Biography
Dr. Brenda Luna, Ph.D., is a Faculty Fellow, and an Academic Advisor III (STEM) for the Honors College. Formerly, she was a STEM Academic Advisor for the College of Arts, Sciences & Education. She is an FIU Honors College Alumni. At FIU she earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology, Master's of Public Health, and PhD in Public Health. Her research interests include childhood epilepsy, lead poisoning, and HIV/AIDS. As a graduate student at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, her research focused on mitochondrial mutations and oxidative damage in resected tissues from pediatric patients with brain tumors or cortical malformations. She has published journal articles and presented in national conferences. At the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of Public Health Laboratories (FLDOH-BPHL), she performed clinical testing for the Southern Region of Florida and trained personnel for the Hepatitis and HIV sections. In addition, she performed HIV testing for the CDC’s National HIV Behavioral Surveillance.