The Pinkerton Laboratory breathes fresh air into vaping research at UC Davis  UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center Co-director Kent Pinkerton is leading new research to investigate how electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) vapor affects respiratory health. Graduate students Morgan Poindexter and Navid Singhrao explain what the Pinkerton Lab is up to.

By Morgan Poindexter and Navid Singhrao

 

Kent Pinkerton, PhD is a Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine. An expert on air pollution, Dr. Pinkerton researches how vapors, gases, particles and fibers change the way respiratory, cardiovascular and neurological cells develop and function.