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Department of Biomedical Sciences
307 SMed
1035 University Dr
Duluth, MN 55812
Dr. Fitzakerley is an auditory neuroscientist who investigates the physiological role of natriuretic peptides. View her lab page here. She is the Duluth Campus Coordinator for the University of Minnesota Brain Awareness Program and the Minnesota State Brain Bee.
PhD, Creighton University and Boys Town National Research Hospital
Major: Biomedical Sciences (physiology)
Ph.D. Program, PhD, Southern Illinois University
Major: Physiology (Pharmacology track)
Minor: Pharmacology
MS, University of Calgary
Major: Medical Physiology
B.Sc. (Hons.), BS, Queen's University
Major: Life Sciences
Minor: Physiology
Our lab investigates the role of natriuretic peptides in hearing, and in hypertension. Natriuretic peptides function as both local and systemic hormones, and they are involved in the regulation of fluid balance in many regions of the body. We are currently funded to investigate the changes in natriuretic peptide expression and function that occur in the heart during the earliest stages of hypertension. We also have a long-standing interest in determining the function of natiruretic peptides in the cochlea. Brain Awareness Brain Bee
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
American Physiological Society
Co-coordinator, Brain Awareness Week, University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
Society for Neuroscience