Parker Holman

Research Associate

Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences

University of British Columbia

My research focuses on investigating social behaviour and its underlying neurobiology during the key developmental period of adolescence. Specifically, I’m interested in understanding the role of oxytocin and vasopressin - two proteins produced in the hypothalamus - in mediating social behaviour development, especially in the context of prenatal alcohol exposure. Though most of my research uses animal models, my research focus has expanded to include investigating how prenatal alcohol exposure may affect the “gut-brain” axis and change behaviour in human subjects recruited from across Canada.

Currently, I am a Research Associate at UBC in the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences working in the laboratory of Dr. Joanne Weinberg and also an Adjunct Professor at Brock University in the Department of Psychology.

 

Parker

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Parker Holman

Research Associate Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences

parker.holman@ubc.ca

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We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

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