Stephen M. Day, PhD

2019 – Present

Mentor: Shannon Macauley, PhD Dept: Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine 

Steve received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Brigham Young University in 2010. He received his PhD in Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology in 2018.  Steve’s dissertation was titled “Glucago-like peptide cleavage product as a potential therapeutic to improve cognition in Down syndrome.” Steve has been working in Dr. Shannon Macauley’s lab since January 2019. During his work with Dr. Macauley he published a paper which showed the relationship between CSF  Aβ and the metabolic profiles of type-2 diabetic vervet monkeys. He is also a co-PI on a pilot grant investigating the relationship between alcohol, brain metabolism, and amyloid-β.  He is currently funded through the T32 alcohol training grant.

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