Lumpkin’s research focuses on genes, cells and neural signals that give rise to the sensations of touch, pain and itch. Dr. Lumpkin is Co-director of the Thompson Family Foundation Initiative in Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy & Sensory Neuroscience. She previously was a Sandler Fellow at UC San Francisco and an assistant professor of neuroscience, physiology & molecular biophysics, and molecular & human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine.