Professor Dr. Joanna Szmydynger Chodobska

Biography

Joanna Szmydynger-Chodobska is an Associate Professor Emerita of Emergency Medicine at Brown University. She hails from Poland and completed her Master's Degree in Biology at Warsaw University followed by a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the Medical School of Warsaw. Her pre-doctoral training included a tenure at the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine in Melbourne, Australia. Szmydynger-Chodobska has been a faculty member at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University since 1995 and has contributed significantly to the field through her research and publications in scientific journals. Her areas of scientific interest primarily focus on the role of the blood-brain barrier and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in traumatic brain injury. As a dedicated member of various professional societies, she has played a pivotal role in advancing research and educational practices in her field.

Research Interests