Department Chair and Professor, Molecular Biosciences
University of California Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Pamela Lein earned a B.S. in Biology from Cornell University, M.S. in Environmental Health Sciences from East Tennessee State University, and Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Buffalo. She completed postdoctoral training in Molecular Immunology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Currently, Dr. Lein is a faculty member at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and the UC Davis MIND Institute. Her research focuses on mechanisms by which environmental stressors, including persistent organic pollutants, organophosphorus cholinesterase inhibitors, and air pollutants influence neurodevelopmental, seizure, and neurodegenerative disorders. Her research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health for >25 years, and she has >275 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. Dr. Lein is actively engaged in teaching and mentoring veterinary, graduate and undergraduate students in neuropharmacology and neurotoxicology. She serves as Director of the UC Davis CounterACT Center of Excellence and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal NeuroToxicology.