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Andrew N. Stewart, PhD

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1(425)533-5704
Andrew.N.Stewart@uky.edu
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Positions

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow

College Unit(s)

Other Affiliation(s)
  • SCOBIRC - Post-Doctorates

Biography and Education

Biography

I am a post-doc in the lab of Dr. John Gensel working on elucidating how the demographic variables of sex and age contribute to spinal cord injury and recovery. Further, I am investigating how persistant inflammation after spinal cord injury affects axon regeneration in the chronically injured spinal cord.

Education

Post-Doc-Physiology;SCoBIRC-University of Kentucky Ph.D-Neuroscience-Central Michigan University M.S.-Neuroscience-Central Michigan University B.S.-Kinesiology-University of Michigan

Research

Current projects working under Dr. John Gensel focus on elucidating how age affects spinal cord injury and repair, with an emphasis on age-dependent increases in inflammatory-derived reactive oxygen species production and decreased anti-oxidant defense. We hope to identify how age mediates these deleterious effects on SCI and identify tailored therapeutic strategies to improve functional outcomes.