School of Medicine

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• Magnetic resonance of intact biological systems

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• Circuit plasticity
• Glial biology
• Neurodevelopment
• Neurodegeneration

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• Antiviral immune responses on the developing brain

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• Genetic and environmental underpinnings of substance-related behaviors

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• GABA
• Ion channels
• Nicotinic recepetors 

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• Understanding the endogenous opioid systems to defeat addiction, ameliorate affective disorders, and relieve chronic pain

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• Molecular, cellular, and network mechanisms of cerebral recovery after severe injury

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• Genetic underpinning of movement disorders

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• Timing and ecological correlates of brain size evolution, brain proportions, and cranial anatomy in primates
• Use of cranio-dental anatomy to reconstruct ecological adaptations (e.g. Feeding ecology) in the fossil record

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• Develop novel imaging methods to deepen our understanding on pathophysiology and improve clinical diagnosis and patient management

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• Employing genetically engineered hiSPCs and mice to develop preclinical models of low grade nervous system tumors

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• Alzheimer's disease
• HIV

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• Genetic and neurobiological bases of personality and psychopathology

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• Innate immunity
• Angiogenesis
• Retinal degeneration

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• Dystonia
• Cerebral palsy
• Neonatal brain injury
• Movement characterization

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• Alzheimer's Disease
• Dementia
• Biomarkers

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• Metabolic regulation of synaptic function
• Neurodegeneration and axon injury

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• Innate immunity in human disease
• Identifying the genetic basis of retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy (RVCL)

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• Intraoperative awareness
• Postoperative cognitive alteration
• Brain monitoring during surgery
• Postoperative outcomes

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• Alzheimer's disease biomarkers
• Driving, depression and health disparities in older adults

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• Microcircuitry of sensory-motor transformations in the zebrafish

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• Genomic medicine
• Functional genomics

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• Health disparities
• Health equity
• Community engagement

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• Understanding the cellular basis of transparency and accommodation

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• Pathophysiology
• Biomarkers
• Predictive diagnostics
• Treatments in Alzheimer’s Disease

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• Optical imaging methods
• Custom software algorithms
• Network neuroscience in the healthy brain and in the setting of neurological disease

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• Neuroanatomical and molecular variation in primates variation in primates

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• Designs and studies interventions that support the cognitive needs of older adults and improve quality of life

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• Optical microscopy in basic and translational neuroscience

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• Genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders

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• Alzheimer's disease
• Imaging in clinical trials
• Brain tumors

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• Molecular excited states and their reactions
• Optical contrast agents
• Cancer

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• Alcoholism
• Substance Abuse
• Genetics

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• Brain connectivity and connectomics
• Big data
• Biomarkers

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• Anorexia nervosa
• Binge eating disorder
• Bulimia nervosa
• Obesity
• Interpersonal functioning
• Depression

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• Tourette syndrome (TS)
• Parkinson's disease
• Huntington's disease

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• Function of the Cerebellar-brainstem loop in motor control, spatial orientation and motor learning

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• Nicotine dependence
• Drug metabolism
• Human genetics

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• Signaling mechanisms in cardiovascular and neurological disorders

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• Structural brain differences in children and adolescents with affective disorders, attention deficit disorder and autism
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Down Syndrome

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• Vascular smooth muscle contraction and relaxation

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• Immune system
• Metabolism and metabolic organs
• Development of obesity
• Type 2 diabetes

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• Molecular mechanisms of inflammatory signaling in diseases hallmarked by chronic inflammation

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• Cell biology of developing nerve and muscle cells

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• Neuroimaging biomarkers of MS

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• Brain-computer interfacing
• Cortical electrophysiology
• Cognitive electrophysiology

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• Neuromuscular disorders
• Acquired immune mediated/ inflammatory myopathies
• Dementias
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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• Utility of auditory evoked cortical responses in the pediatric population
• Electrocochleography as an indicator of cochlear trauma
• Use of auditory brainstem implants in children with cochlear nerve disorders

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• Development and course of alcohol and other substance use disorders
• Effects of alcohol dependence on health services use and costs
• Ethnic differences in psychiatric disorders

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• Idiopathic diseases
• Sensory neuropathy
• Autophagy and diseases