News 04/02/2023 ACCEPTED article in Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 03/02/2023 FUNDED UMiami Diversity Grant for UM Junior Faculty of Color Writing Group with Kim-Phuong Trunong-Vu 03/01/2023 WELCOME Ethan Bentley, new undergrad research 02/24/2023 FUNDED NIH NIEHS Diversity Supplement to Support Myles Covington's study of the therapeutic effects of selenium |
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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
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology shelton.delia@gmail.com |