Neuroscientist Brintonย to lead UA brain center
Roberta Diaz Brintonย was named inaugural director of the University of Arizona Center for Innovation in Brain Science at UA Health Sciences.
She is a leading neuroscientist in the field of Alzheimerโs, the aging female brain and regenerative therapeutics, UA officials said in a news release, adding: โThe Center for Innovation in Brain Science will accelerate the advancement of evidence-based clinical care of brain disorders caused by disease, genetics or trauma.โ
Brinton will join the UA from the University of Southern California, where she is the R. Pete Vanderveen Chair in therapeutic discovery and development and professor of pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences at the School of Pharmacy; professor of neurology at the Keck School of Medicine; and professor of biomedical engineering at the Viterbi School of Engineering.
She has been principal investigator for major National Institutes of Health-funded program project and center grants focused on brain disorders. Brinton serves on the NIH Directorโs Center for Scientific Review Advisory Council and the Board of Governors of the Alzheimerโs Drug Development Foundation.
She holds a doctorate in neuropharmacology and psychobiology from the University of Arizona.
