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Clifford Woolf is the Director of the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center at Boston Children's Hospital. He holds an M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Woolf has extensive experience in neurobiology, having previously served as a professor at University College London. In Boston, he occupies the Richard J. Kitz Chair in Anesthesia Research at Harvard Medical School, where he established the Neural Plasticity Research Group in the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Woolf's research focuses on pain mechanisms and neurodegenerative diseases, exploring how neuronal plasticity impacts both adaptive and maladaptive changes in the nervous system. His methodologies integrate molecular and cell biology, electrophysiology, neuroanatomy, and systems biology, utilizing machine learning to analyze data. Current projects include investigating membrane receptors involved in pain hypersensitivity and neuronal growth factors that affect regenerative capacity. His lab collaborates with various academic and industry partners to develop novel analgesic and neuroprotective treatments.
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