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Linda Watkins

Born

Linda R. Watkins


1954

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado Boulder

Linda R. Watkins (born 1954) is an American biochemist and physiologist. She discovered that glial cells can play a key role in the neuronal treatment of pain.

Since 1988 she has been a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.[1]

In 2010, she was awarded the Prince of Asturias Awards for Technical and Scientific Research along David Julius and Baruch Minke.[2]