She leads a research program in Multiple Sclerosis at Memphis Veterans Administration Medical Center. Dr. Gardner has extensive experience in biochemistry and molecular biology, basic and clinical research. She is published in leading biomedical journals. She is currently serving on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Dr. Gardner received an MBA from the University of Memphis and a Ph.D. from the Russian Academy of Sciences in Cell Biology and completed her postdoctoral studies at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Close