MaKayla F Cox
Connect
(859) 323-2274MaKayla.Cox@uky.edu
Positions
- MD/PhD Student
College Unit(s)
Pronouns
She/HerBiography and Education
Biography
I grew up in Alton, Illinois. I attended the University of Illinois Springfield on an NCAA DII women's soccer scholarship. I graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry with minors in Spanish and Public Health. Throughout my undergraduate career, I worked in neuroscience/pharmacology for Dr. Erin and Kevin Hascup at Southern Illinois University SOM studying the role of glutamate in Alzheimer's disease and aging. I also worked for the Illinois Department of Public Health in a COVID laboratory doing R&D. Following, I interned at Washington University SOM St. Louis in neurology for Dr. John Cirrito. After graduating from UIS, I worked for Pfizer as a Bioassay Scientist II on gene therapies. Currently, I am interested in neuroimmunology and neuroinflammation.
Education
B.S., Biochemistry with minors in Spanish and Public Health from the University of Illinois Springfield
Summary:
Current Year: M1 Hometown: Alton, IllinoisSelected Publications
Findley, Caleigh A., McFadden, S., Cox, M.F., et al. ‘Prodromal Glutamatergic Modulation with Riluzole Impacts Glucose Homeostasis and Spatial Cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease Mice’. 1 Jan. 2023 : 371 – 392.
Findley, C. A., Cox, M. F., Lipson, A. B., Bradley, R., Hascup, K. N., Yuede, C., and Hascup, E. R. Health disparities in aging: Improving dementia care for Black women (2023). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1107372
McFadden, S., Sime, L. N., Cox M. F., Findley, C. A., Peck, M. R., Quinn, K., Fang, Y., Bartke, A., Hascup, E. R., Hascup, K. N. Chronic, Mild Hypothermic Environmental Temperature Does Not Ameliorate Cognitive Deficits in an Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse (2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glac223
Cox, M. F., Bartke, A., Hascup, E. R., and Hascup, K. N. Friend or Foe? Defining the Role of Glutamate in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease. Frontiers in Aging (2022). https://doi.org/10.3389/fragi.2022.929474
McFadden, S., Findley, C. A., Cox, M. F., Fang, Y., Bartke, A., Hascup, E.R., and Hascup, K. N. Elucidating the temperature exposome in Alzheimer’s disease (2022). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.055523
Bryant, J., Nwokoye, D. I., Cox, M. F., & Mbabuike, N. S. (2021). The progression of diversity: Black women in neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Focus FOC, 50(3), E9. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.12.FOCUS20945
Hu J, Cox M., Yang A. A rare case of pulmonary embolus after arthroscopic meniscus surgery. J Surg Case Rep. (2021) doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab101