Meet our staff
Patricia A. Trimmer
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Basic Research
Location
Kontos Medical Sciences Building, Room 229
1217 East Marshall Street
Richmond, Virginia 23298
“The Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center provides me, a basic neuroscientist, with a unique opportunity to translate discoveries made at the bench into potential therapies. Few basic scientists have such a unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of patients.”
Education
- Ph.D. in Anatomy, University of Maryland at Baltimore
- B.A. in Biology, Gettysburg College
Research area
- Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases
Professional activities
- Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Research Award Foundation, Awards Committee member
- Alzheimer’s Association, peer reviewer
- Public Education and Communication Committee, Society for Neuroscience, member
- ETTN C-11 SBIR study section, member
Professional affiliations
- Society for Neuroscience
- American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
- American Society for Cell Biology
Recent publications
- Borland, M.K., Mohanakumar, K.P., Rubinstein, J.D., Keeney, P.M., Xie, J., Capaldi, R., Dunham, L.D., Trimmer, P.A. and Bennett, J.P. 2009 Relationships among molecular genetic and respiratory properties of Parkinson’s disease cybrid cells show similarities to Parkinson’s brain tissues. Biochim Biophys Acta 1792:68-74.
- Trimmer, P.A., Schwartz, K.M., Borland, K.M., DeTaboada, L., Streeter, J. and Oron, U. 2009. Reduced axonal transport in Parkinson’s disease is restored by light therapy. Mol Neurodegener. June 17, 4: 26.
- Keeney, P.M., Quigley, C.K., Dunham, L.D., Papageorge, C. M., Iyer, S., Thomas, R.R., Schwartz, K.M., Trimmer, P.A., Bergquist, K.E. and Bennett, Jr,. J. P. 2009 Mitochondrial gene therapy augments mitochondrial physiology in a Parkinson’s disease cell model. Gene Therapy. April 19.
- Trimmer, P.A. and Bennett, J.P., Jr. Invited Review. 2009. The cybrid model of Sporadic Parkinson’s disease. Exp Neurol. 218:320-325.
