Priyanka Baloni

Title:

Assistant Professor

PhD Granting Institution:

School of Health Sciences

Contact:

Email Address: pbaloni@purdue.edu
Office Phone: 765-496-2644
Lab Website Link: https://hhs.purdue.edu/directory/priyanka-baloni/

Primary Training Group:

Computational and Systems Biology

Secondary Training Groups:

Integrative Neuroscience

Research Areas:

Neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic modeling, host-microbiome interactions, gene-environment interactions

Current Projects:

1. CyberGut: towards personalized human-microbiome metabolic modeling for precision health and nutrition 2. Metabolic Networks and Pathways Predictive of Sex Differences in AD Risk and Responsiveness to Treatment 3. Metabolic Signatures for Disease Sub-Classification and Target Prioritization in AMP AD 4. Identifying metabolic signatures associated with PFAS exposure and their role in neurotoxicity

Importance of Interdisciplinary Research:

Interdisciplinary research helps in bridging the gap between experimental and computational needs and establishing long-term research collaborations.