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Conducting Research during, and directed at, the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 18, 2020
The Great Plains IDeA-CTR Presents:
Conducting Research during, and directed at, the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thursday, June 18, 2020 | 12:00-1:00 PM
Location: Zoom https://unmc.zoom.us/j/4025522260
Howard Fox, MD, PhD
Senior Assoc. Dean of Research & Development, College of Medicine Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences Director, Center for Integrative & Translational Neuroscience
Dr. Howard Fox received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Biophysics from Johns Hopkins University and his MD and PhD from the University of California, San Francisco. Following post-doctoral work at Cold Spring Harbor Labs and Anatomic Pathology residency and fellowship at UCSF, he began his independent research career in 1990 in the Department of Immunology at The Scripps Research Institute, moving to the Department of Neuropharmacology to pursue his work on the brain. He moved to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2008. A seasoned researcher, Dr. Fox’s work deals with disease pathogenesis in the central nervous system. He currently serves as PI on numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including a center grant and brain bank resource. He has chaired NIH study sections and served in numerous other advisory roles for institutional, state and federal agencies.
Discussion Points
- How researchers are adapting to performing their work given issues with health and safety during this time
- Research that is ongoing on COVID-19
- Future planning for COVID-19 and other research
- Current research funding information