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department of Neuroscience and

center for neurovirology and cancer biology

Kamel Khalili, PhDA Message from Kamel Khalili, PhD

Chairperson, Department of Neuroscience

Director, Center for Neurovirology

Professor, Neuroscience

Professor, Neurovirology

 

Neuroscience is a rapidly growing area of biomedical research, addressing the most complex and intricate of organ systems in humans.  Among its myriad physiological functions are the processing of sensory information, communication, thought and emotion. Disturbances in the nervous system caused by disease or injury are expressed in any number of different ways, often involving multiple organ systems. Hence, research advances in this field require a multidisciplinary approach incorporating such disciplines as molecular biology, cellular biology, genetics, immunology, and virology, as well as rapidly rising technologies such as microarray and proteomics.

 

The newly established Department of Neuroscience and Center for Neurovirology and Cancer Biology are state-of-the-art multidisciplinary research and education entities. Their missions are to foster a collaborative environment that enables superior research leading to an understanding of the mechanisms of disorders of the central nervous system. This, in turn, leads to novel therapeutic strategies directed against relevant diseases. The variety and intensity of approaches provide an integrative graduate and postgraduate program that trains first rate scientists in the field of neuroscience who will successfully contribute new and innovative ideas and technologies well into the future.

 

Sincerely,

Kamel Khalili, PhD