Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.

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Photo of Dr. Edwards   Deputy Director, Extramural Research Program
NIH/NINDS
Neuroscience Center, Room  3305
6001 Executive Blvd MSC 9531
Bethesda, MD 20892-9531

ee48r@nih.gov
Specialties: Neural mechanisms of complex behaviors, systems and cognitive neuroscience, neurobehavioral disorders, neuroendocrinology, CNS plasticity

Dr. Emmeline Edwards has been Deputy Director of the NINDS Extramural Program since April 2005. As the Deputy Director of the NINDS Extramural Research Program, Dr. Edwards provides oversight to all scientific and administrative aspects of research programs funded by NINDS in public and private institutions across the country. NINDS has been at the forefront of funding neuroscience research in areas ranging from the structure and function of single brain cells to research on the causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders and, most recently, the translational research that is helping to bridge the gap. The Institute's mission is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world.

Prior to becoming the Deputy Director for Extramural Research at NINDS, Dr. Emmeline Edwards was Program Director for Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience at NINDS. Dr. Edwards is a specialist in neural mechanisms of complex behaviors. Her program focused on integrative approaches in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, neurobehavioral disorders and all aspects of central nervous system plasticity. Prior to joining NIH, Dr. Edwards was Program Director for Behavioral Neuroscience at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the NSF representative to the Human Brain Project. Dr. Edwards was a faculty member in the Pharmacology and Neuroscience Programs at the University of Maryland. Dr. Edwards received her doctorate in Neurochemistry from Fordham University, and completed her post-doctoral training in behavioral pharmacology and neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of SUNY, Stony Brook. Much of Dr Edwards' research, at SUNY and later on at the University of Maryland, has concentrated on the neurobiological mechanisms of maladaptive behaviors and behavioral genetics.


Date Last Modified Tuesday, December 16, 2008