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Fleming Lab

How does stress and trauma influence how our brains develop and age throughout the lifespan? Psychological stress and trauma are both known to accelerate biological aging. This leads to elevated risk for a host of age-related diseases and chronic conditions. In the Fleming lab, we utilize human neuroimaging (MRI) and assessments of how our bodies use our genes (epigenetics) to better understand how stress becomes biologically embedded. The ultimate goals is the prevent the long-term negative impacts of stress on biological aging. 

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Our Research

meet Dr. Fleming

I'm a neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Originally from Fort Worth, TX, I attended Baylor University where I earned a B.S. in Neuroscience in 2013. I then went on to earn a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences with focus in neuroscience from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I then completed my postdoc training working in a laboratory based at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Throughout my career, I have studied brain aging from a variety of perspectives spanning molecular, cellular, and macroscale levels of analysis. These perspectives help inform my work as I investigate how stress influences long-term biological aging trajectories.

2) Understand the missing link between epigenetics and brain aging

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3) Understand how the impacts of stress on the brain are transmitted across generations

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Research Goals

1) Build improved tools for measuring how the brain ages over time

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4) Identify protective factors that help prevent accelerated aging

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