Lori McGrew, Ph.D.
I grew up in West Virginia and then attended Guilford College in North Carolina with the intention of going to medical school. However, I realized during my time at Guilford that graduate school would be a better fit for me, so after receiving my B.S. in Biology and Chemistry in1990, I took a few years off. Then I entered the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP) and earned my Ph.D. from the Pharmacology Department at Vanderbilt University in 2002. My doctoral research focused on the biochemical pathways activated by serotonin receptors in the brain. I expounded on these studies as a post-doctoral fellow at Vanderbilt by exploring the relationship between serotonin receptor activation and the release of excitatory neurotransmitters, before joining the Biology Department at Belmont University in August of 2003. Courses that I teach include Anatomy & Physiology and Neurobiology. My research at Belmont University currently utilizes C. elegans as a model for asking questions about the relationships between serotonin, glutamate, and addiction.
My activities outside Belmont University are focused on my family. I am married and have two sons, Gavin and Conor, who keep me busy with school projects, band performances and football practices.
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