News 03/14/2024 ACCEPTED "Plants buffer some of the effects of a pair of cadmium-exposed zebrafish on the un-exposed majority" Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 01/12/2024 CONGRATULATIONS MD Imran Noor for winning 1st place and Jessica Okutsu for 3rd place posters at the BioGrad symposium 12/15/2023 TOP CITED paper in Zebrafish Shelton et al., 2020. |
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About EPIC.Environmental Psychology Innovation Center (EPIC) is in the department of biology at University of Miami (Go Canes!). The lab is supported National Institute for Environmental Health and Safety R00 grant. We study the environmental determinants of social behavior in wild and domesticated animals.
We use field and lab studies to understand the neural and genetic mechanisms that underlie environmentally-induced behavior. |
Research.
Goals
The goals of EPIC are as follows: • Excellence in Research: develop an extramurally-funded research program in environmental psychology, • Entrepreneurial Ventures: invent commercializable technologies, • Broader Impacts: provide a scientific basis for human health and conservation decisions, and • Growing Talent: train diverse postdocs, graduates and undergraduates in basic and applied research. |
Outreach.
Charles H. Turner Program Research Experience for Undergraduates Youth Learn about Zebrafish in India
Get In Touch.
Delia Shelton, PhD
Assistant Professor Biology Department University of Miami shelton.delia@gmail.com dshelton@miami.edu |