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Research Opportunities

Pediatric neurology residents have the option to stay on for a fourth year of research fellowship. The fourth-year pediatric neurology fellow devotes time exclusively to an independent research project guided by one of the investigators affiliated with the Division of Pediatric Neurology. Current areas of ongoing research by Pediatric Neurology faculty include:

  • Molecular and Neurovirology (Dr. Gelbard)
  • Neuropharmacology and Developmental Neurobiology (Dr. Gelbard)
  • Epilepsy (Dr. Kwon, Dr. Wang)
  • Movement Disorders and Motor Control (Dr. Mink)
  • Tourette Syndrome and ADHD (Dr. Kurlan, Dr. Mink)
  • Neuromuscular disorders (Dr. Griggs, Dr. Moxley, Dr. Ciafaloni, Dr. Tawil, Dr. Thornton)
  • Neonatal seizures (Dr. Kwon)
  • Neurotoxicology (Dr. Myers)
  • Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Dr. Adams, Dr. Kwon, Dr. Mink, Dr. Pearce)

Collaborative research projects with other faculty in Adult Neurology or in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy can be arranged.