College of Nursing
When
This event has been cancelled.
Where
College of Nursing, Room 470
1305 N. Martin Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721
Or by Zoom. Contact Debra McMaster at mcmaster@arizona.edu for the meeting link.
Event Description
The College of Nursing is pleased to have Allison Perkeybile, PhD, present as a visiting scholar.
Presenter details
Allison Perkeybile, PhD
Senior Scientist, Department of Psychology
University of Virginia
Perkeybile’s research interests are centered on exploring factors that contribute to individual differences in health and behavior across the lifespan. She completed her PhD at the University of California, Davis with Karen Bales, PhD. Her doctoral work explored the ways in which early life biparental care influences developmental trajectories in social behavior and stress physiology in offspring. As a postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University with Sue Carter, PhD, and Jessica Connelly, DO, she worked to understand how natural birth and birth interventions influence epigenetic regulation of the oxytocin receptor gene by DNA methylation in new mothers and in their offspring. Now as a senior scientist at the University of Virginia, her research continues to focus on consequences of the birth experience in both mothers and babies. She uses an animal model to investigate how genetic variability in the oxytocin receptor gene and environmental influences contribute to health and behavior outcomes following natural birth and birth interventions.