News 11/12/2024 CONGRATULATIONS Jessica Okutsu named Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing Fellow. 08/08/2024 ACCEPTED "Therapeutic Efficacy of Selenium Pre-treatment in Mitigating Cadmium-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Cardiovascular Toxicology. You can read the paper at the link here. |
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About EPIC.Environmental Psychology Innovation Center (EPIC) is in the department of biology at University of Miami (Go Canes!). The lab is supported National Institute for Environmental Health and Safety R00 grant. We study the environmental determinants of social behavior in wild and domesticated animals.
We use field and lab studies to understand the neural and genetic mechanisms that underlie environmentally-induced behavior. |
Research.
Goals
The goals of EPIC are as follows: • Excellence in Research: develop an extramurally-funded research program in environmental psychology, • Entrepreneurial Ventures: invent commercializable technologies, • Broader Impacts: provide a scientific basis for human health and conservation decisions, and • Growing Talent: train diverse postdocs, graduates and undergraduates in basic and applied research. |
Outreach.
Charles H. Turner Program Research Experience for Undergraduates Youth Learn about Zebrafish in India
Get In Touch.
Delia Shelton, PhD
Assistant Professor Biology Department University of Miami [email protected] [email protected] |