Kirsten E. Schoonover, Ph.D., joins UAB Psychiatry as an assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Medicine and associate director of the Alabama Brain Bank.

Schoonover investigates the neural basis of working memory impairments in schizophrenia via postmortem tissue and a variety of microscopy techniques.

Her group also looks at trace metal transport across the blood-brain barrier and the role of trace metals in cellular function and activity.

Ultimately, the goal of Schoonover’s research is to elucidate the effect of schizophrenia on neural circuitry involved in cognition to facilitate better treatment development.

Welcome, Dr. Schoonover!