Jamie Maguire, PhD; Kenneth and JoAnn G. Wellner Professor; Director, Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences (BDBS) program
I earned a B.S. in Neuroscience and a B.A. in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of Pittsburgh before earning a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from The George Washington University. I trained as a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Istvan Mody at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) investigating the ability of steroid hormones and neurosteroids to modulate GABAergic inhibition and the impact on mood disorders and epilepsy. At Tufts University School of Medicine, my laboratory focuses on investigating the role of GABAergic signaling and stress in the control of neural networks and the contribution to both physiology and pathophysiology, with a focus on epilepsy, mood disorders, and alcohol use disorders.
I joined the Neuroscience Department at Tufts University School of Medicine in 2010 and was named the Kenneth and JoAnn G. Wellner Professor in Neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine in 2019. I serve as the Director of the Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences (BDBS) program and I am committed to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM in my laboratory and beyond.