Seminar – Audrey Brumback, M.D., Ph.D.

Brumback is a physician scientist specializing in child neurology. Her research focuses on developing novel therapies for brain dysfunction based on modulation of neurophysiology. Brumback’s goal is to develop brain-circuit-based therapies for the developmental neuropsychiatric disorders she treats in her clinical practice. Brumback earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. She then obtained her medical degree and doctorate at the University of Colorado under the mentorship of Kevin Staley. During this time, she helped establish the scientific basis for a novel treatment for neonatal seizures.