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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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