Laura Stewart Van Winkle
Professor
Professor
Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
Phone Number
Office
508 CHE, Davis, CA 95616
Research Profile
Licenses
Diplomate American Board of Toxicology (General Toxicology)
Education
1987, BS, University of California, Santa Barbara
1995, PhD, University of California, Davis
Active Research Grants
Co-Investigator, UC Davis Core Center in Environmental Health Sciences, Hertz-Piccioto (Principal Investigator), NIEHS
Co-Investigator, Human Cyp2A and respiratory tract xenobiotic toxicity, Xinxin Ding (Principal Investigator), NCI
Co-Investigator, Air Pollution, Atherosclerosis, and the Role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, Christoph Vogel (Principal Investigator), NIH/NIEHS
Principal Investigator, Metabolic Mechanisms of Naphthalene toxicity in Lung, (Principal Investigator), NIH/NIEHS/NHLBI
Co-Investigator, What is the local dose of smoke from emerging tobacco products?, Wexler (Principal Investigator), Tobacco Related Diseases Research Program (TRDRP)
Principal Investigator, Traffic-related air pollution exacerbates AD-relevant phenotypes in a genetically susceptible rat model via neuroinflammatory mechanism(s) , (Principal Investigator), NIH
Co-Investigator, In vivo mechanistic study of QAC-induced pulmonary toxicity via mitochondrial injury, Cortopassi (Principal Investigator), NIH/NIEHS
Research Focus
The role of sex-differences and xenobiotic metabolism in lung pathology and toxicology. Air pollution including tobacco smoke, particulates and ozone. Growth factors and cell-cell interactions in lung wound healing, in lung disease (lung cancer and asthma) and during lung development. Cell proliferation and progenitor cells. Microscopes and imaging methods.
Specialty Focus
Toxicology of the lung. Diplomate American Board of Toxicology (DABT)