DiabetesTeam Writing Staff | Bethany J. Sanstrum, Ph.D.

Bethany J. Sanstrum, Ph.D.

Bethany holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with a specialization in behavioral neuroscience, from the University of Evansville; a master’s in biology from the University of Saint Joseph; and a doctorate in cell and molecular biology with a specialization in neuroscience from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her dissertation work focused on fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy approaches to novel therapeutics for Parkinson's disease. She also has two years of postdoctoral experience in various fields, including obesity and chronic stress, kidney disease, and exosome biogenesis and breast-cancer immunotherapy from the Medical College of Georgia. She is currently enrolled in the master’s program at Augusta University and is working as a clinical research manager for pediatric oncology at the Georgia Cancer Center.

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