Laboratories + Personnel
Laboratories
![Elias Aizenman, PhD](http://www.pind.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Elias_QRO_2-250x250.jpg)
Aizenman
Neurobiology
Elias Aizenman, PhD
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection
![Gulnaz Begum, PhD](http://www.pind.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/begum1-250x250.jpg)
Begum
Neurology
Gulnaz Begum, PhD
Astrocyte, Neuron-glia communication, Cerebrovascular dysfunction, Ischemic stroke, Alzheimer’s
![Charleen T. Chu, MD, PhD](http://www.pind.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Charleen-Chu-Pic-250x250.jpg)
Chu
Pathology
Charleen T. Chu, MD, PhD
Neuronal autophagy, protein kinases, and mitochondrial pathobiology in Parkinson's Disease
![Roberto DiMaio PhD](http://www.pind.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231212_141340-e1702408968271-250x250.jpg)
DiMaio
Neurology
Roberto DiMaio PhD
Multifactorial disease caused by complex gene/environment interactions.
![Christopher Donnelly, PhD](http://www.pind.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/donnelly-250x250.jpg)
Donnelly
Neurobiology and Live Like Lou Research Center for ALS
Christopher Donnelly, PhD
Molecular pathogenesis of neurodegeneration and aging
![Abby Lauren Olsen, MD, PhD](http://www.pind.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Olsen-250x250.jpg)
Olsen
Neurology
Abby Lauren Olsen, MD, PhD
Genetic and environmental risk factors in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis
![Michael Palladino, PhD](http://www.pind.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MJPalladino2-e1458070257555.jpg)
Palladino
Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Michael Palladino, PhD
Drosophila models of mitochondrial dysfunction and neurodegeneration