Research Focus Areas

Research in Department of Pharmacology focuses on diseases of the nervous system, infectious disease and autoimmunity, receptors, cell signaling and nanomedicine,  and emerging therapeutics .  The following lists specific areas of interest:

NEUROSCIENCE: Diseases of the Nervous System

Neurobiology and developmental neurosciences

Neuronal stem cell biology

Neurophysiology

Neurodegenerative diseases

Alzheimer's disease (transgenic models, neuropathology, and behavior)

Parkinson's disease (mouse models, therapy, and neuropathology) HIV-associated neurological disorders (mouse models, therapy, and neuropathology)

Neuroimmunology

Astrocyte and microglia biology

Neuron-glia interaction for disease protection and progression Blood-brain-barrier

Psychiatric diseases

Depression and therapeutic interventions

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IMMUNOLOGY: Infectious Disease and Autoimmunity

HIV

• HIV vaccine therapy
• AIDS development in humanized immune system mouse models