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Office
1215 Lee St
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Education & Training
- West Virginia University School of MedicineClass of 2023
- West Virginia UniversityPhD, Neuroscience, 2017 - 2021
- 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
- 6 citationsA novel role for tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase at the blood-brain barrier during sepsis.Divine C. Nwafor, Candice M. Brown
Neural Regeneration Research. 2021-01-01 - 72 citationsTargeting the Blood-Brain Barrier to Prevent Sepsis-Associated Cognitive Impairment.Divine C. Nwafor, Allison L. Brichacek, Afroz S. Mohammad, Jessica Griffith, Brandon Lucke-Wold
Journal of Central Nervous System Disease. 2019-04-09 - 14 citations"The DEA would come in and destroy you": a qualitative study of fear and unintended consequences among opioid prescribers in WV.Cara L Sedney, Treah Haggerty, Patricia Dekeseredy, Divine Nwafor, Martina Angela Caretta
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 2022-03-10
Journal Articles
- Neuroendocrine and Neuroimmune Mechanisms Regulating the Blood-Brain BarrierDivine 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 AssociationNwafor, 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 miceNwafor, 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 disease2020 Neuroscience Retreat - 11/30/2020
- Brain Endothelial Tissue-Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase (TNAP) Plays a Pivotal Role in Maintaining Barrier IntegrityVirtual Presentation - 7/1/2020
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Professional Memberships
- American Physician Scientist AssociationMember
- Golden Key Honors SocietyMember
- Gamma Sigma Delta Honors SocietyMember
- Mortar Board Honors SocietyMember
- American Association of Neurological SurgeonsMember
- American Medical AssociationMember
- American College of PhysiciansMember
- Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and TreatmentMember
- American Association of Pharmaceutical ScientistsMember
- American Heart AssociationMember
- American Society of NeurochemistryMember
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