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Comment: Did some cleanup, pulled out citations that were the subject's work into the primary source group to get a better sense of notability. Can't say I see WP:NPROF presently. After some review, I think current citation numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6 are a little promotional to me too, I don't think they're reciprocally notable so they read like window dressing at best and WP:NOTEBOMB-y at worst. Bobby Cohn 🍁 (talk) 16:29, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: Too flowery and with too much purple prose. "In response to the growing prevalence of autism, Lahvis and his laboratory then", "While continuing his academic research", and "After learning that social housing affected mouse empathy-related responses," (the later of which uses a citation authored by the subject (yourself). Please consider Wikipedia:Autobiographies. Thank you. Bobby Cohn 🍁 (talk) 18:01, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
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Garet Paul Lahvis (born 1961) is an American neuroscientist and author whose research has contributed to advances in environmental toxicology, developmental biology, and the understanding of social emotion and cognition in laboratory animals. His later work explores how animal sentience and laboratory environments influence outcomes in biomedical research. His narrative nonfiction essays address animal sentience, uncertainty in science, and their relationship to human identity and have received literary recognition.
Education and career
[edit]Lahvis obtained his B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Brown University (1983), M.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan (1985), M.S. in Toxicology (1990) and Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (1997).[1] He was a postdoctoral fellow at McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1997–2002),[‡ 1] where he remained as faculty (2002–2008). He then joined Oregon Health & Science University where he served as Graduate Program Director in Behavioral Neuroscience[‡ 2] before leaving academic research in 2018. In 2021, Lahvis was a visiting fellow at the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School.[2]
Research
[edit]Lahvis' early research focused on the effects of environmental pollutants on wildlife. Collaborating with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, he found an association between polychlorinated biphenyls and DDT bioaccumulation and immune compromise in free-range dolphins,[‡ 3] a finding later replicated by others.[3] He subsequently identified a developmental role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) in vascular development,[‡ 4] a receptor previously understood primarily for mediating the pernicious effects of certain chemicals.[4] Later, his laboratory developed experimental approaches for elucidating empathy,[‡ 5] social reward,[‡ 6] and communication in mice,[‡ 7] approaches adopted by other research groups to identify the neurobiological substrates underlying social reward[5] and empathy-related processes.[6] He also studies how biomedical laboratory environments can generate biological and psychological artifacts that can alter the results and interpretations of animal studies.[‡ 8]
Writing and public engagement
[edit]Lahvis has written narrative nonfiction essays for broader audiences on scientific uncertainty and the challenges that evidence for animal sentience brings to research science. In 2014, December magazine awarded Lahvis the Curt Johnson Prose Award for his essay "NQR".[1] His essays for broader audiences have also appeared in Aeon,[‡ 1] Vox,[‡ 2] The Hill,[‡ 9] The Progressive,[‡ 10] and Psychology Today.[‡ 11] In 2020, he received an Oregon Literary Fellowship from Literary Arts.[1] His public engagement with these issues includes participation in the documentary Sentient[7] and presentation of his 2019 TEDx talk, "The Inescapable Problem of Animal Restraint".[‡ 12]
Honors and awards
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Meet Garet Lahvis, 2020 Oregon Literary Fellow". Literary Arts. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Garet Lahvis". Animal Law & Policy Program, Harvard Law School. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ Schwacke, L. H.; Zolman, E. S.; Balmer, B. C.; De Guise, S.; George, R. C.; Hoguet, J.; Hohn, A. A.; Kucklick, J. R.; Lamb, S.; Levin, M.; Litz, J. A.; McFee, W. E.; Place, N. J.; Townsend, F. I.; Wells, R. S.; Rowles, T. K. (2012). "Persistent organic pollutants and immune function in bottlenose dolphins". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 279 (1726): 48–57. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.0665. PMC 3223648. PMID 21613298.
- ↑ Mimura, Junsei; Ema, Masatsugu; Sogawa, Kazuhiro; Fujii-Kuriyama, Yoshiaki (1999). "The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: a mediator of toxic responses and developmental processes". Genes & Development. 13 (1): 20–25. doi:10.1101/gad.13.1.20. PMC 316371. PMID 9887096.
- ↑ Dölen, Gül; Darvishzadeh, Ayeh; Huang, Kee Wui; Malenka, Robert C. (2013). "Neural mechanisms underlying social reward". Nature. 501 (7466): 179–184. doi:10.1038/nature12518. PMC 4091761. PMID 24025838.
- ↑ Zhang, L.; Chen, H. C.; Li, B.; Cao, J. X.; Su, X. M.; Kang, Y. T.; Gao, L. P.; Jing, Y. H. (2023). "Empathy and social cognition research". Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience. 49 (3): E192–E207. doi:10.1503/jpn.230125. PMC 11149616. PMID 38816029.
- ↑ "Sentient". 2 February 2026. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ "Honors and Awards Ceremony 2018". Oregon Health & Science University. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ "OCTRI Catalyst Awardees" (PDF). Oregon Health & Science University. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
Primary sources
In the text, these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):
- 1 2 "What do caged animals really tell us about our mental lives?". Aeon. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Animal experiments and primates' mental health". Vox. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ Lahvis, Garet P. (1996). "Decreased hematopoietic and immune function in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins exposed to environmental contaminants". Environmental Health Perspectives. 103 Suppl 4 (Suppl 4): 67–72. doi:10.1289/ehp.95103s467. PMC 1519269. PMID 7556026.
- ↑ Lahvis, G. P.; Lindell, S. L.; Thomas, R. S.; McCuskey, R. S.; Murphy, C.; Glover, E.; Bentz, M.; Southard, J.; Bradfield, C. A. (2000). "The aryl hydrocarbon receptor is required for vascular development". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97 (19): 10442–10447. doi:10.1073/pnas.190256997. PMC 27043. PMID 10973493.
- ↑ Chen, Q.; Panksepp, J. B.; Lahvis, G. P. (2009). "Empathy in mice". PLOS ONE. 4 (2) e4387. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004387. PMC 2633046. PMID 19209221.
- ↑ Panksepp, J. B.; Lahvis, G. P. (2006). "Social reward in mice". Molecular Psychiatry. 6 (7): 661–671. doi:10.1111/j.1601-183X.2006.00295.x. PMC 2040181. PMID 17212648.
- ↑ Panksepp, J. B.; Jochman, K. A.; Kim, J. U.; Koy, J. J.; Wilson, E. D.; Chen, Q.; Wilson, C. R.; Lahvis, G. P. (2007). "Mouse ultrasonic vocalizations and social communication". PLOS ONE. 2 (4) e351. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000351. PMC 1831495. PMID 17406675.
- ↑ Lahvis, Garet P. (2017). "Rodent Models of Autism, Epigenetics, and the Inescapable Problem of Animal Constraint". Behavioral Sciences: 265–301. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-3777-6_9. ISBN 978-1-4939-3775-2.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link) - ↑ Lahvis, Garet (4 March 2020). "Primate researchers need to explore alternative methods". The Hill. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ "Lab Cages in Animal Research". The Progressive. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ "Do uncaged animals produce more reliable science?". Psychology Today. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ "The Inescapable Problem of Animal Restraint". TED. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
External links
[edit]- Garet Lahvis publications indexed by Google Scholar
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