Weiya Ma
McGill University, Canada
Biography
Weiya Ma completed her PhD from Dept of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill University, Canada. After finishing two Postdoctoral Fellowships in Canada, she went to Wake Forest University in States to take a Faculty position in Dept of Anesthesiology. Then she moved back to Canada to continue her research at Douglas Mental Health University Institute. Now she is an Assistant Professor at Dept of Psychiatry, McGill University. She has published novel studies unraveling the role of neuropeptides in nociception, neuropathic pain and morphine tolerance. Her pioneer work exploring the role of inflammatory mediator PGE2 in the genesis of chronic pain has let her become a leader in this field. She was frequently invited to present her work at seminars, to contribute review articles and book chapters to introduce her research works.