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Divine Nwafor, MD, Resident Physician, Charlottesville, VA

DivineNwaforMDPhD

Resident Physician Charlottesville, VA

Neurosurgery Resident

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  • Office

    1215 Lee St
    Charlottesville, VA 22902

Education & Training

  • West Virginia University School of Medicine
    West Virginia University School of MedicineClass of 2023
  • West Virginia University
    West Virginia UniversityPhD, Neuroscience, 2017 - 2021
  • West Viriginia University
    West Viriginia UniversityBS, Biochemistry, Summa Cum Laude, 2011 - 2015

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Scholarship Brains For Brain Foundation, 2021
  • 2021 APSA Northeast Regional Conference First Place Poster Award APSA Northeast Regional Conference, 2021
  • Outstanding Neuroscience Research Trainee Award Department of Neuroscience, 2020
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Neuroendocrine and Neuroimmune Mechanisms Regulating the Blood-Brain Barrier  
    Divine C. Nwafor, Allison L. Brichacek, Sreeparna Chakraborty, Catheryne A. Gambill, Stanley A. Benkovic, and Candice M. Brown, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 3/2020

Abstracts/Posters

  • Changes in Brain Leukocyte Populations Instigate Alterations in Cognitive and Sensorimotor Behaviors of Septic Male Mice. American Physician-Scientist Association
    Nwafor, D.C., * Jun, S., Povroznik, J.M., Engler-Chiurazzi, E.B., Chakraborty, S., Brown, C.M., . American Physician-Scientist Association, Chicago, 4/2018
  • Experimental sepsis impairs locomotor and thermal nociceptive behaviors in male mice
    Nwafor, D.C., * Jun, S., Povroznik, J.M., Engler-Chiurazzi, E.B., Brown, C.M, Southeast Regional IDeA Conference, 10/2017
  • Community Health Assessment of Three Eastern Panhandle Towns Longitudinal Community Scholars Program.
    Nwafor, D.C., * Doyle G.A., Saldana C.S., Hal Wanger Conference, Morgantown, 9/20/2017
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Lectures

  • Tissue-Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase (TNAP) Plays a Pivotal Role in Maintaining Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cell (BMEC) Barrier Integrity in a Model of Acute Sy... 
    2021 APSA Northeast Regional Conference - 1/9/2021
  • Sex Differences in Sepsis-Induced Exacerbation of Cognitive and Vascular Dysfunction in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s disease 
    2020 Neuroscience Retreat - 11/30/2020
  • Brain Endothelial Tissue-Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase (TNAP) Plays a Pivotal Role in Maintaining Barrier Integrity 
    Virtual Presentation - 7/1/2020
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Professional Memberships

  • American Physician Scientist Association
    Member
  • Golden Key Honors Society
    Member
  • Gamma Sigma Delta Honors Society
    Member
  • Mortar Board Honors Society
    Member
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons
    Member
  • American Medical Association
    Member
  • American College of Physicians
    Member
  • Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment
    Member
  • American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
    Member
  • American Heart Association
    Member
  • American Society of Neurochemistry
    Member