Anna V Molofsky

Anna V. Molofsky is an American psychiatrist and glial biologist. She is a Samuel Barondes Chair professor in the department of psychiatry at UC San Francisco. Her lab currently studies the communication between astrocytes, microglia, and neurons to understand how these signals regulate synaptic development in health and disease.

Early life and education Molofsky completed her undergraduate education at Amherst College, majoring in neuroscience and chemistry. Next, she pursued an MD-PhD at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor through the NIH funded Medical Scientist Training Program. Molofsky then continued her clinical training with a residency in adult psychiatry at UC San Francisco followed by postdoctoral training in the lab of David Rowitch. Molofsky is also dedicated to characterizing astrocyte heterogeneity and further understanding their unique roles in neural circuit function and in neuroinflammation. 2016 Young Investigator Award, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation 2019 NIH New Innovator Award 2017 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Science 2019 Freedman Award in Basic Research, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation