Allen-Sharpley Lab

Dr. Allen-Sharpley earned her PhD in neurobiology and behavior from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), where she studied how neural circuits form in the developing auditory system. She received recognition for distinction in research upon completing her MD degree in 2015. Her work in neuroscience motivated her to understand brain-body circuitry in development and disease, and prompted her further clinical training in pediatric neurology and neuromuscular medicine at UCLA. Upon completion of training, she was hired at Cedars-Sinai as a clinician scientist in 2021, where she has been developing patient-derived 3D in vitro tissue models of congenital muscular dystrophies and (non-SMA) motor neuron disease, two categories of neuromuscular diseases affecting children that currently have no treatment or cure."