Assistant Professor, BiologyLander College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Galina Oksman has been teaching at Touro University since 2008. She has also taught at Rockefeller University and worked in the industry at Memory Pharmaceuticals. Her background is primarily in neuroscience.
Education
- PhD, Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 2005
- MS, Behavioral Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1998
- BA, Biology, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1995
Research
Collaboration on hydrocephalus research. Correlating brain and ventricular volumetrics to long-term cognitive and developmental outcomes in patients with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus.
Publications
- Y Kolesnikov, M Cristea, G Oksman, A Torosjan, R Wilson. "Evaluation of the tail formalin test in mice as a new model to assess local analgesic effects." Brain research 1029 (2), 217-223, 2004
- YA Kolesnikov, G Oksman, GW Pasternak. "Topical methadone and meperidine analgesic synergy in the mouse." European journal of pharmacology 638 (1-3), 61-64, 2010
