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The Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience has a strong focus on excellence in research with $7 million dollars in grant funding this year in the areas of aging, substance abuse, receptor pharmacology (signal transduction and molecular mechanisms) and vision science/ocular pharmacology.

Research News:
Bob Luedtke receives Michael J Fox Grant for Parkinson's disease research
Sonny Singh receives Program Project Grant for Alzheimer's disease research

Program Project Grants
The Health Science Center is among the few institutions in the nation to have been awarded three Program Project Grants grants within a single department. Click here for a description of the projects.

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Faculty Research Interests

Hriday Das, Ph.D. 
Professor
Roles of apolipoprotein B in development of athlerosclerosis and presenilin-1 in Alzheimer's disease.
Glenn H. Dillon, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean of Research
Structure/function analysis of ion channels.
Michael J. Forster, Ph.D. 
Professor and Vice Chairman
Mechanisms of brain aging and decline in motor, cognitive and sensory function.
Michael B. Gatch, Ph.D. 
Research Assistant Professor
Discriminative stimulus properties of ethanol, stimulants and hallucinogens.
Volodya Hayrapetyan, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Identification of the ethanol binding site on 5-HT3 receptors.
Ren-Qi Huang, Ph.D. 
Research Assistant Professor
Electrophysiological effects of modulation of ligand-gated channels/receptors.
Marianna Eunsun Jung, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Molecular pharmacology of estrogen neuroprotection during ethanol withdrawal.
Peter Koulen, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor
Function and structure of glutamatergic synapses in the mammalian retina; Intracellular calcium signaling.
Raghu Krishnamoorty, Ph.D. 
Research Assistant Professor
Regulation of the vasoactive active peptides, endothelins, and their receptors, which contribute to glaucoma
Robert R. Luedtke, Ph.D. 
Professor
Molecular pharmacology of dopamine receptors.
Tina Machu, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor
Neuropharmacology of the serotonin 5-HT3 receptor.
Michael W. Oglesby, Ph.D. 
Professor
Drug tolerance and withdrawal.
Katalin Prokai-Tatrai, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Medicinal chemistry of neuropeptides, peptidomimetics, and phenolic antioxidants
Volodymyr Rybalchenko, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Modulatory roles of endoplasmic membrane proteins on intracellular Ca2+ channels
John A. Schetz, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor
Molecular neuropharmacology and signal transduction systems of dopamine and serotonin receptors.
Meharvan "Sonny" Singh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Mechanisms by which progestins and androgens promote nerve cell survival.
Martha Stokely, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Axon-glial interactions and their bi-directional regulation of axonal transport
Nathalie Sumien, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Brain aging and antioxidants.
Liang-Jun Yan, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Mechanisms of mitochondrial dysfunction in brain aging and neurodegeneration.
Shao-Hua Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanisms and development of pharmacological treatments for ischemic cerebral stroke.
Thomas Yorio, Ph.D.
Professor, Dean of the Graduate School, and Senior Vice President of Research
Regulation of intraocular pressure and membrane permiability of epithelial cells.

 

 

 

 
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