Olivia Halabicky is a Research Fellow in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the U-M School of Public Health. Dr. Halabicky’s research interests include explaining and reducing disparities in health and developmental outcomes associated with childhood toxicant (e.g., lead) and social stressor exposure. In particular, she is interested in the effects of these exposures on chronic stress physiology dysfunction, a known precursor to cardiometabolic disorders such as obesity. During her fellowshop, Dr. Halabicky hopes to elucidate potential mechanisms by which lead exposure and social stressors interact to increase the risk for childhood obesity, and use these mechanisms to develop targeted intervention strategies to reduce disparities surrounding childhood cardiometabolic outcomes. She earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, focusing on environmental health.