Dr. Sarah Katherine Pixley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology in the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the UC College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Dr. Pixley received a BS (Zoology) at Smith College, Northampton, MA; an MS (Physiology) at Univ. of California at Los Angeles (UCLA); and a PhD (Anatomy) at UCLA (all in USA). After postdoctoral work at the Univ. of California at Irvine, CA, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, she became an Assistant Professor at the Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine, first in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy. Dr. Pixley's current interests are in deciphering the biological effects of biodegradable metals, particularly magnesium and zinc, to expand their use in tissue repair and regeneration after injury. Memberships include the Society of Neuroscience, the Biomedical Engineering Society, Sigma Xi, the American Association for Hand Surgery, and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.