Clinical and Research Background
Dr. Amber Nolan is a board-certified neuropathologist with clinical expertise in surgical neuropathology, neuromuscular pathology, and neurodegenerative disease. She received her medical and doctorate training at the University of Chicago (MD and PhD in Computational Neuroscience) and then performed her post-graduate training at the University of California San Francisco in both Anatomic Pathology in Neuropathology. Her research program focuses on traumatic brain injury, with the goal of understanding mechanisms that lead to cognitive dysfunction and neurodegeneration through analysis of animal models and human tissue.
Board Certifications
Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology
Research Interests
Traumatic Brain Injury, Selective Vulnerability, Systems Neuroscience, Cortical Circuits
Academic and Medical Appointments
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 2020-Present
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2019-2020
Education and Training
Training
Research Fellow in Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2017-2019
Fellow in Neuropathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2015-2017
Fellow in Surgical Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2014-2015
Resident in Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2012-2015
Education
Medical Doctorate and Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2012
Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2004
Publications
Latest publications from PubMed