Christians, Julian

Christians, Julian

PhD

Science, Department of Biological Sciences

Biography:
Dr. Christians completed postdoctoral training at the University of Edinburgh before coming to Simon Fraser University in 2006. His current research focuses how the placenta responds to suboptimal prenatal environments to mitigate adverse effects, and the ways in which these responses differ between the sexes.

Research areas of interest:

placenta, pregnancy, preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, developmental origins of health and disease (DOHAD), sex differences

Research Themes:

Maternal & Fetal Health Chronic Disease

Website: http://www.sfu.ca/biology/faculty/christians/lab.html

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