{"id":4215,"date":"2022-03-16T13:13:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=4215"},"modified":"2023-09-06T12:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T16:26:37","slug":"neil-alexis","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/directory\/neil-alexis\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Alexis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Institution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/\">UNC School of Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My research involves the collection, processing and analysis of biospecimen samples collected from individuals either at baseline or following an inhaled exposure to an environmental irritant\/pollutant such ozone, woodsmoke particles, endotoxin or PM2.5. Much of my research has focused on non or less invasive sampling techniques such as induced sputum to explore cellular and biochemical events in the large airways. My work has applied different analytic technologies such as flow cytometry and Seahorse extracellular flux analysis to sputum derived cells to better understand their phenotype and function.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Alexis%2C+N\">Publications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institution: UNC School of Medicine About: My research involves the collection, processing and analysis of biospecimen samples collected from individuals either at baseline or following an inhaled exposure to an environmental irritant\/pollutant such ozone, woodsmoke particles, endotoxin or PM2.5. Much of my research has focused on non or less invasive sampling techniques such as induced &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/directory\/neil-alexis\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Neil Alexis\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4216,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4215","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_upd_display_name":["Neil Alexis"],"_upd_reverse_display_name":["Alexis, Neil"],"_upd_last_name":["Alexis"],"_upd_first_name":["Neil"],"_upd_sortorder_override":[],"_upd_sortorder":["1"],"_upd_gallery_summary":["<strong>Office:<\/strong> US EPA Human Studies Facility<strong> |<\/strong> <strong>Phone:<\/strong> (919) 966-1515<strong> |\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Neil_Alexis@med.unc.edu\">Email<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nPrime Focus: Examining underlying mechanisms of lung disease, specifically examining innate immune responses and inflammatory processes in the airways. Also, examining these responses and processes in the context of how inhaled environmental irritants\/toxicants produce detrimental effects in the cardiopulmonary system in susceptible populations."],"_upd_no_link":[],"_upd_degree1":["PhD"],"_upd_degree2":[],"_upd_email":[[{"email_text":"Neil_Alexis@med.unc.edu"}]],"_upd_phone":[[{"phone_text":"919-966-9915","phone_type":"Office Phone"}]],"_upd_address":[[{"address":{"address-1":"US EPA Human Studies Facility","address-2":"","campus-box":"7310","city":"Chapel Hill","state":"NC","zip":"27599-7310"}}]],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/4215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/4215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/toxicology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}