Susan C. Alberts
Robert F. Durden Distinguished Professor of Biology
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Selected Grants
Genetic and Genomics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2020 to 2025
Research Network on Animal Models to Understand Social Dimensions of Aging awarded by National Institutes of Health (Collaborator). 2020 to 2025
Collaborative Research: Competition within and between primate social groups: Hormonal and behavioral signatures awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2023
The biodemography of early adversity: social behavioral processes in a wild animal model. awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2023
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Maternal Early Life Adversity, Maternal Care, and Offspring Survival awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2021
LTREB Renewal: Life history and behavior in a primate hybrid zone awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2009 to 2021
Effects of Early-life Adversity on Body Size and Immune Function in Wild Baboons awarded by L.S.B. Leakey Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2021
A life course perspective on the effects of cumulative early adversity on health awarded by University of Notre Dame (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2021
Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 1979 to 2020
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolutionary Consequences of Direct and indirect Contributions to Additive Genetic Variation in Wild Baboons awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2018
Pages
Fitzpatrick, C. L., and S. C. Alberts. “Mating systems of old world monkeys.” Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, 2019, pp. 575–79. Scopus, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.20690-0. Full Text
Tung, J. “Genes revisited: The biodemography of social environmental variation through a functional genomics lens.” Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography: A Collection of Papers, 2014, pp. 39–64. Scopus, doi:10.17226/18822. Full Text
Alberts, S. C., and J. Altmann. “The Amboseli baboon research project: 40 years of continuity and change.” Long-Term Field Studies of Primates, vol. 9783642225147, 2012, pp. 261–87. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-22514-7_12. Full Text
Loisel, D. A., et al. “Functional significance of MHC variation in mate choice, reproductive outcome, and disease risk.” Evolution in Health and Disease, 2010. Scopus, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199207466.003.0008. Full Text
Levy, Emily J., et al. “A comparison of dominance rank metrics reveals multiple competitive landscapes in an animal society.” Proc Biol Sci, vol. 287, no. 1934, Sept. 2020, p. 20201013. Pubmed, doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.1013. Full Text
Levy, Emily J., et al. “Higher dominance rank is associated with lower glucocorticoids in wild female baboons: A rank metric comparison.” Hormones and Behavior, vol. 125, Aug. 2020, p. 104826. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104826. Full Text
Rosenbaum, Stacy, et al. “Social bonds do not mediate the relationship between early adversity and adult glucocorticoids in wild baboons.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 117, no. 33, Aug. 2020, pp. 20052–62. Epmc, doi:10.1073/pnas.2004524117. Full Text
Snyder-Mackler, Noah, et al. “Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals.” Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 368, no. 6493, May 2020. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.aax9553. Full Text Open Access Copy
Gesquiere, Laurence R., et al. “Noninvasive measurement of mucosal immunity in a free-ranging baboon population.” American Journal of Primatology, vol. 82, no. 2, Feb. 2020, p. e23093. Epmc, doi:10.1002/ajp.23093. Full Text
McLean, Emily M., et al. “Lifetime Fitness in Wild Female Baboons: Trade-Offs and Individual Heterogeneity in Quality.” The American Naturalist, vol. 194, no. 6, Dec. 2019, pp. 745–59. Epmc, doi:10.1086/705810. Full Text
Fischer, Julia, et al. “Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies.” Elife, vol. 8, Nov. 2019. Epmc, doi:10.7554/elife.50989. Full Text
Habig, Bobby, et al. “Multi-scale predictors of parasite risk in wild male savanna baboons (Papio cynocephalus).” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 73, no. 10, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Oct. 2019. Crossref, doi:10.1007/s00265-019-2748-y. Full Text
Zipple, Matthew N., et al. “Intergenerational effects of early adversity on survival in wild baboons.” Elife, vol. 8, Sept. 2019. Epmc, doi:10.7554/eLife.47433. Full Text
Zipple, M. N., et al. “Intergenerational effects of early adversity on survival in wild baboons.” Elife, vol. 8, Sept. 2019. Scopus, doi:10.7554/eLife.47433.001. Full Text