Ph.D. Student Profile

Meaghan Rea, MPH
- Doctoral Pre-Candidate
- Cognate: Toxicology
Education
- MPH in Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan (2024)
- BS in Biosystems Engineering, Michigan State University (2018)
Research Interests & Projects
- Immunotoxicology
- Maternal and fetal health
- Environmental justice
Selected Publications
- Park, H., Harris, S. M., Boldenow, E., Aronoff, D. M., Rea, M. R., Xi, C., & Loch-Caruso, R. (2024). The antioxidant N-acetyl cysteine inhibits cytokine and prostaglandin release inhuman fetal membranes stimulated ex vivo with lipoteichoic acid or live group B streptococcus. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 91(1).https://doi.org/10.1111/aji.13807
Additional Information
Poster presentations completed in the past academic year.
- NHGRI Research Training & Career Development Annual Meeting "Fetal Sex-Specific Impact of Volatile Organic Compound Metabolites on Placental Transcriptome and Proteome"
- Environmental health Sciences Research Symposium "Fetal Sex-Specific Impact of Volatile Organic Compound Metabolites on Placental Transcriptome and Proteome"
- Michigan Society of Toxicology "Fetal Sex-Specific Impact of Volatile Organic Compound Metabolites on Placental Transcriptome and Proteome"
- National Society of Toxicology "Predicting Molecular Mechanisms of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes from Environmental Toxicant Exposures in a Puerto Rican Pregnancy Cohort Using the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database"