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Rona Giffard is a Professor Emerita in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Pain Medicine at Stanford University. With a Ph.D. in Structural Biology and an M.D. from Stanford University, she has made significant contributions to the fields of brain injury, stroke, and chronic neurological degenerative diseases. Her research focuses on understanding the cellular consequences of brain injury and employing rodent models to study these problems. Giffard's recent work explores the role of microRNAs in regulating proteins crucial for ischemic outcomes, interactions between neurons and glia during injury, and the protective effects of heat shock proteins on cell death. She also investigates the functional changes in mitochondria in response to stress and their involvement in neurogenesis and oxidative stress related to stroke. Giffard is actively involved in teaching courses related to her expertise, mentoring graduate students in the Molecular Genetic Medicine Fellowship Program, and contributing to the academic community with her extensive research in anesthesia and brain injury.
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