Letisha Wyatt
Letisha Wyatt is an American scientist. She is a Ph.D. researcher in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, is the Director of Diversity in Research and assistant professor of neurology at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)[1][2][3]. Wyatt is a historian and co-founder of The Alliance for Visible Diversity in Science program[4][5] and the director of the neuroscience postbac initiative at OHSU[6].
Biography
Wyatt grew up in Turlock, California and attended Turlock High School[5]. Her father was a truck driver and her mother was a cosmetologist.[5]
Wyatt majored in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior at UC Davis[5]. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California (USC) Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Program [7]. Her graduate advisors were Ron Alkana and Daryl Davie’s lab and she studied the role of purinergic receptors in alcoholic behaviors[5][8][9]. After completing her Ph.D. in 2013, she completed postdoctoral training in the R.S. Dow Neurobiology Laboratory at the Legacy Research Institute in Portland[5][7], Oregon and later joined Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) as the Basic Science Liaison/Research Data Management Librarian [7].
Wyatt is the director of Diversity and Research at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)[5][10]. Wyatt is also a historian and co-founder of The Alliance for Visible Diversity in Science program[4][5][11], the director of the neuroscience postbac initiative at OHSU[6] and a co-director of OHSU Fellowship for Diversity in Research[12].
She co-authored an open letter about the disparate impact of Covid-19 upon minority populations.[13]
References
- ↑ "Letisha R. Wyatt Ph.D. | OHSU People | OHSU". www.ohsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ↑ Katie_Carrick. "Career Pathways: Meet Letisha Wyatt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurology and Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research, Director of Diversity in Research, Research and Innovation Office at Oregon Health and Sciences University". Women in Science Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ "Women in science". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "About AVDS". ALLIANCE FOR VISIBLE DIVERSITY IN SCIENCE. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Episode 08: Letisha Wyatt, PhD". Conjugate: Illustration and Science Blog. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Research Week 2021 starts Monday, May 3!; entry, Discovery in songbird brings new insights into cholesterol transport and viral; Plan, Know the S. P. I. L. L. Response; announced, Research Week 2021 keynote speakers; OHSU scientists earn $1. 5 million to accelerate innovation, collaboration (2019-06-19). "First cohort of neuroscience postbac initiative to begin graduate school". OHSU Research News. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Alumni Spotlight: Letisha Wyatt | USC School of Pharmacy Graduate Programs". pharmgradprograms.usc.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ Wyatt, Letisha R.; Finn, D.; Khoja, S.; Yardley, Megan M.; Asatryan, L.; Alkana, R.; Davies, D. (2014). "Contribution of P2X4 Receptors to Ethanol Intake in Male C57BL/6 Mice". Neurochemical Research. doi:10.1007/s11064-014-1271-9.
- ↑ "Dr. Letisha Wyatt". Stories of WiN. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ Marriott, Lisa K.; Link, Aaron Raz; Anitori, Roberto P.; Blackwell, Ernest A.; Blas, Andrea; Brock, Jennifer; Burke, Tracey K.; Burrows, Julia A.; Cabrera, Alexis P.; Helsham, Derek; Liban, Lorna B. (2021-05-03). "Supporting Biomedical Research Training for Historically Underrepresented Undergraduates Using Interprofessional, Nonformal Education Structures". Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 21 (1). doi:10.14434/josotl.v21i1.30430. ISSN 1527-9316.
- ↑ "Dr. Letisha Wyatt". Stories of WiN. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Program Administrators | OFDIR". www.ohsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ↑ "Opinion | What history tells us about a COVID-19 vaccine — and who it could fail". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
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