Georgia Hodes
Assistant Professor in the School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech
Her work focuses on identifying biological mechanisms that contribute to individual differences in vulnerability and resilience to stress and mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. In particular, I am interested in understanding how the sex of an individual contributes to stress susceptibility. Studies focus on the development of novel personalized treatments and bioassays for mental illness so these disorders can be medically diagnosed and treated effectively. Specifically, the research involved understanding how sex differences in the peripheral immune system functionally contributes to stress susceptibility and resilience.