Margaret McCarthy (academic)
Margaret McCarthy | |
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| Born | Margaret Merryl McCarthy August 21, 1958 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Missouri Rutgers University |
| Known for | Neuroscience of sex differences |
| Spouse | Gregory F. Ball |
| Awards | Gill Transformative Investigator Award from the Gill Center for Biomolecular Science (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Pharmacology |
| Institutions | University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| Thesis | Steroid influences on GABAergic neurotransmission: A behavioral and biochemical approach (1989) |
| Doctoral advisors | Harvey Feder Carlos Beyer Barry Komisaruk |
Margaret M. "Peg" McCarthy (born August 21, 1958) is an American neuroscientist and pharmacologist. She is the James & Carolyn Frenkil Endowed Dean's Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where she is also Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology. She is known for her research on the neuroscience of sex differences and their underlying mechanisms. In 2019, she received the Gill Transformative Investigator Award from the Gill Center for Biomolecular Science at Indiana University.