CINEMA Researchers

Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology & Neurology

Areas of Interest 
stroke, mitochondrial function, neural bioenergetics, autophagy, cell death signaling in nervous system and neurodegeneration

Associate Professor, Radiology

Areas of Interest 
vision, visual behavior, visual cognition, psychiatry, schizophrenia, imaging and MRI and neuroimaging

   Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest 

host microbe interactions, mechanisms of microbial regulation of substance use disorders, bioengineering microbial-based therapeutics, hormonal and metabolic syndromes and disease

    Professor
    Director for Gastrointestinal Biology Research
    Director, CINEMA

Areas of Interest
brain development and plasticity, neurotransmitters, substance abuse, obesity and bariatric surgery

Associate Professor, Neurobiology

Areas of Interest
addiction, learning and memory, epigenetics, non-coding RNAs

Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Areas of Interest
pain, urogenital system/pelvic viscera, optogenetics, sensory neurobiology

Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Neurobiology 

Areas of Interest
chronobiology, sleep, circadian rhythms, neuroscience, electrophysiology

Professor
Vice Chair, VA Affairs
Associate Chief of Staff, VA Surgical Services
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery at Birmingham VA
Assistant Program Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

Areas of Interest
foregut and bariatric surgery, achalasia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatal or paraesophageal hernias, morbid obesity and metabolic syndrome, role of microbiome in obesity, outcomes research

Associate Professor, UAB Department of Medicine

 Areas of Interest 
energy metabolism research, endocrinology, biochemistry and integrative physiology

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Associate Scientist, Nutrition Obesity Res Center (NORC)  

 Areas of Interest
systems neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, obesity, eating disorders

Assistant Professor

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

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest 
trauma, hemorrhage, resuscitation, endothelial glycocalyx, lung injury, bioengineered in vitro models, mechanotransduction signaling

Assistant Professor, Radiology

Areas of Interest 
non-pharmacologic treatments for chronic pain, imaging informatics, and opportunistic population health screening