In 2019 the Comprehensive Neuroscience Center (CNC) established a framework of UAB research topics cross cutting the campus-wide range of neurosciences. The purpose of this framework is to foster collaborations for grant applications, publications, and mentoring.
The individual pillars listed below represent multiple faculty in various academic departments who meet periodically to share research/clinical activities including lab resources, seek potential partners in funding applications, review grant applications, and host journal clubs.
Circadian/Sleep | Epilepsy & Epilepsy Disorders | Glia Biology & Pathology | Mental Disorders | Neurodegeneration | Neuroengineering | Neuroimaging | Neuromodulation | Substance Use Disorder
Circadian/Sleep
The goal of the CNC Circadian/Sleep Pillar is to provide infrastructure that brings together scientists, clinicians, health professionals, and trainees in activities that promote research, clinical care and education in circadian and sleep science.
Epilepsy and Epilepsy Disorders
The purpose of the CNC Epilepsy and Epilepsy Disorders Pillar is to foster collaborative research projects between basic and clinical scientists that will lead to better and improved approaches for the treatment of Epilepsy disorders and associated comorbidities.
Glia Biology & Pathology
The CNC Glia Biology Pillar goals are to promote the discovery of novel treatments for glial biology and related disorders through basic and translational research, to teach scientists and clinicians about these diseases, and to facilitate the application of these discoveries to clinical care of patients.
Mental Disorders
The purpose of the CNC Mental Disorders Pillar is to bring together researchers across UAB and beyond to provide a common platform to promote collaborative basic, clinical, and translational research in a broad spectrum of psychiatric disorders across the life span.
Neurodegeneration
The CNC Neurodegeneration Pillar is represented by the Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics (CNET), the primary resource at UAB for neurodegenerative disease.
Neuroengineering
The goals of the Neuroengineering Brain Computer Interface Working Group are to help develop, support, and promote the new UAB Neuroengineering PhD Program, to foster communication and collaborations among investigators, and to expand the extent of neuroengineering research at UAB.
Neuroimaging
The Goal of the CNC Neuroimaging Pillar is to facilitate communication and foster collaborations among UAB investigators who use neuroimaging in their research.
Neuromodulation
We study neurophysiology in human subjects undergoing surgery for Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy, using sophisticated methods of signal analysis to investigate brain circuits
Substance Use Disorder
The mission of the CNC Substance Abuse Pillar is to facilitate groundbreaking basic neuroscience discoveries with the potential to transform our understanding of substance use disorders.