Erika Villanueva
  • Source: Scopus
20102021

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From Vancouver, Canada

BRIDGE fellow (Sept 2022-present), Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen. Mentors: Drs. Niels H. Skotte and Jørgen E. Nielsen (Rigshospitalet). Project: Delineating neuroglial communication in health and Huntington's disease 

Postdoc (Sept 2020-Aug 2022), Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen. Supervisor: Prof. Hans Bräuner-Osborne, in collaboration with LF Prof. Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas at BRIC. Project: In vivo role of GPR15 in T-cell mediated inflammation

PhD (MoMeD, Sept 2016-Oct 2021), Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen. Supervisor: Prof. Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas, Project: Type-I interferon signaling in CNS homeostasis and Parkinson's disease dementia

Research technician, Centre of Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (2012-2015). Supervisors: Drs. Michael Hayden and Amber Southwell. Projects: Behavioural and neuropathological charaterization of preclinical Huntington's disease mouse models 

MSc in Biology, University of British Columbia Okanagan (2011). Supervisor: Dr. Andis Klegeris. Project: Impact of a glial-secreted proinflammatory phospholipase on neuronal health

BSc in Honours Health Studies, University of Waterloo (2008)

 

 

 

 

Primary fields of research

Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease

Education/Academic qualification

Biology, Master of Science, Department of Biology, University of British Columbia Okanagan

2 Jan 200930 Apr 2011

Award Date: 30 Apr 2011

External positions

Research Technician, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics at BC Children's Hospital Research, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.

5 Feb 201215 Dec 2015

Keywords

  • BRIC
  • Neuroinflammation
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Huntington's disease
  • Parkinson's disease

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