Neuropharmacology Faculty

The Department of Pharmacology faculty research covers four main disciplines, which overlap in various ways.
Christopher Brownlee, PhD
Aging, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Chemical Biology, Lipid Biology, Mitochondrial Biology, Neuropharmacology, Signaling, Stem Cells
Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of spindle orientation, ciologenesis, polarity, cytokinesis and axonogenesis.
Holly Colognato, PhD
Multiple Sclerosis, Neuropharmacology, Signaling, Stem Cells
Professor
Extracellular matrix in the brain: roles during development and during neurodegeneration
Michael Frohman, MD,PhD
Cancer, Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Fertility, Infectious Diseases, Lipid Biology, Metabolic Disorders, Mitochondrial Biology, Neuropharmacology, Signaling
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Lipid Signaling: Roles in mitochondrial biology, spermatogenesis, diabetes, immune function, the CNS, platelet activation, and cancer; - Imaging Pancreatic β-cells using metabolomics and MRI.
Joav Prives, PhD
Neuropharmacology
Professor
Regulation of Surface Receptors in Muscle Cells
Styliani-Anna Tsirka, PhD
Cancer, Environmental Toxicology, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuropharmacology, Signaling, Stem Cells, Stroke
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Neuro-immune interactions: Cross-talk between the nervous and immune systems in health and disease