 

Office

1204A Michael Hooker Research Center

Elise Hickman