Isola Brown, PhD
Assistant Professor (Fixed-term) and Director of Online Programs
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Colleges
Associations
- Online Masters Program
Programs
Sections
- PHM 823 Current Topics in Pharmacology and Toxicology (online) - Fall
- PHM 829 Neuropharmacology (online) - Fall
- PHM 841 Cellular And Molecular Toxicology (online) - Fall
- PHM 982 MS Capstone Literature Review (online) - Fall
- PHM 351 Fundamentals of Drug Safety (online) - Spring
- PHM 837 Autonomic Pharmacology (online) - Spring
Education
- PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology and Environmental Toxicology , Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University (2012—2017)
- B.A. in Chemistry and Biochemistry , Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania (2008—2012)
Funding
- MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, National Institutes of Health (2015—2016)
- BASIC CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH TRAINING GRANT, National Institutes of Health (2017—2018)
- Enteric Glial Cell Dysregulation of Oxidative Balance Contributes to Enteric Neuron Loss in Inflammation, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (2016-05-16—2018-05-15)
Works
- The antioxidant glutathione protects against enteric neuron death in situ, but its depletion is protective during colitis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol (2018-01-01)
- Enteric Glia Mediate Neuron Death in Colitis Through Purinergic Pathways That Require Connexin-43 and Nitric Oxide. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2016)
- Sirtuin-3 is expressed by enteric neurons but it does not play a major role in their regulation of oxidative stress. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2016)
- Enteric glial cells: Implications in gut pathology. Pathological Potential of Neuroglia: Possible New Targets for Medical Intervention (2014)
- Novel diagnostic assays for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Blood (2013)
- Solubilization of a membrane protein by combinatorial supercharging. ACS Chemical Biology (2011)
Employment
- , Michigan State University (2023)
- , University of Michigan (2019—2021)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Virginia (2017—2019)