VICTORIA YOUNGBLOOD Ph.D. Candidate, Biological Sciences
BILL GLAZE FELLOW | 2024
Victoria’s graduate school experience was quite a journey, with a global pandemic, the births of her two children and changing research directions halfway through. The Bill Glaze Fellowship was instrumental in helping her round out her time at UNT, providing funds to complete necessary endpoints for her dissertation, as well as funding her travel to the Society of Toxicology conference in spring 2025. This conference will enable Victoria to present her research, network and hopefully secure a post-doctoral research associate position after graduation. Victoria’s research focuses on exploring the impacts of air pollution on hormone signaling and metabolic function. She’s also interested in the potential benefits of treatment with a GLP-1 receptor agonist to mitigate the damage caused by air pollution exposure. She is confident that the Bill Glaze Fellowship will enable her to collect all the data needed to complete her dissertation on this topic.
RACHEL LEADS Ph.D., Biological Sciences (’23)
BILL GLAZE FELLOW | 2023
Rachel is grateful for the Bill Glaze Fellowship because it funded much-needed supplies and enabled her to dedicate time toward her own research. It also served as a springboard for her to be more competitive in the job market and for gaining additional grants. The Bill Glaze Fellowship created a conduit for communicating with a wide range of people, sharing the story of science and why her work is important to the environment, humans and marine life. Rachel worked closely with her mentor, Dr. Aaron Roberts, researching the impact of oil spills on marine life. In fall 2023, she returned to Michigan State University, her undergraduate alma mater, as a research associate in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife where she is currently investigating the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on native fish in the Great Lakes region. Rachel uses both field and laboratory assessments to understand the mechanisms and impacts of contaminant exposure on aquatic organisms across multiple levels of biological organization.
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