Sciencing from Home: Episode 8: Brianna and the importance of Latino Studies to studying depression in Latinx folk

L@S GANAS Research Fellow, Brianna currently works in the Peñalver Bernabé lab where they are studying the role of microbiomes in depression during pregnancy. She also discusses the role her minor in Latin American and Latino Studies plays in her work in the lab.

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Study looks at menopause, cognitive function in women of color, including women with HIV

Dr. Peñalver Bernabé's mentor and collaborator, Dr. Pauline Maki, discussed her very important study looking at how menopause influences cognitive changes in a population of mostly women of color with and without HIV with UIC Today. She found that there was no difference in the cognitive decline in these two populations but observed cognitive decline during menopause nonetheless. Link to article: https://today.uic.edu/study-looks-at-menopause-cognitive-function-in-women-of-color-including-women-with-hiv?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=today%2B02.09.21

Researcher uses gut-brain connection to unlock perinatal depression secrets

Dr. Peñalver Bernabé discussed BeaLab's work on perinatal depression and understanding the gut microbiome's role in mental health to UIC's Engineering News. Link to the article: https://engineering.uic.edu/news-stories/researcher-uses-gut-brain-connection-to-unlock-perinatal-depression-secrets/

Dr. Peñalver Bernabé has been selected to be a UIC BIRCWH Scholar!

Three New Scholars and One Women's Health Associate Accepted into the UIC BIRCWH Program! You can learn more at https://chicago.medicine. uic.edu/crwg/bircwh-home/ Source: The UIC Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program

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