Education
Research Interests
Academic Positions and Experience
Education

1987-1993: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ ), Ph.D., Physiology
Dissertation Title: Organic cation transport by avian renal brush-border membranes, Eldon J. Braun, Advisor

1982-1986: Loyola Marymount University B.S. (Los Angeles, CA), magna cum laude, Biology

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Research Interests

Dr. Villalobos's research will address physiological regulation and toxicological modulation of nutrient transport in the choroid plexus. She will use in vitro and in vivo models to elucidate the impact of dietary exposure to heavy metals, like cadmium, on brain development in young animals. She is studying the role of MAP kinases and oxidative stress on nutrient transport and plans to determine if dietary zinc supplementation reverses the negative effects of cadmium on choline transport

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Academic Positions and Experience

2007 - Present Assistant Professor Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University

2000 - 2006 Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester

2000 - present Member Center for Membrane Toxicity Studies, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

1998 - 2000 Assistant Research Professor Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, University of Connecticut-Storrs

1997-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physiology & Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, J. Larry Renfro, Advisor

1996 -1997 Postdoctoral Fellow NIH-NIEHS NRSA Training Program, Department of Pharmaceuticals, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut-Storrs

1993-1996 Intramural Research Fellow Lab. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Comparative Membrane Pharmacology Section, NIH-NIEHS, John B. Pritchard, Advisor

1987-1993 Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Physiology, College of Medicine University of Arizona

1987 Agricultural Aide California State Department of Agriculture

1985-1986 Teaching Assistant Department of Biology, Loyola Marymount University

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