Clinical Interests
- Surgical pathology
- Nephropathology
- Administration of clinical laboratories
Research Interests
- Molecular mechanisms regulating functions of blood brain barrier under physiologic and pathologic conditions (neuroinflammation, HIV-1 brain infection, alcohol and drug abuse)
- Pericyte dysfunction in blood brain barrier impairment caused by HIV infection
- Biomarkers of blood brain barrier injury
- Neuroprotective strategies based on diminution of neuroinflammation and blood brain barrier injury
- Effects of cannabinoids on neural stem cells
Research Projects
Blood brain barrier injury in HIV infection complicated by diabetes: Mechanisms and protective strategies preventing cognitive impairment
CNS injury caused by HIV-1 and alcohol: Protective effects of cannabinoid receptor 2 activation
- HIV-induced neuroinflammation associated with opioid abuse and tobacco smoke
- Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside to mitigate inflammation and toxicity in HIV associated dementia
Education, Training & Credentials
- Residency, Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- PhD, Pathology, Kiev Research Institute of Urology and Nephrology, Ukrainian Ministry of Health, Kiev, Ukraine
- MD, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine
Certifications
Anatomic Pathology
Memberships
- College of American Pathologists
- American Society of Clinical Pathologists
- American Society for Investigative Pathology
- Society for NeuroImmune Pharmacology
Honors & Awards
- MERIT grant, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2010-2020
- Wybran award, Society on Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2011