Martina Hernandez is a postdoctoral associate working in the lab of Carlene Moore, PhD. She completed her doctoral degree in the lab of Dr. Audrey Lafrenaye at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she studied the diffuse pathology of neuronal membrane disruption following diffuse brain injury in a rat model. Hernandez has a long-standing interest in neurodegenerative disease and injury and glial cell biology as well as migraine headaches. Her research endeavors in the Moore Lab are to understand the role of TRPV4 in post-traumatic headache (PTH) induction following traumatic brain injury (TBI). TRPV4 has been implicated in previous findings to be a transducer of pain, particularly in migraine. Therefore, she is looking in the brain and trigeminal ganglion using in vivo and in vitro cellular techniques to elucidate headaches seen following TBI. Outside the lab, Hernandez enjoys crafts, taking long walks, reading, shows, movies, drinking coffee and tea, and spending time with her loved ones. She is interested in the molecular and physiological components related to migraine and associated pathology. Hernandez is also a creative director and writer on Crossmodal, a neuroscience podcast. Listen to it here.