Clinical trials in epilepsy and neurogenetic disorders, epilepsy genetics, ​medical education, practice quality improvement, muscular dystrophy pathology

Regulation of the inflammatory and pathogenic molecular cascades contributing to neuronal degeneration in AD, research using human tissues, stem cells, serum and CSF samples, clinical trials

Down syndrome, Angleman syndrome, mucopolysaccharidosis, spinal muscular atrophy, gene therapies, and sleep/EEG characteristics in neurogenetic disorders

Multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, cerebrospinal fluid, biomarkers.

Epidemiology of HIV-associated neurological conditions, multiple sclerosis and demyelinating disorders

Protein aggregation mechanisms, post-translational modifications, reversible acetylation mediated by HATs and HDACs

Dr. Julia Carlson’s research interests include recovery and quality of life post severe acute brain injury and critical care hospitalizations.

Dr. Capal is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the University of North Carolina with a joint appointment in the Department of Neurology appointment and the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD).

Movement disorders phenomenology, gait abnormalities in patients with Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism; functional MRI imaging in Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism, non–motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.