Patricia J. McLaughlin, MS, DEd is tenured Professor at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and Director of the Anatomy Graduate Program. She has collaborated with Dr. Zagon on basic and translational research, and has published extensively on the role of the OGF-OGFr axis in the etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of a wide variety of diseases. Dr. McLaughlin has received the College of Medicine Dean’s Lecturer Award, as well as the SEBM Distinguished Scientist Award. She has more than 15 patents on her work related to the OGF-OGFr axis, and is a co-founder, with Dr. Zagon, of ZoeGenics LLC.