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Zila Martinez Lozada, Ph.D.

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Title:

Assistant Professor

Department:

Psychology and Neuroscience

College/Division:

College of Psychology

Zila Martinez-Lozada, Ph. D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at NSU’s College of Psychology. Her research focuses on astrocytes and how their interactions with neurons and endothelial cells affect their biology. Dr. Martinez-Lozada is also interested in the molecular mechanisms involved in the formation and maintenance of the blood-brain barrier.  She also examines the regulation of the expression of glutamate transporters.

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) / The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
  • Ph.D. Center of Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav I.P.N.)
  • M. Sc. Center of Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav I.P.N.)
  • B. Sc. The Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM)