The Elkin Lab

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Research

Dr. Elkin is a toxicologist specializing in reproductive and placental toxicology. Her research seeks to understand how exposures to environmental and occupational pollutants during pregnancy contribute to elevated risk of developing adverse birth outcomes. Dr. Elkin studies how exposure to pollutants disrupt normal physiological processes in the placenta during pregnancy. She currently employs both traditional laboratory-based techniques and ‘omics’ approaches to investigate placental toxicity using in vitro and in vivo models. Other areas of interest include: the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) paradigm, endocrine disruptors, male reproductive toxicology and developmental toxicology.