About Me
Kate Reinhart completed her PhD at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and joined the headache physiology lab as a postdoctoral researcher in December of 2019. In her graduate studies, Kate employed imaging and electrophysiology techniques to examine spreading depolarizations (SD) and their role in neuronal injury after stroke. Her current work focuses on understanding mechanisms of how SD ignites in the uninjured brain, such as during migraine. This goal has led her to develop a new project in the lab examining high-altitude-induced headaches. Kate was recently awarded T32 funding for these studies, which employs two-photon imaging in awake mice as well as electrophysiology in vivo and in acute brain slices.