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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.

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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

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Collaborators

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