Areas of Interest
Molecular basis of electrical excitability
- Structure and function of voltage-gated sodium channels in nerve and heart
- Pathophysiological functions of human gene variants in epilepsy, cardiac arrhythmia, and SUDEP
- Transgenic mouse and rabbit models of human channelopathies
- Patient-specific human induced pluripotent stem cell neurons and cardiac myocytes to study epilepsy and cardiac arrhythmia
Honors & Awards
National and Institutional
- Elected, National Academy of Medicine, 2021
- Elected, Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society, 2019
- Elected, American Epilepsy Society Board of Directors, 2018
- NIH-NINDS Javits Merit Award, 2017
- 2016 Theodore M. Brody Distinguished Lecturer, Michigan State University Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2016
- Elected, University of MI Medical School Executive Committee, 2016
- Maurice H. Seevers Collegiate Professorship in Pharmacology, 2015
- Elected to the University of Michigan Medical School Academy for Educational Excellence and Scholarship, 2013
- University of Michigan Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award, 2013
- Elected AAAS Fellow (Neuroscience and Graduate Education), 2011
- University of Michigan Council for Disability Concerns' Certificate of Appreciation, 2011
- University of Michigan Rackham Faculty Allies Diversity Grant to promote greater graduate student diversity through PIBS, 2010-2012
- University of Michigan Distinguished Faculty Award, 2009
- Distinguished Alumni Lecturer, University of Washington Department of Pharmacology, 2009
- Elected chair, 2009 FASEB Ion Channel Regulation Conference, 2007
- AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Seminar, selected participant, 2007
- Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Medical Research Grant Program Award, 2004
- AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, selected participant, 2003
- American Heart Association Established Investigator Award, 2001
- Recipient of Distinguished Faculty and Graduate Student Seminar grant to conduct a symposium on voltage-gated ion channels ($7,500), 2000
- Roche Bioscience Award for outstanding poster presentation, Advances in Ion Channel Research Meeting, San Francisco, 1999
- Finalist, Burroughs-Wellcome Fund New Investigator Award in the Pharmacological Sciences, 1996
- Johnson and Johnson Focused Giving Fellowship, 1996-1999
- Fellowship, Keck Center for Neurosignaling, University of Washington, 1992-1993
- National Research Service Award Trainee (T32 NSO7332-02), 1991-1992
- Individual National Research Service Award (5 F32 NSO8560), 1989-1991
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Association Advanced Predoctoral Fellowship, 1985
- National Research Service Award to Attend Vanderbilt University, 1983
Credentials
Education
PhD, Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1987
AB, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1982
Post-Doctoral Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1993
