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Theodore Alan Slotkin is a Professor at Duke University, holding positions in the Departments of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Neurobiology. His research focuses on the interaction of drugs, hormones, and environmental factors during the development of organisms, particularly the fetal and neonatal nervous system. His work includes studying the biochemical factors that mediate nerve cell development and the subsequent impacts on critical organ systems. Ongoing projects delve into mechanisms that regulate synapse development, the adverse effects of exogenous agents, the control of cardiovascular and respiratory functions in the immature nervous system, and breast cancer cell growth regulation targeting hormone and neurotransmitter receptors. Slotkin has received numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health and has a long-standing commitment to training future scientists in pharmacology and toxicology.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)