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Patricia F. Maness, Ph.D., received her doctorate in Biochemistry in 1975 from the University of Texas. She was an Anna Fuller Fund Postdoctoral Fellow from 1978-1980 at the Rockefeller University in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Dr. Gerald M. Edelman, and Assistant Professor. Since 1980 Dr. Maness has served on the faculty of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Chapel Hill, where she is Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. She is a member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, UNC Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, and UNC Curriculum in Neurobiology. Dr. Maness’s research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms governing development of the mammalian nervous system; specifically, mechanisms of axon guidance and synaptogenesis and their disruption in neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and intellectual disability. She has held continuous funding from NIH, NSF, NARSAD, and other agencies. Dr. Maness has been a standing member of NIH Study Sections Neurology C and NDPR (Neurodifferentiation, Plasticity and Regneration), and served on the editorial boards of Journal of Biological Chemistry and Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. Dr. Maness has received national recognition for her research, including the Hilton Distinguished Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), a Pogue Fellowship for Scholarly Research, an NIH Career Development Award, and the Jefferson-Pilot Award in Academic Research. She has published 132 scientific papers, and trained 13 graduate students, 30 postdoctoral fellows, 32 undergraduate and medical students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"