Researcher David Hovda, PhD is less interested in aptosis — or cell death — after TBI than what the cells that survive are doing to compensate for what is lost.
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About the author: David Hovda, PhD
David Hovda, PhD is the director of the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center. He is past president of the National Neurotrauma Society and past president of the International Neurotrauma Society. He has served as chair of study sections for the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke.