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Sandra M. Garraway
Sandra M. Garraway is a Canadian-American neuroscientist and assistant professor of physiology in the Department of Physiology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Garraway is the director of the Emory Multiplex Immunoassay Core (EMIC) where she assists researchers from both academia and industry to perform, analyze, and interpret their multiplexed immunoassays. Garraway studies the neural mechanisms of spinal nociceptive pain after spinal cord injury and as a postdoctoral researcher she discovered roles for both Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, BDNF and MAPK1, ERK2 in pain sensitization and developed novel Small interfering RNA, siRNA technology to inhibit ERK2 as a treatment for pain. Early life and education Garraway pursued her Bachelors of Arts at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She graduated in 1993 and moved to Manitoba, Mantioba where she pursued her graduate studies at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emory University School Of Medicine
The Emory University School of Medicine is the graduate medical school of Emory University and a component of Emory’s Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center. Before it was established as the Emory School of Medicine in 1915, the school first began as the Atlanta Medical College. Founded in 1854 by a group of physicians led by Dr. John G. Westmoreland, the college began during unfavorable financial conditions along with competition of three other medical schools opening in the state, driving up competition for students. Despite these challenges, the Atlanta Medical College continued operation until August 1861 when classes were suspended due to the Civil War. Several years later, the College merged with the Southern Medical College, leading to the creation of the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1898. The College existed for 14 years before another merger took place, this time due to encouragement from the Council of Medical Education. The Council promised that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |