Benayoun, Bérénice
Associate Professor of Gerontology, Cancer Biology, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
My lab explores understudied influences (e.g. biological sex and reproductive status) on gene regulation across key biological systems, with a particular interest in the aging brain and innate immunity (e.g. neutrophils, macrophages, microglia). Sex-dimorphic processes can have a major and lasting influence on somatic health, yet, this exciting question is still dramatically understudied, with few studies looking at the influence of biological sex as a focal point of interest, thus ignoring a major contributor to health disparities in human populations.
