Meilinn Tram

Ph.D. Student

Hobbies/Interests

Traveling, hiking, running, cooking, eating, and taking pictures of my food.

Research Topic

Pain management is currently a major medical problem due to the current analgesics’ efficacy and risk of dependency. Investigating the relationship between pain and diet leads to the potential discovery of novel treatments and prevention of chronic pain. Current studies have suggested increased dietary omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids leads to increased thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia. My current research is to investigate the mechanism of spontaneous allodynia in increased dietary omega-6 mice models.

Post-bac work or other affiliations

2018-present Society for Neuroscience

2019-present International Association for the Study of Pain

2019-present International Association for Dental Research

Education

M.B.A., University of New Mexico

B.S., Biochemistry- University of New Mexico

Publications

Kunda NK, Wafula D, Tram M, Wu TH, Muttil P. A stable live bacterial vaccine. Eur J Pharm Biopharm.2016;103:109–17. doi:10.1016/j.ejpb.2016.03.027.