Professional Bio
Ginger L. Milne, PhD, is Research Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Research Professor of Pharmacology, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).
She received her bachelor's degree in chemistry with honors from Wake Forest University and a PhD degree in chemistry from Vanderbilt University, where she trained with Dr. Ned Porter. Her graduate studies focused on identifying mechanisms and products of phospholipid autoxidation. From 2002-2005, she trained as research fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at VUMC, studying the endogenous metabolism of isoprostanes. Dr. Milne was appointed to the Vanderbilt faculty in 2005 as Research Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and was promoted to the rank of Research Associate Professor in 2012. She has co-authored more than 200 papers and is the Director of the Eicosanoid and Neurochemistry Core laboratories.
Dr. Milne is considered an expert in the field of eicosanoid biomarker analysis using mass spectrometry and has been invited to speak at national and international academic conferences on this work. A primary focus of this work has been on the utility of prostaglandin and isoprostane metabolites as biomarkers in human physiology and pathophysiology. Dr. Milne is a member of the editorial board for the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine and is an active manuscript reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals.
Publications
Education
PhD - Vanderbilt University, 2002
Fellowship - Clinical Pharmacology - Vanderbilt University, 2005
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307