Dr. Linda Noble Haeusslein

Biography

Linda Noble-Haeusslein is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Neurology at the Dell Medical School and the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. She holds a Ph.D. in Anatomy from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on neuroengineering, multiscale biophysics, biomechanics, and computational biomedical engineering. Specifically, her work aims to develop targeted therapeutics to improve recovery from traumatic spinal cord and pediatric brain injuries. Her research employs cellular, molecular, and behavioral tools to identify mechanisms underlying early cell injury and to understand processes that impair recovery in preclinical models of neurotrauma. Noble-Haeusslein's multifaceted approach has led to the discovery of new pharmacologic and stem-cell-based therapies that ameliorate significant aspects of spinal cord injury, such as bladder control, locomotor function, and central neuropathic pain. Recently, her studies have included models for concussion in adolescent brains and investigate the immune response in the injured pediatric brain, including how changes to the microbiome may influence long-term social behaviors.

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