Author Archives: Erica Branham

Linnstaedt Lab members publish their article “microRNA let-7i-5p mediates the relationship between muscle fat infiltration and neck pain disability following motor vehicle collision: a preliminary study” in Scientific Reports (PMID: 33542428).

Dr. Lauren McKibben joined the Linnstaedt lab as our first postdoctoral fellow! Dr. McKibben earned her PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she studied miRNA mechanisms underlying early life stress induced susceptibility and resilience in the lab of Dr. Yogesh Dwivedi. 

Sarah Linnstaedt and collaborators publish a review article “Literature review and methodological considerations for understanding circulating risk biomarkers following trauma exposure” in Molecular Psychiatry (PMID: 31863020).

The Linnstaedt Lab was awarded an R01 grant from the NINDS to study mechanisms, safety and efficacy of FKBP51 antagonism to prevent chronic pain.

Dr. Sarah Linnstaedt received a 2020 Award in Pain grant from The Rita Allen Foundation, which provides a $150,000 three year grant to fund innovative research on critical topics related to the biological mechanisms of pain.