Anna Molofsky

Anna Molofsky
Anna Molofsky in 2020
NationalityAmerican
Education
  • University of Michigan (MD, PhD)
  • Amherst College (BA)
Known forAstrocyte regulation of microglia behavior
Awards2017 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Science, NIH New Innovator Award
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Websiteannamolofskylab.org

Anna V. Molofsky is an American psychiatrist and glial biologist. She is an associate professor in the department of psychiatry at UC San Francisco. Her lab currently studies the communication between astrocytes, microglia, and neurons to understand how these signals regulate synaptic development in health and disease.