Wansu Qiu

My thesis investigates the effects of maternal postpartum antidepressant exposure, and how this pharmacological treatment affects both the mother and offspring in a rat model of postpartum depression. And whether there are dietary interventions (such as folate/folic acid) can be an effective treatment for PPD. My expertise includes knowing a lot about the impressionism period of art although I am really bad at painting impressionism and a lot better at painting post-impressionism, Greek mythology, and comics particularly the Batman universe. While I am still in training as a graduate student, I hope to become somewhat of an expert in immunology, metabolism, and the microbiome and how they affect the brain/neuronal development. In my downtime, I enjoy going to the gym and pretending I’m stronger than all the people there. I enjoy collecting quotes from classical/famous novels in my journal, including some of my favourites from Call of the Wild and Anna Karenina.