Barron Lab

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. 

Meet the PI

Tara Barron Photo

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.