Challenges and Opportunities of Translational Neurogenomics
Dr. Scholz is a Neurologist and Neurogeneticist specialized in movement disorders. She received her medical degree from the Medical University Innsbruck, Austria. Following graduation, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Neurogenetics (NIA) under the supervision of Drs. Andrew Singleton and John Hardy. She obtained a Ph.D. in Neurogenomics from the University College London, UK in 2010. She then moved to Baltimore to complete her neurology residency training at Johns Hopkins. In 2015, Dr. Scholz received the McFarland Transition to Independence Award for Neurologist-Scientists. She is an Assistant Clinical Investigator within the Neurogenetics Branch (NINDS). Her laboratory focuses on identifying genetic causes of neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia with Lewy bodies, multiple system atrophy, and frontotemporal dementia.
Date: 12 December 2018, 16:00 (Wednesday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, 2nd floor Sherrington Building, DPAG
Speaker: Dr Sonja Scholz (Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Unit, NIND, NIH)
Organising department: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Organiser: Melanie Witt (University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Organiser contact email address: opdc.administrator@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Part of: OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)
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Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Melanie Witt