Layne Dylla, MD, PhD

Dr. Dylla has a passion for medicine and using research to advance her treatment of many patients. She pursued this passion for medicine and research as dual MD/PhD student at the University of Colorado in the Medical Scientist Training program where she studied the oncogenic role of microRNAs in Ewing Sarcoma. Dr. Dylla subsequently completed her Emergency Medicine Residency training and a dual Experimental Therapeutic and Emergency Medicine Research fellowships at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Dylla has been the recipient of several career development and pilot study research grants. This work continues to focus on development of stroke treatments for the prehospital and ED settings, with an emphasis on sex differences in the underlying response to stroke and gender disparities in the care for stroke.