I completed my graduate training in the laboratories of Dr. Ray Grill and Dr. Pramod
Dash, earning a PhD from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2020 with
work focused on the impact of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) on the blood-brain
barrier (BBB). Following this, I joined the Department of Physiology at LSU Health
Sciences Center as a postdoctoral trainee under the mentorship of Dr. Patricia Molina
and Dr. Nicholas Gilpin, where I expanded my research to include the effects of alcohol
exposure on the brain.
In 2024, I established my own laboratory in the Department of Physiology at LSUHSC.
My research investigates how the combination of repeated mTBI and ethanol exposure
during adolescence can cause deleterious effects across the lifespan, using a combination
of molecular, behavioral, and systems-level approaches. My work is supported by funding
from the NIH.
Outside the lab, I enjoy comic books, traveling, crafting, and spending time with
my dogs.
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Loren Johnson
I received my Bachelor of Science in Biology from Louisiana Tech University. I work
as a Research Associate in the labs of Dr. Elizabeth Avegno and Dr. Sydney Vita, where
I run the alcohol vapor exposure, behavioral assessments, and breeding colonies.
In my free time I like to read and spend time with my family.
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