Faculty Research Interests

Dominik M. Duelli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. - Early detection of cancer using sensitive and noninvasive methodsand understanding the process of malignant conversion of tumors.

Patricia Loomis, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor. - Regulation of alternative splicing of Espin pre-mRNA.

Michela Marinelli, Ph.D., Associate Professor. - Neurophysiological and behavioral studies of drug addiction in rodent models.

Gloria E. Meredith, Ph.D., Professor. - Neuroanatomical studies of the basal ganglia; morphological plasticity in Parkinson's disease & addiction.

A. David Mosnaim, PharmD., Ph.D., Professor.- Endogenous peptides with opioid-like activity, stress, the immune system, and pain.

Judith A. Potashkin, Ph.D., Associate Professor. - Splice variant and miRNA biomarkers for Parkinson¹s disease and assessing antioxidant activity of nutritional supplements.

J. Amiel Rosenkranz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. - Emotion and behavior; plasticity of the amygdala during learning and modulation of synaptic integration.

Heinz Steiner, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair. - Dopamine and opioid regulation of basal ganglia-cortical circuits; molecular mechanisms of psychostimulant addiction.

Kuei Y. Tseng, M.D. and Ph.D., Assistant Professor. - Monoaminergic regulation of prefrontal cortex inhibition during adolescence, Synaptic mechanisms underlying cocaine-induced craving, Targeting non-dopaminergic systems for treating Parkinsonism.