Rebecca Wu
Rebecca is a fourth-year PhD candidate in biological anthropology. She holds a BA in biological anthropology from Northwestern University. Their previous research focused on the intergenerational effects of maternal prenatal stress on the infant gut microbiome and health outcomes.
Rebecca's current interests center on parent/child health, social support, and the microbiome. She is particularly interested in how the microbiome can be used to study the interface between humans and their physical and social environments. Her dissertation research focuses on how stress in caregivers is associated with infant gut and skin microbiota differentially based on household, genetic, or gestational relatedness.
Research Interests
Parent/child health
Gut microbiome
Intergenerational effects
LGBTQ+ families