Anna Dulencin

Anna Dulencin is an Associate Research Professor and Director of the Eagleton Science and Politics Program at Rutgers University. Following a BA in Genetics and PhD in Neuroscience also from Rutgers, she was a biomedical research consultant at the New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence. As a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, she studies the infant microbiome and workforce strategies to support maternal-infant bonding with the aim of lowering early-childhood microbiome disturbances due to antibiotics and maternal separation.