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Dr. Pamela Lein is a Professor of Neurotoxicology and Chair of Molecular Biosciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine. She has broad training and experience in molecular and cellular neurobiology, neuropharmacology and neurotoxicology. Her research focuses on defining the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurotoxicology, including how chemical threat agents and therapeutic agents modulate neuroinflammation and neural function. This is Dr. Lein's third CounterACT grant.

Dr. Chaudhari is a Professor of Radiology in the School of Medicine. He directs the Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging at UC Davis, which provides researchers with a range of imaging modalities that include MRI, PET, SPECT, CT, ultrasound, and optical imaging in both preclinical and clinical settings. He has helped develop novel medical imaging techniques for assessing neurological disease.

Dr. Angela Gelli is a Professor of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine. She is particularly interested in pathologies that impact the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Dr. Gelli has used in vitro models of the BBB as well as in vivo models to identify translational therapeutic targets.

Dr. Gene Gurkoff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery in the School of Medicine. His research focuses on using advanced in-vivo electrophysiology techniques to identify systems-level changes in brain function with the goal of developing novel and innovative neuromodulatory approaches for treating patients suffering chronic cognitive deficits following traumatic brain injury or epileptic seizures.

Dr. Pamela Lein is a Professor of Neurotoxicology and Chair of Molecular Biosciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine. She has broad training and experience in molecular and cellular neurobiology, neuropharmacology and neurotoxicology. Her research focuses on defining the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurotoxicology, including how chemical threat agents and therapeutic agents modulate neuroinflammation and neural function. 

Dr. Tancredi is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Tancredi contributes his statistical and data management expertise to the UC Davis CounterACT program by providing targeted statistical design and analysis support to the research projects and scientific cores and an integrated web-based research database system that is used to facilitate reliable and cost-efficient data capture, processing and sharing.

Dr. Heike Wulff is Professor of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine. She has expertise in basic pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, drug development and medicinal chemistry and is particularly interested in potassium channel pharmacology and the design of new ion channel modulating drugs and tool compounds.