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        Liz Jansen

     








     Visiting Assistant Professor

     Olin-Rice 220
     (651) 696-6247 office
     jansen@macalester.edu

Professor Jansen is a neuroscientist with research experience in neural plasticity, transplantation, regeneration in animal models of ischemia and pain.  She directs the Taylor Fellowship program, serves on the steering committee for the concentration in Community and Global Health, is a faculty mentor in the Mayo Scholars Program, and serves as the Faculty Liaison from the Biology Department to the Office of Research and Experiential Learning (OREL).  She is also Outreach Committee Co-chair, Local Chapter Graduate Women in Science (SDE-GWIS sigma xi).  Jansen is active in consulting and outreach in the neurosciences and women’s health and biology.  She teaches Women, Health, and Reproduction and Community and Global Health.  She enjoys rollerblading, biking, travel, and playing with her three children.

Education

    BA University of St. Thomas, 1986
    PhD University of Minnesota, 1997


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