Darlene Dixon

Darlene Dixon ƙwararriyar masaniyar dabbobi ce 'yar Amurka kuma ƙwararriyar masaniyar cututtukan da ke haifar da guba, tana bincike kan cutar kansar ƙwayoyin cuta da ke shafar tsarin haihuwa na beraye da mutane, tare da tantance rawar da abubuwan da ke haifar da yanayi da kuma abubuwan da ke haifar da hormones a cikin ci gaban waɗannan ƙari. Ita babbar mai bincike ce a Cibiyar Nazarin Lafiyar Muhalli ta Ƙasa . A halin yanzu, tana gudanar da ƙungiyar bincike da ke mai da hankali kan cutar ƙwayoyin cuta. 

 Ilimi 
An haifi Dixon a New Jersey .  Ta sami digirin farko a Jami'ar Tuskegee inda ta kammala digirin Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) a shekarar 1982. Dixon ta sami digirin Ph.D. a shekarar 1985 a Jami'ar Jihar Michigan . Ta gudanar da karatun digiri na uku a Jami'ar Rockefeller, Cibiyar Binciken Dabbobi ta Dabbobi. Dixon ta sami takardar shaidar hukumar gudanarwa daga Kwalejin Nazarin Cututtukan Dabbobi ta Amurka (ACVP) a shekarar 1987. 

 Sana'a 
Dixon ta shiga Cibiyar Kimiyyar Lafiyar Muhalli ta Ƙasa (NIEHS) a shekarar 1987. Tana aiki a matsayin masanin kimiyyar dabbobi da kuma likitan cututtuka masu guba. Tun daga watan Satumba na 2019, babbar mai bincike ce a Ƙungiyar Magungunan Molecular Pathogenesis ta Shirin Toxicology na Ƙasa na NIEHS.  

A shekarar 2021, an zabi Dixon a matsayin Shugabar Ƙungiyar Toxicologic Pathology (STP), inda ta zama mace ta farko mai launin fata a ƙungiyar da ta riƙe wannan matsayi. Abokan aikinta sun amince da zaɓenta a matsayin wani abu da ya nuna irin jagorancinta da gudummawar da ta bayar a fannin toxicologic pathology. 

Dixon tana aiki a Cibiyar Bincike ta Mata Masu Launi ta North Carolina (NC WoCRN). Tana ba da jagoranci a matsayin wani ɓangare na Shirin Haɗa Malamai na NIEHS (NSCP), wanda ke ba da shirin koyon aiki na shekara guda ga ɗalibai daga kwalejoji da jami'o'i na baƙar fata na tarihi, da kuma sauran cibiyoyin ilimi na yanki. 

 Bincike 
Ƙungiyar Dixon ta mayar da hankali kan gano asalin cutar kansa/cututtukan da ke shafar hanyar haihuwa ta beraye da mutane da kuma tantance rawar da abubuwan da ke haifar da yanayi da kuma yanayin hormonal ke takawa wajen ci gaban waɗannan ciwon. 

Ƙungiyar ta yi amfani da layukan tantanin halitta, al'adun 3D, nama na linzamin kwamfuta na tarihi, da samfuran asibiti na ɗan adam don nazarin tasirin masu karɓar estrogen da ke da alaƙa da membrane da abubuwan girma/masu karɓa da hanyoyin siginar su akan ci gaban leiomyoma na mahaifa (fibroid). Membobin ƙungiyar suna amfani da leiomyoma da samfuran myometrial da suka dace da marasa lafiya, nama na asibiti da aka ɗauka daga mata masu tasowa kafin lokacin haila, waɗanda ke shiga cikin Nazarin Fibroid na Jami'ar NIEHS George Washington. Samfuran nama na beraye ko dai daga nazarin cikin gida ne ko kuma taskar Shirin Toxicology na Ƙasa.

Dixon da ƙungiyarta suna neman fahimtar manyan hanyoyin ƙwayoyin cuta na cuta, wanda zai iya haifar da hanyoyin magancewa waɗanda ke samar da wasu hanyoyin magance cututtukan fibroids na asibiti da sauran cututtukan da ke shafar hanyar haihuwa ta mace. 

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 Nikitin, A. Y., Alcaraz, A., Anver, M. R., Bronson, R. T., Cardiff, R. D., Dixon, D., ... & Jacks, T. (April 2004). Classification of proliferative pulmonary lesions of the mouse: recommendations of the mouse models of human cancers consortium. Cancer research, 64(7), 2307-2316. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3376


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