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Aaron Deal

5th year PhD graduate student – Matriculated 2016

Mentor: Leah Solberg Woods, PhD

Program: Molecular Medicine Translational Science

Aaron received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Davidson College in 2012. He worked for the Duke Human Vaccine Institute. He is currently working in Dr. Leah Solberg Woods lab looking at metabolic and behavioral responses to high fat diet in a genetically diverse rat model.  He is interested in how high fat diet affects mental health.

Aaron recently published his first manuscript and it was chosen for a press release.

https://www.physiology.org/detail/news/2020/08/04/high-fat-diet-and-genetics-lead-to-anxiety-and-depression-in-rats?SSO=Y