Understanding Brain Inflammation and Stroke Recovery

Newswise — LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 19, 2020)  University of Kentucky College of Medicine researcher Ann Stowe describes her career path as nontraditional. After earning a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, Stowe decided to pursue graduate study in biomedical research instead of art history.

Today, the associate professor in UK’s Department of Neurology studies how the brain recovers from stroke. The same passion for creativity that attracted Stowe to studying the arts is what drives her in the laboratory.

“I believe biomedical research was even more creative from a ‘designing my own experiments’ point of view,” Stowe said. “It’s a creative output that I knew would hold my attention for a full career.”

Stowe has made many…

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