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     Health Professions Advisory Committee
     
(HPAC)

     Lin Aanonsen


     



     Professor of Biology
     Chair, Health Professions Activities Committee
     Olin-Rice 216
     (651) 696-6470 office
     (651) 696-6763 lab
      aanonsen@macalester.edu
      Professor Aanonsen's website

Professor Aanonsen’s research focuses on spinal mechanisms by which chronic pain is transmitted and induced.  She involves students in every aspect of her research and accompanies them to meetings of the Society of Neuroscience where they present their work.  Aanonsen teaches Cell Biology, one of the courses in the Department’s core sequence, as well as courses in neurobiology, human physiology, and pharmacology.  She chairs the Health Professions Advisory Committee, and most recently was awarded the 2003 Teaching Award for Macalester. In her spare time she loves to garden and play with her two Westies, Cassie and Katie.

Education

    BS Edgewood College, 1978
    PhD University of Minnesota, 1987

 


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