How the Social Becomes the Biological: The Interaction Between the Genome and the Environment

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Gillian Einstein discusses the interaction between the genome and the environment and provides a discussion of the role of epigenetics in modifying the phenotype.

Gillian Einstein is the Wilfred and Joyce Posluns Chair in Women’s Brain Health and Aging

Adjunct Scientist, Rotman Research Institute
Program Lead, Women, Sex, Gender, & Dementia Program—Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration and Aging (CCNA)
President, Canadian Organization for Gender and Sex (COGS) Research

Image courtesy of interviewee. September 23, 2024

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