Deborah Watkins
Principle Investigator
Deborah Watkins, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Adjunct Lecturer in Program in the Environment, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and School for Environment and Sustainability
SPH I Room 6611C
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Research Interests:
Dr. Deborah Watkins is a Research Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her research is focused on investigating causal relationships between exposure to environmental contaminants during critical periods of development and subsequent health effects. Specifically, she is interested in the molecular mechanisms by which exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may affect hormonally driven developmental processes, such as growth, neurodevelopment, and puberty, with long-term impacts on health. Dr. Watkins is currently working with large birth cohorts in both Mexico City and Puerto Rico.
Education:
Boston University School of Public Health - Boston, Massachusetts
PhD, Environmental Health, (September, 2011)
Boston University School of Public Health - Boston, Massachusetts
MPH, Environmental Health, (January, 2007)
University of Maine - Orono, Maine
BA, Clinical Laboratory Science, (September, 1994)
Research Experience:
University of Michigan School of Public Health - Ann Arbor, Michigan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environmental Toxicology and Epidemiology Training Program (August 2013 – 2015)
Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Environmental Health and Technology (October 2011 – July 2013)