Margarita Curras-Collazo
University of California, USA
Biography
Margarita C. Curras-Collazo completed her Ph.D in Medical Physiology from The Ohio State University and postdoctoral studies in neuropharmacology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and at Emory University. She is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience at the University of California, Riverside. Research in the Curras-Collazo lab focuses on transcellular and biochemical mechanisms underlying neurosecretion in the neuroendocrine hypothalamus as well as the neurotoxicological and endocrine disruptive effects of environmental pollutants such as brominated flame retardants. She has published more than 35 papers in reputed journals and has served as an ad hoc reviewer for the National Science Foundation, American Heart Association, and Department of Defense as well as international agencies.