Neurological Diseases
The complexities of the brain require equally complex scientific approaches. UH faculty are conducting multidisciplinary research to understand neural circuitry and signaling, utilizing advanced imaging, modeling, AI, neural engineering, nano-drug delivery and circuit analysis, to discover mechanisms underlying normal brain physiology and the pathology driving disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease, neurodegeneration, substance use disorder and learning disabilities.
Faculty

Amy Sater
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Ashwini Joshi
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

Badrinath Roysam
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Chengzhi Cai
CHEMISTRY

Colin Haile
PSYCHOLOGY

David Mayerich
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Douglas Thornton
PHARMACEUTICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AND POLICY

Greg Cuny
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Jan-Åke Gustafsson
CENTER FOR NUCLEAR RECEPTORS AND CELL SIGNALING

Jason Eriksen
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Joydip Das
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Michael Zvolensky
PSYCHOLOGY

Mohammad Reza Abidian
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Muna I. Naash
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Tai-Yen Chen
CHEMISTRY

Therese Kosten
PSYCHOLOGY
