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Research
Highlights:
- One of only 11 federally selected sites in the nation to receive the most advanced technology--the microPET (positron emission tomography) scanner, cyclotron and hot lab--to conduct studies of the brain
- One of the nation's premier facilities for the study of drug addiction and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, ALS (Lou Gehrig's), multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and others
- INBRE: $21.7 million, 8-year INBRE project in pathology
- $10.3 million COBRE (Center of Biomedical Research Excellence) grant to advance investigations into diseases of the brain
- Federal grant funding for research in cancer, diabetes, eating disorders, alcoholism and other diseases
Areas of Research
Aging
Alcoholism/drug addiction
Cancer/environmental toxicology
Cell signaling
Diabetes
Host/pathogen interactions
Neuroscience/neurodegeneration
Vulnerable population studies