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Kiersten Bell

Kiersten Bell

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Join date: Dec 10, 2025

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I am a Ph.D. candidate in Pharmacology and Toxicology at The University of Texas at Austin with overarching interests in neurodevelopment, circadian biology, and neuroimmune interactions. My work focuses on how early disruptions in the developing brain can lead to mood and psychiatric disorders later in life. Before graduate school, I worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigating how early-life exposure to environmental pollutants affects neurodevelopment. I now study how the emergence of circadian rhythms in the brain shapes neuroinflammation. 

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Kiersten
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Dec 11, 2025 ∙ 5 min
The Rhythm Within: How Circadian Timing Matters for Health and Mood
The first time I heard about circadian rhythms was in my high school biology class. I remember breezing past the term, memorising that “circadian rhythms = sleep-wake cycles,” and not thinking much more about it. That is, until I started to study them in graduate school.
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