Janet O. Joseph

PhD Student
Brown University

She/Her

Janet O. Joseph is a third-year PhD candidate in the Pathobiology Graduate Program at Brown University, working under Dr. Laura Stroud and Patrycja Dubielecka. Her research focuses on the impact of chemical and biological stressors on transcriptomic markers of the placenta, specifically targeting inflammatory and neuroinflammatory markers critical for a successful immunological response during pregnancy. Janet holds a background in microbiology, molecular and cellular biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as experience in infectious diseases, neurology, and psychiatry from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the NIH. She is dedicated to utilizing interdisciplinary methods to address biological questions and is a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) fellowship. Janet prioritizes mentorship and the inclusion of underrepresented minority (URM) scientists in STEM. In her free time, she enjoys exercising, watching sci-fi, and pretending to be a DJ.