Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl is a Professor of Neurology at UCLA. She holds the Skirball Chair, is Director of the UCLA Multiple Sclerosis Program, and is the neurologist for the UCLA Comprehensive Menopause Care Program focusing on brain health during menopause. Dr. Voskuhl received the Berlin Institute of Health Excellence Award for Sex and Gender Aspects in Health Research in 2018 and was President of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences from 2020 to 2022. She is the winner of the Dystel Prize for MS Research for 2024, and the Rachel Horne Prize in Women’s Health Research in MS for 2023. She is a recipient of an NIH R35 Research Program Award (2023 - 2031). Her laboratory discovered mechanisms underlying neuroprotective effects of estrogens, contrasting effects of estrogen receptor (ER) alpha versus ER beta on astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes. She led clinical trials showing neuroprotective effects of estriol treatment on cognition, cortical brain atrophy, and serum neurofilament light chain levels in MS women. As the inventor on over fifteen UCLA owned patents, a company was started that licensed this IP (CleopatraRX) and a non-profit (The CleopatraRX Foundation) was created to help underserved women with cognitive deficits of menopause.
Sunday, May 19, 2024
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT