Margaret McCarthy (academic)
Margaret McCarthy | |
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| Born | Margaret Merryl McCarthy August 21, 1958 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Missouri Rutgers University |
| Known for | Neuroscience of sex differences |
| Spouse | Gregory F. Ball[1] |
| Awards | Gill Transformative Investigator Award from the Gill Center for Biomolecular Science (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Pharmacology |
| Institutions | University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| Thesis | Steroid influences on GABAergic neurotransmission: A behavioral and biochemical approach (1989) |
| Doctoral advisors | Harvey Feder Carlos Beyer Barry Komisaruk |
Margaret M. "Peg" McCarthy (born August 21, 1958)[2] is an American neuroscientist and pharmacologist. She is the James & Carolyn Frenkil Endowed Dean's Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where she is also Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology. She is known for her research on the neuroscience of sex differences and their underlying mechanisms.[3] In 2019, she received the Gill Transformative Investigator Award from the Gill Center for Biomolecular Science at Indiana University.[4]
Education
McCarthy received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Biology from the University of Missouri in 1981 and 1984.[5] She then attended Rutgers University where she received a PhD. in Behavioral Neuroscience in 1989. Following her PhD., she completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Rockefeller University, where she studied Neurobiology.[5] She completed a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Neurogenetics in 1993.[5]
Awards, Honors, and Affiliations
- Researcher of the Year, University of Maryland Baltimore (2016) [6]
- Advisory Board Member, eNeuro, (2015–Present)[6]
References
- ^ "A Leader and a Scholar: Gregory F. Ball Takes the Helm at BSOS". Behavioral & Social Sciences College. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ "McCarthy, Margaret M., 1958-". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ "McCarthy, Margaret". University of Maryland School of Medicine. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ Morrison, Joanne (2019-09-06). "UMSOM's Dr. Margaret McCarthy Awarded Indiana University's Gill Transformative Investigator Award for Neuroscience Research". University of Maryland School of Medicine. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ a b c "McCarthy, Margaret | University of Maryland School of Medicine". www.medschool.umaryland.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ a b "McCarthy, Margaret | University of Maryland School of Medicine". www.medschool.umaryland.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
External links
- Faculty page
- Margaret McCarthy publications indexed by Google Scholar
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