Maternal messages: How infection during pregnancy shapes the fetal brain

The University of Arizona's College of Medicine-Tucson Department of Physiology presents the Seminars in Translational and Advanced Research (STAR) series, hosting Dr. Adrienne Antonson, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Antonson is an Assistant Professor in the Immunophysiology and Behavior Program within the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (UIUC). She established her research program in 2021 to investigate how prenatal inflammatory exposures alter placental function and fetal brain development. Dr. Antonson's multidisciplinary training in immunology, neuroscience, reproductive physiology, and microbiology enables her to interrogate complex interactions across the maternal-fetal interface and placenta-brain axis.

Join us in-person at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 20, 2026 in Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 8403.

The lecture will also be available via Zoom.