Current Research Themes
Neural Development/Stem Cells (Longstanding research area)
Understand cellular and molecular control of nervous system glial specification
Identify molecules that regulate glial cell proliferation and migration. 
Myelin Repair (Myelin Repair Foundation, Athersys, BiogenIdec)
Utilize adult neural progenitor cells to enhance repair
Characterize human neural progenitor cells 
Brain tumor Biology (Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Neurosurgery Dept at University Hospitals and the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center at Henry Ford Hospital)
Characterize cellular origins of neural tumors
Identify novel therapeutic targets to control cell proliferation, death and migration of neural cells
Spinal Cord Injury (Neurosurgery Dept. University Hospitals and CWRU Stem Cell Center)
Utilize molecules important in glial development to facilitate spinal cord repair
Develop neural and non-neural stem cell approaches to modulate spinal cord injury responses.
Clinical / Research Interests
Neural Development/Stem Cells
Biography