Anke Huels, PhD
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Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health
Graduate Programs
- Full Member - Genetics and Molecular Biology
Education
Postdoctoral, Emory University, 2019Postdoctoral, University of British Columbia, 2018
PhD, Technical University of Dortmund, 2018
MS, Technical University of Dortmund, 2014
BS, Technical University of Dortmund, 2012
Contact Information
Email: anke.huels@emory.edu
Address:
Rollins School of Public Health
CNR 3053
1518 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
My research is highly interdisciplinary and involves the development of epidemiological methods and their direct application to environmental and genetic epidemiology. Examples include the association between outdoor and indoor air pollution with human health, methods and applications for the detection of gene-environment (GxE) interactions, and current challenges in the analysis of DNA methylation data.
A main focus of my research group is to better understand how air pollution and other environmental pollutants affect the brain throughout the lifespan. Our mission is to improve the understanding of environmental risk factors particularly in susceptible populations that are already at a higher risk for disease.
Please visit my website (www.huelslab.org) to get more information about my on-going projects, publications and opportunities.
A main focus of my research group is to better understand how air pollution and other environmental pollutants affect the brain throughout the lifespan. Our mission is to improve the understanding of environmental risk factors particularly in susceptible populations that are already at a higher risk for disease.
Please visit my website (www.huelslab.org) to get more information about my on-going projects, publications and opportunities.
Air pollution and early signs of dementia
Funding Agency: NIH/NIA
Project Dates: 09/30/2022 to 08/31/2027
Atlanta Society of Mentors (ASOM), 2021

Camille Trautman (she/her)
Neuroscience
Entrance Year: 2021
Topic: Mechanistic roles of interactions between RNA binding proteins FUS and FMRP in ALS/FTD-related synaptic dysfunction