Contributors
Karen M. Harnett, Ph.D.
Karen M. Harnett obtained her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Boston University in 1988 and is presently Assistant Professor of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology at Brown University. Drs Harnett and Biancani have been collaborating since 1989. Dr. Harnett's research interests include contractile mechanisms of the esophagus and lower esophageal sphincter, and inflammation-induced changes in their contractile signal transduction pathways.