麻豆传媒

Dr. Beall is a physical anthropologist whose research focuses on human adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia, particularly the different patterns of adaptation exhibited by Andean, Tibetan and East African highlanders. Her current research deals with the genetics of adaptive traits and evidence for natural selection, with the role of nitric oxide in oxygen delivery at high altitude and with the human ecology of high-altitude Tibetan nomads. Professor Beall is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The Heinrich Lab investigates physiological responses to hypoxia and high altitude. Human populations have evolved for thousands of years in high-altitude environments on the Tibetan Plateau, the Andean Altiplano, and the Ethiopian highlands. There is large variation in the adaptive strategies utilized by different high-altitude groups to survive in these environments, highlighting the significance of genetic variation in our physiological responses to environmental stress. Understanding the diversity of physiological responses to high altitude will provide insights into how we respond to chronic hypoxia as a result of disease. Awards NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award (F32), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Genetic determinants of variation in the hypoxic ventilatory response in low- and high-altitude populations, 2016 Grover C. Stephens Memorial Fellowship Award, UC Irvine, 2013 Best Poster Award, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2012 Jonathan Wade Psoras Award, Arizona State University, 2010 Ametek-Edax Best Poster Award, Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society, 2010