User:Scientizzle/Charles Roselli
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Charles Roselli is a professor at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. Roselli's research in the development of sexuality has earned national attention several times.
[edit] Education
Roselli earned a Ph.D. from Hahnemann University in 1981. Prior to that, he earned a bachelor's degree from Franklin and Marshall College in 1974.[1]
[edit] Research
Roselli has authored over 75 journal articles. His research is focused on the actions of aromatase in neural tissue and its regulation of steroid-sensitive brain circuitry. Roselli's studies of sex steroid effets on the development of the ovine sexually dimorphic nucleus have received considerable media attention. In particular, Roselli's work supports the claim that homosexuality has a significant biological origin; sexual orientation in sheep is largely "hard-wired" in the brain prior to birth.[2][3]
Roselli's lab also performs research on the effects of saw palmetto berry extracts in possible treatment for prostate cancer.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Roselli's faculty web page
- ^ "Born gay? How biology may drive orientation", Sandi Doughton, June 19, 2005, The Seattle Times
- ^ Roselli Lab: Brain Morphology and Sexual Partner Preference in Sheep
- ^ Roselli Lab: Can Herbal Supplements Prevent Prostate Cancer?
- "Yep, They're Gay", John Cloud, January 26, 2007, Time
- "Of Gay Sheep, Modern Science and Bad Publicity", John Schwartz, January 25, 2007, New York Times
- "Gay sheep? Let's get the facts straight", Ben Goldacre, January 13, 2007, Guardian Unlimited
- "Science told: hands off gay sheep",
- "Openly Gay Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Slams ‘Gay Sheep’ Experiments at Two US Universities", PETA
