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Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson’s Disease Research Heersink School of Medicine

P50 in Parkinson’s

Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Parkinson Disease

P50 NS108675 The vision for the Alabama Udall Center is to create a team and environment focused on the identification of innate and adaptive immune responses critical to PD pathogenesis, and rapidly advance an innovative, interdisciplinary, highly impactful research program.

The long term goal of the Alabama Udall Center is to facilitate the identification and development of therapeutics that target the immune system for neuroprotection in PD.

Faculty

Etty (Tika) Benveniste, Ph.D.

Etty (Tika) Benveniste, Ph.D.

Etty (Tika) Benveniste, Ph.D.,
Senior Vice Dean for Research
Charlene A. Jones Endowed Chair in Neuroimmunology
Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
UAB Heersink School of Medicine
David G. Standaert, M.D., Ph.D.

David G. Standaert, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Chair
John N. Whitaker Endowed Professor
Department of Neurology
UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley, Ph.D.

Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Andrew B. West, Ph.D.

Andrew B. West, Ph.D.

Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University
Talene Yacoubian, M.D., Ph.D.

Talene Yacoubian, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor
John A. and Ruth R. Jurenko Endowed Professorship
Department of Neurology
UAB Heersink School of Medicine