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    Jacqueline Sagen, PhD, MBA

    Professor
    University of Miami School of Medicine
    Miami, Florida, United States

    Dr. Jacqueline Sagen is currently Professor of Neurological Surgery at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. She received a B.A. in Neuroscience from Northwestern University, Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship from University of Illinois at Chicago. In 1986 she joined the faculty at University of Illinois College of Medicine in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology where she initiated studies on intrathecal adrenal medullary transplants for control of pain that led to early clinical trials. She was Associate Director of Pharmacology and Behavioral Research at CytoTherapeutics, Inc, prior to joining the University of Miami in 1998. Research in Dr. Sagen’s laboratory is focused on exploring novel therapeutic strategies for chronic pain management that have the potential to provide sustained relief. A primary initiative is the generation of gene therapies and cell transplantation that can provide a continually renewable source of natural pain-reducing substances. Dr. Sagen has published over 150 articles and book chapters and holds 6 patents in the field of novel pain therapies. She currently serves as faculty representative to the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) and Board Member of the Consortium for Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research.

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