Department
EndodonticsMeilinn Tram
Graduate Student
Program:
D.D.S./Ph.D IBMS Physiology and Pharmacology Discipline
Lab Association:
Kenneth Hargreaves, D.D.S, Ph.D
Hobbies and Interests:
Traveling, hiking, running, cooking, eating, and taking pictures of my food.
Education
MBA- University of New Mexico- Albuquerque, NM
BS, Biochemistry- University of New Mexico- Albuquerque, NM
Research
Pain management is currently a major medical problem due to the current analgesics’ efficacy and risk of dependency. Investigating the relationship between pain and diet leads to the potential discovery of novel treatments and prevention of chronic pain. Current studies have suggested increased dietary omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids leads to increased thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia. My current research is to investigate the mechanism of spontaneous allodynia in increased dietary omega-6 mice models.
Affiliations
2018-present Society for Neuroscience
2019-present International Association for the Study of Pain
2019-present International Association for Dental Research
Publications
Kunda NK, Wafula D, Tram M, Wu TH, Muttil P. A stable live bacterial vaccine. Eur J Pharm Biopharm.2016;103:109–17. doi:10.1016/j.ejpb.2016.03.027.