Dr. Teresa Milner received her B.S. from the University of California, Irvine and her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego.  She joined Weill Cornell Medicine in 1982 where she is currently a Professor of Neuroscience in the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute.  Her research program aims to understand the biological basis for sex differences in the brain. Her research focuses on: 1) cardiovascular circuitry in the brainstem and hypothalamus; and 2) the opioid system in the hippocampus.  She has been involved in graduate and medical school teaching and mentoring, public outreach and diversity efforts for many years.  She is currently the Director of the Neuroscience Graduate Program, Director of the Neuroanatomy EM Core and Co-Course Director of the second-year medical school “Health Illness and Disease 2” course.