Title: Omics and Microbiome Methods
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2022
Time: 9:00AM – 12:00PM CST
Location: Zoom – Click here to join the February 24th T32 Guest Speaker Series.
Meeting ID: 916 0302 8556 and One tap mobile: +12532158782, 91603028556# US (Tacoma)
Speaker: Michelle Wright, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing
Dr. Michelle Wright is an Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. She joined the UT Austin in August of 2018. She holds joint appointments in the School of Nursing and Dell Medical School (Department of Women’s Health). Dr. Wright received her doctorate in 2014 from the University of North Dakota where her research focused on evaluating genome-wide methylation patterns related to health outcomes in pregnant women. She went on to complete postdoctoral study at Virginia Commonwealth University studying methods of evaluating genome-wide DNA methylation and microbiome data; and Yale University studying the influence of intergenerational omics on health disparities. Dr. Wright's research interests are centered on investigating relationships among environmental exposures, the microbiome, and genomic factors to determine how they contribute to health outcomes in human populations.
Contact: Please email Tiffany Ewere at tiffany.ewere@nursing.utexas.edu.
Event Sponsored by T32 Precision Health Training Program.