Dr. Nicole Lummis received her PhD in the Biomedical Sciences Program at the University of California, San Diego. She did her thesis work in the laboratory of Dr. Jerold Chun where she identified a key role of the LPA receptors, LPA1 and LPA3, in the onset of neonatal post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus. For her postdoctoral work, Dr. Lummis joined the laboratory of Dr. Richard Daneman where she aims to understand how neurovascular dysfunction and blood-brain barrier disruption play a role in the onset and progression of neurological and neurodegenerative disease. Her current interests involve understanding how central nervous system pericytes influence blood-brain barrier integrity and regeneration following ischemic stroke and Alzheimer’s disease, with the ultimate goal of determining whether we can target pericytes in the treatment of these devastating degenerative diseases.