Reed A. Davis

Reed Davis is a doctoral student in the Integrated Bioscience program at The University of Akron. Reed earned his bachelor’s degree in biology (2014) from University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, Canada), specializing in biomedicine. After graduating, Reed became a Nationally Registered EMT and worked in the Cleveland/Akron/Canton area at the height of the opioid epidemic before enrolling at The University of Akron where he completed his master’s degree in cell and molecular biology (2018), studying the roles of Krüppel-like factors in zebrafish optic nerve regeneration. Reed then re-enrolled at The University of Akron to earn a Ph.D., under Dr. Janna Andronowski, studying the effects of substance abuse on bone microarchitecture using 3D imaging techniques such as Synchrotron Radiation micro-CT and confocal microscopy.