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department of Neuroscience and

center for neurovirology

Overview


Objectives

Structural Organization

Interaction with Other Departments and Centers

 

Objectives

 

Neuroscience research over the last twenty years has led to several key discoveries in basic neuroscience and the development of many technologies that have set the stage for understanding the molecular basis of neurological diseases and translating the information toward the development of safe and effective therapeutics targeting nervous system disorders. Under the direction of Kamel Khalili, PhD, the goal of the Department of Neuroscience at Temple University School of Medicine is to serve as a platform for the development of a state-of-the-art, internationally recognized research and education entity in translational neuroscience in areas including:

  • Neuroinfection and NeuroAIDS
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Neural regulation and plasticity
  • Neural cell proliferation
  • Neuroimmune interaction and inflammation


In this setting, we will target diseases including:

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Brain tumors
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • AIDS dementia
  • Other viral and non-viral induced disorders of the nervous system

Further, the newly established graduate program in biomedical neuroscience will provide a high quality education to graduate (PhD) and medical (MD/PhD) students, take the lead in offering quality education in neuroscience to Temple University medical students, and train postdoctoral fellows in basic and clinical neuroscience. Our students enrolled in a new NIH-funded training program on NeuroAIDS will advance their interest in this area of neuroscience.

 

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Structural Organization of the Department of Neuroscience

 

Structure of the Department of Neuroscience

 

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Interaction with Other Departments and Centers

 

Department of Neuroscience interaction with other departments and centers

 

The Department of Neuroscience interacts closely with various scientists and physicians from diverse disciplines to develop new challenges and avenues for enhancing education and research in biomedical neuroscience at Temple University. Establishing a new year-long research seminar series in neuroscience, sponsoring an annual outstanding lecture in neuroscience, organizing bi-annual, one-day workshops in specific areas of neuroscience are a few examples for achieving these objectives. As seen above, there are several departments and centers currently identified that closely work with the Department of Neuroscience to develop multidisciplinary research programs. Members of the department have ongoing collaborative projects with members of various departments, including Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology, and the Center for Substance Abuse Research to investigate the impact of drugs in the progression of AIDS/AIDS dementia in a monkey model. On a different front, it has initiated a collaborative project with the Department of Radiology on the use of MRI technology to study brain tumor progression in experimental animals. A grant application has been submitted to the NIH. Similar interactions with other disciplines in the School of Medicine and throughout Temple University will result an any number of new interdisciplinary programs.

 

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