Biography:
Sarah Acra is a dual-degree student at the University of Florida Honors program. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Health Science and Master of Public Health and is a research assistant at the UF Genetics Institute, where she researches how aquatic contaminants affect human health. She recently presented her work at UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute Research Day 2026, where she won 1st place for undergraduate poster presentation. She is interested in public policy and is currently developing a health literacy course for students at her university. Before college, she wrote a children’s book to raise awareness for autism.
Title : Developmental exposure to PFAS mixture suppresses genes associated with neural cell development in adulthood: Neurod1 as a predicted transcriptional regulator