
Focus: Molecular diagnosis and prognosis for clinical and surgical applications


Focus: Re-wiring of neural circuits

Focus: Translational biology of skull base tumors by integrating genomic, immunology, advanced imaging, and computational tools to improve patient and surgical outcomes


Focus: Novel experimental therapies for malignant brain tumors

Focus: Drug delivery and the blood brain barrier in brain tumors

Focus: Cancer epidemiology and statistical genetics

Focus: Role of genetics in stroke and cerebrovascular diseases

Focus: Structural and functional MRI and brain electrophysiology

Focus: To harness the administrative, clinical, research and financial data streams combined with detailed outcomes tracking to inform best practices and protocols for neurosurgery.


Focus: Functional recovery after spinal cord injury
Spinal Cord Injury Research Laboratory

Focus: Immunotherapy and non-coding RNAs in brain tumors

Focus: Oncolytic viruses and immunotherapy in glioblastoma

Focus: The biology of small non-coding RNAs and the pioneering of their genetic engineering for a cure against brain cancer.

Focus: Applying neural engineering and neuromodulation to understand the brain and treat neurological and psychiatric diseases

Focus: Develop and test novel targeted stem cell based therapies for cancer
Vice Chair for Research


Focus: Developing neuroimaging approaches for presurgical brain mapping and investigation of brain function alterations in neurological conditions.

Focus: Identification of candidate therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders