Marina Emborg

Professor

School of Medicine & Public Health | Department of Medical Physics | Wisconsin National Primate Research Center

Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Marina Emborg obtained her M.D. and Ph.D. at the University of Buenos Aires. In 2004 she became faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where today she is the Director of the Preclinical Parkinson’s Research Program at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, and a Professor of Medical Physics. Dr. Emborg’s research focuses in developing comprehensive nonhuman primate models of neurodegenerative disorders, gene and cell-based therapies and the development of conceptual frameworks for ethical clinical translation of novel treatments. She is a UK Parkinson’s College Expert, a director of the Board of the National Association for Biomedical Research, and past-President of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair. Her scientific honors include being the recipient of the 2016 Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for Brain Repair, the 2021 University of Wisconsin Kellett Mid-career Award and the 2022 election to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows.

Professor Emborg’s talks can also be offered in Spanish.

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