Zade Holloway, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH
The potential health risks of cannabis are of growing concern, including effects on reproduction and development. Extensive research has investigated risks associated with maternal exposure to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) during gestation and its impacts on the development of offspring, but little research has been done regarding paternal THC exposure effects prior to conception. In this seminar, Dr. Holloway will summarize his work using rats to study the paternal, transgenerational effects of THC.
About the Speaker: Zade’s PhD is in Behavioral Neuroscience from The University of Memphis and his specialty training consists of Systems Neuroscience and Neurotoxicology in mice, rats, zebrafish, and pigs. He is currently a post-doc at The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and assists in developing innovative, high-throughput neurotoxicology screening methods and protocols. His current research focuses on using automated home cages to detect subtle differences in animal behavior in response to environmental toxicant exposure.