Deborah Mash facts for kids

Deborah Carmen Mash is an American professor who studies the human brain and how medicines affect it. She works at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. She also leads a special bank that collects brains for research. Dr. Mash is also the founder and CEO of a company called DemeRx.

Studying the Brain

Dr. Mash became very interested in the human brain when she was a student at Florida State University. After earning her first degree there, she went on to get her Ph.D. at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.

Advanced Training

She then did more advanced training, called a postdoctoral fellowship, at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1986, she returned to the University of Miami to become a professor.