Jelonia Rumph graduated from Florida Memorial University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology in 2018. Following graduation, she matriculated into the Biomedical Sciences PhD Program at Meharry Medical College. In effort to pursue a career as an Environmental Toxicologist, Jelonia now participates in a joint appointment with Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). At VUMC, she conducts research under the mentorship of Dr. Kaylon Bruner-Tran, a Reproductive Pathologist, in the Women’s Health Research Center. Jelonia’s dissertation project investigates how males exposed to dioxin contribute to Preterm Birth in their unexposed mates and Necrotizing Enterocolitis in their offspring. In the future, Jelonia plans to study the physiological effects of toxicant exposure in communities subjected to environmental injustices.