Howell Lab
Led by principal investigator Brittany Howell, Ph.D., the Howell Lab, also called the Maternal Influences on Neurodevelopment (MIND) Lab, is dedicated to improving mother-infant health outcomes for our community by exploring the factors that influence healthy infant brain and behavioral development.
We help families in our community through scientific research and provide a welcoming environment for our research participants. We perform a variety of assessments, while focusing on provide a welcoming, safe environment for all of our research participants. All of our research methods are non-invasive, and help our researchers understand and define characteristics that influence healthy infant brain development. Known factors that are important to healthy neurodevelopment include feeding and sleep habits, nutrition, stress levels, and social interactions.
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Bio ItemClaudia Carreno , bio
Graduate Student, Human Development
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Bio ItemNneoma Edokobi , bio
Medical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '24
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Bio ItemMegan Evans , bio
Graduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Bio ItemCollin Gregg , bio
Graduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Bio ItemJamie Holt , bio
Research Assistant
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Bio ItemAudrey Humphries , bio
Medical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '24
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Bio ItemKelly Ingram , bio
Medical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '24
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Bio ItemJasmine Johnson , bio
Graduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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Bio ItemCaelan King , bio
Research Assistant
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Bio ItemCatherine Lavallee , bio
Medical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine '24
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Bio ItemBlakely Lockhart , bio
Research Assistant
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Bio ItemDanielle Murray , bio
Recruitment and Retention Coordinator
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Bio ItemOlivia Olinger , bio
Research Assistant
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Bio ItemJulie Peck , bio
Peer Navigator, HBCD Study
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Bio ItemEmily Richardson , bio
Research Assistant
Collaborators
- Sadia Ahmed, Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate Students
- Saket Bikmal, Computational and Systems Neuroscience, Virginia Tech Class of 2022
- Morgan Hadank, Biomedical Sciences, Virginia Tech Class of 2023
- Kavya Iyer, Biochemistry, Roanoke College Class of 2022
- Swati Lodha, Virginia Tech
- Kellyn Rivera Rivas, Human Development, Virginia Tech Class of 2022
- Anne Scyrkels, Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech Class of 2023
Volunteers
- Erin VandeLinde, IBCLC
- Grayson Russell, High School Student