Professor of Anesthesia
Director, Neuroscience Research Center
C. Nelson Melampy Chair in Anesthesia Basic Science Research
University of Cincinnati, Department of Anesthesiology 
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Department of Anesthesia

Editorial Boards

Epilepsy Currents
Frontiers in Neurology, Section on Epilepsy

Awards

2014 Research Achievement Award Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Research Assistant II

I received my BS in biology from Wright State University. I joined the Danzer lab in March 2022. I handle many functions in the lab, including mouse colony management, histology, imaging, surgery, and other roles. When I'm not in the lab, I can be found working out, hiking, or spending time with my dog, Milo.

MD-PhD Student

I am an MD-PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Currently, I am working as a graduate student in the Danzer lab through the Neuroscience Graduate Program, focusing my research on studying the role of hippocampal interneurons in epileptogenesis. Before coming to Cincinnati, I completed a research internship at Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Neuroscience Institute and subsequently worked there as a professional research assistant for two years.

Senior Research Assistant

I have deep roots in Northern Kentucky and at Cincinnati Children’s, where I started my research journey in 1986. My research interests are varied, as befits a lab goddess of my reign. I am currently working on several projects in the Danzer lab to investigate the role inhibitory neurons play in the development of epilepsy. Outside the lab, you can find me scribbling poetry, wandering through the woods, and knitting socks.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

I received my PhD in psychology from Texas A&M University, specializing in behavioral and cellular neuroscience. I joined the Danzer lab in 2011 to research the anatomical and physiological abnormalities in the hippocampal network associated with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. My current research focus is on determining the role of structurally abnormal granule cells in a hyperexcitable dentate network. When I’m not in the lab, you can find me running, at the yoga studio, or at the theater enjoying an opera, ballet, or musical performance.

Honors/Awards

Post-doctoral NRSA recipient

Research Assistant II

Research Assistant I