The Neuroscience of Cancer
The Barron lab applies the tools of cellular and synaptic neurophysiology to understand how cancer hijacks mechanisms of neural activity and disrupts neural circuit function.
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Tara Barron, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Dr. Barron earned her Ph.D. from UT Health San Antonio, where she completed her dissertation on electrophysiological implications of neuron-glial interactions. She subsequently underwent postdoctoral training at Stanford University, where she studied neuron-to-glioma synaptic communication. Dr. Barron is currently a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Scholar in Cancer Research and Assistant Professor in the Pathology Department at UT Southwestern.
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