Stephen Crocker's Biography

Stephen Crocker, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Dr. Stephen Crocker received his Bachelor of Science degree from University of King’s College (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and then completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada). His received a fellowship from the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation which supported his postdoctoral research in the lab of Dr. David Park at the Neuroscience Research Institute (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute). Following this, he received a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) to support his postdoctoral studies with Dr. Iain Campbell in the Department of Neuropharmacology at the Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA). He then received a prestigious Career Transition Award from the NMSS which allowed him to complete his training in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Sciences at Scripps with Dr. J. Lindsay Whitton. Dr. Crocker then joined the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine where he is presently Associate Professor (with tenure). His current research program focuses on understanding the function of glial cells in the central nervous system as a strategy to promote regeneration in demyelinating diseases, including multiple sclerosis and leukodystrophies. His research has been funded by the NMSS, the National Institutes of Health, and the Connecticut Regenerative Medicine Research Fund.