Maiken nedergaard bio

Danish neuroscientist

Maiken Nedergaard is a Danishneuroscientist most well known for discovering the glymphatic system. She is a jointly appointed professor in the Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She holds a part-time appointment in the Department of Neurosurgery within the University of Rochester Center for Translational Neuromedicine, where she is the principal investigator of the Division of Glial Disease and Therapeutics laboratory. She is also Professor of Glial Cell Biology at the University of Copenhagen, Center for Translational Neuromedicine.^[1]

Education

Nedergaard attended the University of Copenhagen, where she received an M.D. in and a in She completed post-doctoral training in neuropathology/physiology at the University of Copenhagen (–) and subsequently in neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medicine (–).^[2]

Research

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About Me

Faculty Appointments

Professor (Part-Time) - Department of Neurology, Center for Translational Neuromedicine (SMD)

Co-Director - Center for Translational Neuromedicine

Professor (Part-Time) - Department of Neurosurgery (SMD) - Joint

Professor (Part-Time) - Department of Pharmacology and Physiology (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Post-Doctoral Training;
Neuroscience;
Cornell University Medical School -

Post-Doctoral Training;
Neuropathology / Physiology
University of Copenhagen -

Rigshospitalet;
University of Copenhagen;
Neurology / Neurosurgery -

Education

DMSc | University of cience

MD | University of ne

Awards

Research to Prevent Blindness Stein Innovation Award -

China Medical University, Shenyang, China, Honorary Professorship

Jeppe Juhl Prize

Tagea Brandt Prize

Olav Thon Alzheimer Prize

Alzheimer Prize

Newcomb Cleveland Prize

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Maiken Nedergaard - Curriculum Vitae#

Maiken Nedergaard received an M.D. from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in , and her Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen in She worked at Cornell University Medical College before joining the faculty of New York Medical College as Professor of Cell Biology in Since she has been on the faculty of the University of Rochester. Her work focuses on physiolopgy and pathophysiology of astrocytes; astroglia role in in synaptic plasticity, as well as overall importance of neuroglia in neurological diseases, including stroke, spinal cord injury, epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases.

Positions and Honors

• Resident, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
  
• Fellow, Depts. of Physiology and Neuropathology, University of Copenhagen
  
• Researcher, Dept. of Neurology, Cornell University Medical College
  
• Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Cornell University Medical College
  
• Professor of Cell Biology and Anatom