Linda R. Watkins

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Linda Watkins
Born
Linda R. Watkins

1954 (age 70–71)
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Scientific career
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Institutions University of Colorado Boulder

Linda R. Watkins (born 1954) is an American biochemist and physiologist. She discovered that glial cells can play a key role in the neuronal treatment of pain.

Since 1988 she has been a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. [1]

In 2010, she was awarded the Prince of Asturias Awards for Technical and Scientific Research along David Julius and Baruch Minke. [2]

Education

Watkins received her B.S from UCLA in 1976 and her PhD in physiology from the Medical College of Virginia in 1980. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Linda R. Watkins profile". University of Colorado Boulder .
  2. ↑ "David Julius, Baruch Minke and Linda Watkins, Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research 2010". Prince of Asturias Foundation. 2 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Watkins, Linda R".


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