Emily Parker, PhD

E-mail

emp92@pitt.edu

Education & Training

B.A. Cognitive Sciences, University of Georgia (2011)
M.A., Columbia University (2014)
PhD, University of Pittsburgh (2020)

Campus Address

BST, 16th floor

Mentor

Robert Sweet

Graduation Year

2020

One-Line Research Description

Mouse models of dendritic spine deficits in primary auditory cortex in Schizophrenia with focus on fluorescence microscopy, calcium imaging and live imaging techniques

Representative Publications

Parker EM, Kindja NL, Cheetham CEJ, Sweet RA. Sex differences in dendritic spine density and
morphology in auditory and visual cortices in adolescence and adulthood. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun
10;10(1):9442. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65942-w. Erratum in: Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 12;10(1):20080.
PMID: 32523006; PMCID: PMC7287134.


Parker EM, Sweet RA. Stereological assessments of neuronal pathology in auditory cortex in
schizophrenia. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (2018)

Dissertation

Alumni Current Affiliation

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University