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Megan Rhoads

Education

University of Kentucky, '18, Ph.D. in Biology

Western Kentucky University '08, B.S. in Biology

Biography

My research focuses on the characterization of spontaneous hypertension in a novel modelĀ Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus, the African Green Monkey. As an Old World non-human primate, the African Green Monkey is highly similar to humans in terms of physiology, gene structure, social hierarchy, and behavior. I am specifically interested in the connections between the sympathetic nervous system and the adaptive immune system and their contributions to blood pressure control in this novel animal model.