Research
- Clinical Research
- Trauma Research & Education Foundation
- Eliceiri Lab
- De Maio Lab
- Integrated Research Laboratories in Human Inflammation
Our laboratories are interested in the molecular, cellular and physiological changes that characterize the human response to injury. In the central nervous system (CNS), we study the blood brain barrier, cerebrospinal fluid and the contribution of microglia to inflammation in the brain. In peripheral tissues, we study the parasympathetic control of neuroinflammation and how the vagus nerve can regulate the response to burn, hemorrhage and cutaneous injury. Our research focuses on the function of sentinel genes that control set points of homeostasis and specifically, taxonomically restricted genes that differentiate the human response to injury from that of other species.
Antonio De Maio, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery and Neuroscience
Brian Eliceiri, Ph.D.
Professor