Research Description

Extracellular Vesicles in Maternal Stress Models 

Awards

• Institutional Fellowship on the Predoctoral Training Grant in the Pharmacological Sciences (T32 GM144636), 2025-present

• Pharmacological Sciences T32 Senior Student Representative, 2025-2026

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

• Abstract runner-up DOHaD 2025
• Travel Award recipient, DOHaD 2025
   

Publications

• Hazzard H, Blaine B, Borrman BB, Shen SQ, Gumusoglu SB. Extracellular Vesicles and the Placenta-Brain Axis: Mechanisms of Shared Risk in Pregnancy and Perinatal Psychiatry. Curr Opin Physiol. 2026 Mar;47:100913. doi: 10.1016/j.cophys.2026.100913. Epub 2026 Feb 17. PMID: 41717050; PMCID: PMC12915965
  I gathered the bulk of relevant sources (conceptualization) and drafted the first iteration of the document. I was also involved in the review/editing process and abstract visuals.

• Gumusoglu S, Blaine B, Bertolli A, Weber MA, Kamal M, Hazzard H, Schickling B, Lauffer M, Zhang Y, Taylor R, Kirkpatrick K, Santillan D, Aldridge G, Santillan M. Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals immunovascular mechanisms of the placenta-maternal brain axis and lifespan neurobehavior changes in a mouse model of preeclampsia. Neuroscience. 2025 Jul 23;579:69-84. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.05.301. Epub 2025 May 24. PMID: 40419084; PMCID: PMC12653396