It is a great honor to receive the HBA-USA scholarship, which is a meaningful source of support as I continue my Ph.D. training in Environmental Health Sciences at Yale University. My background is in Environmental Engineering, and I hold an Integrated Master’s Degree from the University of Patras. My doctoral research uses advanced multi-omics approaches and spatial proteomics to investigate how environmental exposures contribute to Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis, with the goal to identify early biomarkers. This summer, I will join Dr. Susan Sumner’s laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for advanced training in LC-MS-based metabolomics. Training in Dr. Susan Sumner’s laboratory will help me build stronger expertise in metabolomics and exposome research in a leading environment focused on how molecular changes relate to health, disease, and environmental exposures. The scholarship from HBA-USA will critically support this important step in my scientific development and strengthen my goal of contributing to impactful biomedical research.
Athina Lisgara, PhD candidate
Environmental Health Sciences at Yale University
