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Alison I Bernstein

I joined the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy of Rutgers University in 2022. Prior to this, I was at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine in the Department of Translational Neuroscience for 6 years. I earned a BA in Biological Basis of Behavior and the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania and my PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences (Molecular Genetics and Genomics) at Washington University in St. Louis. I did my postdoctoral training at Emory University in the Rollins School of Public Health and the School of Medicine. I have been interested in how genes and environment impact the brain since taking a psychology elective in high school. The current focus of my research lies at the intersection of toxicology, neuroscience, and genetics and is the perfect extension of this long-term interest. I am also the co-founder of a science communication non-profit called SciMoms and our work during the COVID pandemic was featured in Time magazine. Outside of lab, I enjoy cooking and baking (usually challah), doing craft projects with my kids, playing board games, reading sci-fi and fantasy novels, and playing tennis.
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