Amy L. Brewster PhD

Amy L. Brewster is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Southern Methodist University. She received her B.S. in Biology from the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey, Ph.D. from the University of California-Irvine, and postdoctoral training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.

Dr. Brewster uses her expertise in cellular, molecular, and behavioral neuroscience to determine the role that neuroimmune crosstalks (microglia-dendritic interactions) may play in the neuropathology and pathophysiology of epilepsy. Dr. Brewster’s research program has provided evidence that enhanced immune complement phagocytosis-related signals and microglia-dendritic interactions occur not only in patients with epilepsy but also in pre-clinical experimental models, and parallel the neuropathology and pathophysiology of epilepsy. Her independent research program has been funded by the American Epilepsy Society, the Indiana Clinical Translational Science Institute, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and the prestigious Showalter Research Trust.

Dr. Brewster is the recipient of several awards including the Junior Faculty Research Grant from the American Epilepsy Society and has been a scholar in prestigious programs such as the Program in Neuroscience, Ethics, and Survival from the Marine Biological Laboratories; The Neuroscience Scholars Program from the Society for Neuroscience; and The Keystone Symposia Fellows Program. She currently serves on the AES Basic Sciences Committee and as an Epilepsy Currents Contributing Editor, and has also served as an early career grant reviewer, and on the Scientific Program Committee, and Anti-Harassment Task Force.