Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mulligan Lab
Led by Connie Mulligan · Anthropology
What we study
The Mulligan Lab studies how stress and trauma affect health by analyzing DNA, methylation, and microbiome changes in human populations. They focus on epigenetic and genetic markers of violence exposure and intergenerational health.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- The gut microbiome in early life predicts malaria susceptibility
2026 · Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Studies gut microbes in infants to see if they predict malaria risk.
- Correlation between DNAm and CVD in the African American diaspora
2026 · UF Journal of Undergraduate Research
Links DNA methylation changes to cardiovascular disease in African American communities.
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- Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees
2025 · Scientific Reports
- Epigenetic age acceleration and psychosocial stressors in early childhood
2025 · Epigenomics
Finds links between childhood stress and faster aging in DNA.
- TRACE: applying AI language models to extract ancestry information from curated biomedical literature
2025 · Frontiers in Digital Health
Uses AI to automatically find ancestry details in research papers.
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