https://www.caitlinamurphy.com/teachingphilosophy daily 0.75 2022-05-04 https://www.caitlinamurphy.com/about-me daily 0.75 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfbf338dd7e4f63ced45b0e/1582651817804-6N2V20DSV0O11O7XVGT9/image-asset.jpeg About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfbf338dd7e4f63ced45b0e/1582579102799-NH1YSRP199LTI0R57RYV/caitlin+a+la+microscope.jpg About Me - Research I am a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Dr. Meaghan Creed in the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis. I’m interested in how drugs and disorders change brains, especially in chronic pain and addiction. Learn more about my past research, current projects, and future ideas here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfbf338dd7e4f63ced45b0e/1583343885371-H2LW64K0VAGYY1M0XR6V/whole%2Bclass.jpg About Me - Teaching In my most recent teaching engagement, I was a lecturer for an introductory undergraduate human physiology course at the University of Wisconsin. Supported by the Wisconsin Collaboratory for Enchanced Learning (WisCEL), our team used an active learning approach to physiology education in a cutting-edge instructional space. Learn more about the course and my teaching philosophy here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfbf338dd7e4f63ced45b0e/1582673929516-SSSUYQI035R2OU4HDO21/empowered%2Bwomen.jpg About Me - Outreach I work with local schools and organizations in a variety of capacities as a coach, scientist, and mentor. My values transcend the boundaries of my personal and professional engagements, and community involvement is an important way I express them. Learn more about my commitment to outreach here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfbf338dd7e4f63ced45b0e/1582581768479-YJ6GBHSW988KWWP4AUND/art%2Babout%2Bme.jpg About Me - For Fun In my free time, I enjoy watercolor, playing piano or guitar, and playing ultimate frisbee. My creative outlets are mostly for me, but I love sharing them with other people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfbf338dd7e4f63ced45b0e/05e59e9a-a8b1-4c60-86ec-dfe069c220db/reykjavik.jpg About Me - Who am I? A long time ago, a friend asked me if I had any life mottos. I hadn’t thought of it that way before, but I realized that I do live by a set of mantras. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfbf338dd7e4f63ced45b0e/1582668833226-BE11JKYUH3K5QJAYBVZC/people+program+2.jpg Teaching It is important to me that students are familiar with the idea that scientific ideas can be represented using data. Here, one of my rising 8th graders is looking at spectroscopy data and learning about astrochemistry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfbf338dd7e4f63ced45b0e/1582668940922-CNHX6QN2BXFHK21RZ8TC/small+group.jpg Teaching The unique design of our classroom allows me to engage directly with small groups of students during ~50% of the lecture period. Here, I’m challenging students to think about how chloride conductance exerts shunting inhibition during a post-synaptic potential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfbf338dd7e4f63ced45b0e/1583341342579-AYMH4SC6X2ATD3L4LIT9/lecturing.jpg Teaching Our classroom is set up with 14 tables of 5-6 students. Each table is equipped with a whiteboard and a projection screen, and each student station has a laptop computer. https://www.caitlinamurphy.com/research daily 0.75 2022-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dfbf338dd7e4f63ced45b0e/1582582898001-2H3GAY0B9QY06X8G6ALT/Figure+all_FINAL-03.jpg Research Corticocortical feedback inputs to layer 1 of non-primary sensory cortex are sensitive to isoflurane compared to feedforward corticocortical or higher order thalamocortical inputs. 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