Andrea C. Gore is a

neuroendocrinology Neuroendocrinology is the branch of biology (specifically of physiology) which studies the interaction between the nervous system and the endocrine system; i.e. how the brain regulates the hormonal activity in the body. The nervous and endocrine ...

professor at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

in the Division of Toxicology and Pharmacology, where she holds the Vacek Chair of Pharmacology. She is a prominent contributor to the field of reproductive endocrinology. Her research interests span from the neurological basis of reproductive aging to endocrine disruptors in the nervous system. From January 2013 through December 2017, she was Editor-in-Chief of the journal ''

Endocrinology Endocrinology (from ''endocrine system, endocrine'' + ''wikt:-logy#Suffix, -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the ...

.'' She has also been elected into the Fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Education

Gore graduated cum laude from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

in 1985 with a A.B. in Biology. She received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from

University of Wisconsin-Madison A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

in 1990. For her Ph.D. she studied hormonal control of puberty onset in rhesus monkeys. From 1991 to 1995, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Molecular Medicine at

Mount Sinai School of Medicine The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS or Mount Sinai), formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is a private medical school in New York City, New York, United States. The school is the academic teaching arm of the Mount Sina ...

Career

After her postdoctoral fellowship, she became an assistant professor in Neurobiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. In 2002, she became an associate professor at Mount Sinai. Beginning in 2008, Gore has served as a Gustavus & Louise Pfeiffer Professor Professor of Pharmacology at

. Throughout her career, Gore has been dedicated to increasing representation of women in science by mentoring female students and advocating against biases regarding women's innate abilities for math and science. The Senate of College Councils honored her mentorship of women with the Edith Clarke Woman of Excellence Award.

Research

Gore has authored or co-authored four books and published over 170 peer-reviewed articles. Her current research focuses on the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals from the environment on

hypothalamus The hypothalamus (: hypothalami; ) is a small part of the vertebrate brain that contains a number of nucleus (neuroanatomy), nuclei with a variety of functions. One of the most important functions is to link the nervous system to the endocrin ...

development which can alter psychological and social outcomes as well as generational effects in children and adults. Her lab is also focused on the effects of

estrogen Estrogen (also spelled oestrogen in British English; see spelling differences) is a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics. There are three ...

levels and supplementation on

menopause Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time when Menstruation, menstrual periods permanently stop, marking the end of the Human reproduction, reproductive stage for the female human. It typically occurs between the ages of 45 and 5 ...

onset timing and neurological changes related to aging and menopause.

Awards

Visionary Environmental Health Research (RIVER) (R35) Grant Award, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Revolutionizing Innovative (2023) Civitatis Award, The University of Texas at Austin (2019) Endocrine Society Laureate Award, Outstanding Public Service Award (2016) Edith Clarke Woman of Excellence Award by the Senate of College Councils (2016) Distinguished Scientist Award, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (2013) Top 100 Science Stories of 2007 of Discover Magazine (2007) Women in Endocrinology, Janet W. McArthur Achievement Award (1996)

References

External links

Laboratory website
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