معرفی
Dr. Stephen Lippi serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology within Mercer University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, actively contributing to the neuroscience major through research and teaching.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Psychology (Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience), George Mason University
- M.A. in Psychology (Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience), George Mason University
- B.S. in Psychology, George Mason University
His research program integrates behavioral neuroscience using rodent models to study Alzheimer's disease mechanisms and human-focused analysis of sexual/gender minority mental health. Using transgenic mice, he investigates how lifestyle factors (diet, exercise, stress, sleep) influence brain pathology through behavioral paradigms including Morris water maze and novel object recognition. His secondary research leverages large datasets to examine mental health disparities without pharmaceutical interventions.
Publications from 2020-2023 reveal consistent exploration of dietary modulators (high-fat diets, mushroom supplements) and environmental stressors in Alzheimer's models, with emphasis on cognitive/noncognitive behavioral outcomes and neuropathological markers in transgenic strains.
Scientific awards: None documented in source materials.
Dr. Lippi mentors undergraduate researchers through the B.E.A.D.S. lab and teaches foundational courses in research methods, statistics, and biological psychology, emphasizing hands-on student engagement in neuroscience inquiry.
He directs the B.E.A.D.S. (Behavior/Brain, Environment/Enrichment, Aging/Alzheimer’s, Diet, Stress/Sleep) laboratory, which examines lifestyle-brain interactions across the lifespan using multimodal approaches from molecular analysis to behavioral phenotyping.
