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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

Robert Barber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor		 Biomarkers that mediate response to traumatic injury and Alzheimer's disease.
Rebecca Cunningham, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor		 Roles of steroid hormones, especially androgens, during aging.
Hriday Das, Ph.D. 
Professor 		Roles of apolipoprotein B in development of athlerosclerosis and presenilin-1 in Alzheimer's disease.

Adnan Dibas, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

Role of aquaporin-9 in glaucoma and ocular toxicity.
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.
Eric Gonzalez, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor		 Protein crystallography to determine integral membrane protein structures. involved in pain, neuropsychiatric disorders, and stroke.
Ren-Qi Huang, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor 		Electrophysiological effects of modulation of ligand-gated channels/receptors.
Kunlin Jin, M.D., Ph.D.  Angiogenesis, neurogenesis, neuroprotection and ischemic events.
Marianna Eunsun Jung, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor		 Molecular pharmacology of estrogen neuroprotection during ethanol withdrawal.
Robert R. Luedtke, Ph.D. 
Professor 		Molecular pharmacology of dopamine receptors.
Tina Machu, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor/ Assistant Dean of Pre-Clinical Medical Education		 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.
John A. Schetz, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor 		Molecular neuropharmacology and signal transduction of G-protein coupled receptors related the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Applied "green" technologies for the control of aquatic and marine biofouling.
Derek Schreihofer, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor		 Neuroprotection by soy and phytoestrogens in stroke and Alzheimer's disease.
Meharvan "Sonny" Singh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor 		Mechanisms by which progestins and androgens promote nerve cell survival.
Chang Su, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor		 Roles of neurotrophins in development and survival of neuronal cells.
Nathalie Sumien, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor		 Brain aging and antioxidants.
Rosalie M. Uht, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor		 Corticotropin-releasing factor and sex differences in the stress response
Victor Uteshev, Ph.D.
Associate Professor		 Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
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.
Provost and Executive Vice President		 Regulation of intraocular pressure and membrane permeability of epithelial cells.