Ravna, Aina Westrheim

Biography

"Dr.scient. Aina Westrheim Ravna EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 1988 Student at Los Altos High School, Los Altos, CA, USA. 1991 Exam Artium 1991 from Kongsbakken High School, Tromsø. 1996 Cand.mag. (mathematic-natural science), University of Tromsø autumn with exams             from the University of Copenhagen, 1995, fitted into cand.mag. Degree: Inorganic             Chemistry, Valence Theory (Introduction to fundamental conceptions of quantum             mechanics) and Physical Organic Chemistry. 1997 maternity leave 1999 Cand.scient., University of Tromsø. 2000 → Teaching pharmacology for medical students, odontology students, biology students             at bachelor, master and doctorate level, and student nurses. 2000 → Supervision of master students, bachelor students and medical students. 2003 Dr.scient. (PhD), University of Tromsø, 17th of October 2003. Title of thesis: ""Molecular             modelling or secondary transporters and their interactions with cocaine and SSRIs "".             Exams from the University of Tromsø included in the dr.scient degree:             FA-333 Pharmacokinetics             K-342 Protein Structure             BIO-481 Basic Course in Biomedical Research             Exams from the University of Oslo included in the dr.scient degree:             O-3768 Mechanisms of Cellular Signal Transduction             (dissertation completed 9 months ahead of scholarship ending) 2004 ""University Educational Seminar"" (UPS) at the University of Tromsø. 2004 Temporary scholarship from the University of Tromsø (autumn 2004) 2005-2009 Post.doc position granted by The Norwegian Cancer Society doing research on ABC             transporters 2007 maternity leave 2008 → Supervision of Ph.D. student. 2009 Research stays at Ruben Abagyan's lab (Molsoft / The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla,             USA) (7 weeks). 2009 → Researcher position at the University of Tromsø (permanent position from February 2011) 2011 Research stays at Ruben Abagyan's lab (University of California (UCSD), La Jolla, USA) (3 months) 2013 → Group leader for the Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology research group.    "  

Research Interest

"treatment of cancer and depression. Communicates own research as well as popular science topics such as chocolate, spices and Sami folk medicine (shamanism)."