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Biological Anthropologist and Bioarchaeologist
Virtual Early Life Stress Lab
(VELS-Lab)
Who We Are
Lexi O'Donnell
Director
Ethan C. Hill
co-director
I study bone growth and remodeling in archaeological and contemporary populations. In particular, my research has focused on how factors like weight-bearing physical activity, chronic illness, and social determinants of health influence bone strength and density in children and young adults.
Student Lab Members
Jordan Perez is a Biochemistry major at UNM. She is working to understand the impacts of food insecurity and food apartheid on children in New Mexico.
data collection: epicardial adipose tissue
Presentations:
Collaborators
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