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Jill M. Daniel is a Professor of Brain Science at Tulane University, holding the Gary P. Dohanich Endowed Chair within the School of Science & Engineering's Department of Psychology. She earned her Ph.D. in 2000 from Tulane University, focusing on hormonal influences on cognition. Her research investigates how estrogens and androgens shape brain structures critical for cognition across the lifespan, from developmental organization to aging-related cognitive decline.
Dr. Daniel's work employs rodent models, combining behavioral analysis, biochemical assays, and molecular techniques. Her lab explores hormonal impacts on memory, synaptic plasticity, and neuroendocrine pathways, with recent emphasis on midlife estradiol treatment effects and cardiometabolic interactions. Notable findings include long-term benefits of midlife estradiol on hippocampal function and cognitive aging mechanisms.
Her publications highlight estrogen receptor α’s role in female cognitive aging and identify neuroprotective pathways involving insulin-like growth factor-1. She teaches advanced courses in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (PSYC-NSCI 4330/6330) and Physiological Psychology (PSYC 7090). Her lab is supported by grants including the NIH/NIA Program Project Grant on estrogens and cognitive aging.
Awards include Tulane’s Gary P. Dohanich Professorship. Ongoing work examines hormonal cross-talk in aging brains and implications for dementia risk, leveraging viral-vector and pharmacological tools to manipulate neural circuits.
