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Janet M. Dubinsky

Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota

Janet M Dubinsky, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, directs the BrainU professional development program for K-12 teachers and writes curriculum for their classrooms. In addition to her work on metabolic compromise in Huntington’s Disease, she has documented the impact of this training on teachers, their classrooms and students. This work has been supported by Science Education Partnership Awards from various institutes at NIH and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Janet M. Dubinsky / 5 October 2018

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