Environmental Health Science Seminar: Jennifer L. Freeman, PhD
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The UofL Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences (CIEHS) and Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology invite you to the next Environmental Health Science seminar with Jennifer L. Freeman titled “Influence of a developmental lead (Pb) exposure on outcomes related to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) throughout the lifespan." This seminar will take place on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 11 a.m. ET.
Jennifer L. Freeman is a Professor of Toxicology in the School of Health Sciences at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. She received a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology and Molecular Cytogenetics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She did her postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. The interests of the Freeman laboratory are to define the underlying genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of toxicity of environmental stressors in the developmental origin of health and disease (DOHaD) paradigm. Current research projects are focused on metals, pesticides, PFAS, radiation, and other legacy and emerging contaminants. These projects are defining the immediate adverse impacts of a developmental exposure, the lasting adverse impacts of this developmental exposure throughout the lifespan, and/or the analysis of subsequent generations linking genetic, epigenetic, phenotypic, and behavioral assessments. These studies are investigating a developmental origin of disease pathogenesis with a specific focus on neurodegenerative disorders (Alzheimer’s disease/Parkinson’s disease), neuroendocrine dysfunction and downstream impacts to endocrine axes, and cancer with a goal of understanding the role of exposure to the environmental chemicals in these adverse health outcomes. All projects use the zebrafish vertebrate model system as a model for translation to human health.