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Award—Distinguished Scholar Award, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine

Dean’s Teacher Merit Honor Award, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine

Award—Young Investigator Award, SOT Inhalation and Respiratory Specialty Section (IRSS)

Award—poster presentation, Stem Cells, Cell Therapies, and Bioengineering in Lung Biology and Diseases Conference

Award—Early Career Achievement Award, American Thoracic Society (ATS), Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH) Assembly

Zoetis Award for Research Excellence, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine

Rising Faculty Research Award, Louisiana State University Alumni Association

Award—David Bates Award for promising new investigators in the field of environmental, occupational and population health, ATS, EOPH Assembly

Distinguished Scientific Presentation Award, Toxicologist of African Origin, Society of Toxicology (SOT)

Scholar—NIH/NHLBI AGOLD PRIDE program (National Heart Lung Blood Institute, NHLBI)

Society of Toxicology (SOT)

American Thoracic Society (ATS)

MMP12 deficiency attenuates menthol e-cigarette plus house dust-mite effects on pulmonary iron homeostasis and oxidative stress

AhR Activation at the Air-Blood Barrier Alters Systemic microRNA Release After Inhalation of Particulate Matter Containing Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals

Precision Cut Lung Slices: Emerging Tools for Preclinical and Translational Lung Research. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report

Machine learning for automated classification of lung collagen in a urethane-induced lung injury mouse model

Toxicity of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: The Role of Flavors, Sweeteners, Humectants, and Charcoal

The E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use–Associated Lung Injury Epidemic: Pathogenesis, Management, and Future Directions: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report

Mmp12 Is Upregulated by in utero Second-Hand Smoke Exposures and Is a Key Factor Contributing to Aggravated Lung Responses in Adult Emphysema, Asthma, and Lung Cancer Mouse Models

In utero exposures to electronic-cigarette aerosols impair the Wnt signaling during mouse lung development

Sub-ohm vaping increases the levels of carbonyls, is cytotoxic, and alters gene expression in human bronchial epithelial cells exposed at the air–liquid interface

Sex-specific lung functional changes in adult mice exposed only to second-hand smoke in utero

Prenatal Vaping Exposure & Respiratory Toxicology

Alexandra Noël received her bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences, her master’s in occupational and environmental health, as well as her PhD in Public Health, with a specialization in Toxicology and Risk Assessment, all from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montreal (Quebec, Canada). She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences at Louisiana State University (LSU) and the Director of the LSU Inhalation Research Facility. She conducts in vitro and in vivo inhalation toxicology studies on cardio-pulmonary effects resulting from in utero and adult exposures to second-hand smoke, electronic-cigarette aerosols, nanoparticles, and particles from air pollution. Her publication record includes 48 peer-reviewed scientiﬁc articles. In addition, Dr. Noël is the leader of the Inhalation Toxicology Core of the LSU Superfund Research Program and the Director of Inhalation & Infection Core of the LSU Lung COBRE. She is a counselor for the Inhalation and Respiratory Specialty Section (IRSS) (2024-2026) of the Society of Toxicology (SOT). She is also the Chair of the Membership Committee (2025-2026) of the American Thoracic Society (ATS). Dr. Noël is also a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health (2022-2026) and she is an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. Dr. Noël’s laboratory is currently funded by the NIGMS, the NIEHS and the NHLBI.

Inhalation Toxicology

Developmental Toxicology

Vaping Research

Tobacco Products

Pulmonary Diseases 

Molecular Biology

Aerosols

LSU Faculty Profile

Noël Lab

ResearchGate Citations

LSU researcher leads major study on effects of vaping

LSU researcher pursues research into harmful effects of e-cigarette use, receives FDA funding

Local LSU researcher helms FDA sponsored study into effects of vaping

Vaping, pregnancy, and lung disease risk: Dr. Noël leads NIH-funded research in a quest to improve public health

Impact of prenatal exposures to copper from electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) aerosols on the immature neonatal pulmonary immune system and IL-10-mediated asthmatic responses

Leveraging social-behavior factors of pregnant women in Louisiana and in vivo models to study the impact of maternal vaping on birth outcomes and asthma in offspring

ENDS aerosol particle deposition, in utero exposures and children's respiratory health effects (ENDURE) Consortium

Center for Lung Biology and Diseases

Cardiopulmonary effects induced by electronic-cigarette and JUUL aerosols in both in vivo and in vitro models

Effect of third-generation electronic-cigarette design features on aerosol constituents and pulmonary toxicity in vitro and in vivo - Focus on humectants and vitamin E acetate

LSU Superfund Research Program

Associate Professor and Director of Inhalation Laboratory

Alexandra Noël sits down with SOT TV to discuss her symposium on exposure to burn pit and wildfire aerosls, featuring an interdisciplinary panel of experts in chemistry, toxicology, and epidemiology.

The Lasting Effects of Burn Pit and Wildfire Exposure | Alexandra Noël

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