Research

Naomi was a MARC trainee in Dr. Angela Slitt’s pharmaceutical laboratory, which focused on diverse topics like liver disease, drug transporters, chemical toxicity and disposition and the effects of diet/nutrition. Dr. Slitt’s research involved mouse studies with per- and polyfluroalkyl substances, a group of man-made chemicals that persist in the environment and can be found in anything from cookware, stain repellents, and even water, that can accumulate in body tissues and serum. Naomi completed the virtual Michigan State University Summer Opportunities Program 2020 (MSU SROP) where they worked in Dr. Linda Mansfield’s laboratory. Naomi also presented a poster at the virtual Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) 2020 conference, conducted research related to COVID-19 in Dr. Slitt’s laboratory, and completed the URI Independent Undergraduate Research Project.

Naomi is a research assistant in the Greenberg lab in the department of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Naomi’s current projects with Dr. Elizabeth Pollina and Dr. Erin Duffy Lacy focus on neuronal activity-dependent transcriptional responses in cell and rodent models to gain insight into molecular aspects of aging, RNA stability, and DNA damage.