Sarah Ackerman, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology

Divisions

Neuropathology

Division: Neuropathology

Titles

Assistant Professor, Center for Brain Immunology and Glia

Faculty Feature

Education

BS: The College of New Jersey

PhD: Washington University School of Medicine

Recognition

BBRF Young Investigator Grant Awardee, 2023

Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience, 2023-2026

BRAIN Initiative K99/R00 Awardee, 2021

Leading Edge Fellow, 2020

Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellowship, ALS Association, 2018-2020

NIH/NINDS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F32), 2016-2018

NIH/NINDS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31), 2014-2016

Research Interests

The Ackerman lab uses both zebrafish and fruit fly model systems to determine how distinct glial cell populations (individually and collectively) instruct nervous system development and disease, from synapses to circuits.

DBBS Affiliations

Neuroscience

Developmental

Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Immunology

Selected Publications

WashU Research Profile

Assistant

Randi Lee

Administrative Professional