Karen Chang, Ph.D.

K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
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Photo of Karen Chang, Ph.D. - NINDS K99/R00 Awardee – May 2006
Institution
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Council Dates: October 2006 - May 2007
Independent Position: Department of Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California

Karen Change was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Indiana University. In the lab of Dr. Kyung-Tai Min, Karen studied the role of nebula/DSCR1 in mitochondria to better understand Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease. Karen earned her Ph.D. in Neurobiology from University of California, San Diego and her B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology from University of California, Berkeley. Currently, Dr. Chang is an Associate Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience at the University of Southern California