Professor
Director for Gastrointestinal Biology Research
Champ Lyons Endowed Chair in General Surgery
Distinguished Professor in the Heersink School of Medicine

Areas of Interest
brain development and plasticity, neurotransmitters, substance abuse

Biography

Dr. Aurelio Galli, who serves as the director for gastrointestinal biology research, obtained his doctorate of science and philosophy in physiology from the State University of Milan, Italy. Upon graduation, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular physiology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Galli’s main research emphasis is brain development and plasticity, with a focus on neurotransmitters and the implications of substance abuse. He serves as the director and a researcher for the Department of Surgery’s Center for Inter-systemic Networks and Enteric Medical Advances (CINEMA), which seeks to understand how interactions between environmental factors and genetic predispositions, like gastrointestinal diagnoses coupled with anxiety, are related to Enteric Inter-systemic Disorders (ESD).

Education

Ph.D.
State University of Milan, Italy
Physiology

D.Sc.
State University of Milan, Italy
Physiology

Postdoctoral Fellowship
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Molecular Physiology

Contact

Campus Address
THT 1032

Phone
(205) 975-1932

Email
agalli@uabmc.edu