Dr. Kimberly Paul is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar, after receiving her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from UCLA in 2016.
Her research interests lie in the field of environmental exposures, aging, and Genetic Epidemiology. In particular, she has focused on the health effects of pesticides and air pollution on neurodegenerative disorders. She is currently working on integrating environmental exposures and multiple genetic/epigenetic network profiles – genetic markers, DNA methylation, metabolome – with Parkinson’s disease phenotypes.
Dr. Paul recently received the NIH/NIEHS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service F32 Award to the study the contributions of endocrine disrupting chemical exposure to metabolic disorders in those suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. She collaborates closely with Dr. Steve Horvath and Dr. Janet Sinsheimer from the UCLA Dept. of Human Genetics and Biomathematics.
Dr. Yu-Hsuan Chuang is a recent Ph.D. graduate in Epidemiology.
Her research focuses on investigating interactions between genetic variants and lifestyle factors such as coffee consumption and cigarette smoking in Parkinson's disease. She is also conducting Epigenome-Wide DNA methylation Studies (EWAS), with the aim of identifying PD- associated epigenetic markers using weighted gene co-methylation network analysis and other novel bioinformatics tools. She collaborates closely with Dr. Steve Horvath (Human Genetics, UCLA).
Dr. Zeyan Liew is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar, after receiving his Ph.D. in Epidemiology from UCLA in 2014.
His research interests are in the field of Environmental and Reproductive Epidemiology, Fetal-programming and Neurodevelopment. In particular, he is interested in studying a wide range of environmental exposures during critical periods of fetal development and how they impact health outcomes of the offspring over the lifespan.
His primary research focus has been Neurodevelopmental and Psychological disorders in children and young adults, specifically relations between early life exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and pesticides, and pharmaceutical agents, such as acetaminophen. He is also interested in methodological research, specifically causal inference and bias analyses. He collaborates closely with Dr. Jorn Olsen from Aarhus University and the team of the Danish National Birth Cohort Studies. Dr. Liew is the recipient of the 2017 UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoc Award and the NIH/NIEHS K99/R00 Career Development Award.