Emma Simpson-Wade

Research Description

Investigating epigenetic mechanisms regulating maternal mental health

Awards

  • Pharmacological Sciences T32 Student Representative, 2024-2025

  • Predoctoral Training Grant in the Pharmacological Sciences (T32 GM144636), 2024-2025

  • Institutional Fellowship on the Predoctoral Training Grant in the Pharmacological Sciences (NIH T32 GM144636), 2023-2024

Publications

  • Simpson-Wade E, Dubreucq J, Rüegg J, Skalkidou A, Gaine ME. Early Epigenetic Biomarkers for Perinatal Suicidal Ideation: DNA Methylation Signatures Across the Peripartum Period. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 Mar 31:2026.03.30.26349727. doi: 10.64898/2026.03.30.26349727. PMID: 41959765; PMCID: PMC13060413

  • Daniel AR, Gernander N, Dodge S, Hayes C, Simpson-Wade E, Kovács EHC, Dowd G, McLendon JM, Hing B, Gaine ME. Sub-Chronic Chlorpyrifos Exposure Leads to Epigenetic and Sex-Specific Behavioral Changes in Adult Mice. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 Jun 11:2026.06.08.730429. doi: 10.64898/2026.06.08.730429. PMID: 42327306; PMCID: PMC13277971

  • Kovacs E, Simpson-Wade E, Richards JG, Williams A, Wemmie J, Magnotta V, Fiedorowicz J, Gaine M., 2023. 213. Epigenetic Markers of Lithium Use in Bipolar Disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 93(9):S179-80.

Emma Simpson-Wade
emma-simpson@uiowa.edu
(319) 467-1031
M. Gaine Laboratory
Undergraduate Institution: University of Northern Iowa
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
Year Entered into Program: 2022