Todd Thiele, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My primary research interests are directed at the neurobiology of alcoholism. To study the central mechanisms involved with neurobiological responses to ethanol, I use both genetic and pharmacological … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Physiology |
Jessica J. Walsh, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research aims to gain an improved understanding of the biological basis of behavior using a multi-disciplinary approach to elucidate the molecular and circuit mechanisms underlying motivated socia … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Neuroscience Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Mental illness, Microscopy, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Physiology |
Ellen R. Weiss, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research involves understanding the regulation of visual signaling pathways in the vertebrate retina using mice and zebrafish as model organisms. In the past 20 years we have discovered what was a … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Genetics, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Metabolism, Neurobiology, Physiology, Systems Biology |
Guorong Wu, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As a computer scientist, my research focus is developing computational tools to facilitate neuroscience and neuroimaging studies. I am actively involved in various research projects including neuropsy … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Computational Medicine Program, Computer Science, Neuroscience Center, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, Electronic Medicine, Health Equity, Health Informatics, Imaging, Microscopy, Pathology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience Center, Neurosurgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biomedical Engineering |
Mark Zylka, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab studies genetic and environmental risks for autism. In addition, we study molecular and brain mechanisms that underlie pain sensation. Research includes use of CRISPR/Cas, AAV gene therapy vec … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology |



