Christine Jasoni

Biography

Dr. Christine Jasoni is currently working as a Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy, University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences , New Zealand. Her research interests includes Neural development. She is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Christine Jasoni is the member of many international affiliations. She has successfully completed her Administrative responsibilities. She has authored of many research articles/books related to Neural development.

Research Interest

The focus of Dr Jasoni's research is on discovering how the maternal environment during pregnancy affects the formation of the fetal brain. With conditions such as obesity and diabetes on the rise in Western society and the developing world, it is critical that we fully understand the health implications of these disorders for future generations. Specifically, there is clear epidemiological data showing that maternal obesity can greatly increase the likelihood that offspring will also be obese. Dr Jasoni seeks 1) to establish specifically how maternal obesity during pregnancy alters the development of the fetal brain circuits that regulate offspring body weight; 2) to discover epigenetic changes in the brains of the offspring of obese or diabetic mothers, as a further mechanism to explain the influence of maternal health on offspring brain function.