Faculty Highlight
Dr. Nicholas Varvel is an Assistant Professor at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Varvel’s research seeks to understand the role of the immune system in the pathogenesis and progression of neurologic disease, including Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy, with the aim of identifying immune-related targets for therapeutic interventions. The overarching goal of Dr. Varvel’s work is to develop immune-related strategies to treat brain disease utilizing cutting-edge approaches including genetically modified mouse models, flow cytometry, gene expression analysis, histology, and stereology.
Department name changed to "Pharmacology and Chemical Biology"
Effective January 1, 2019, the Pharmacology Department became "The Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology.” The change reflects a broadening of vision: from fundamental science of drugs to tools (chemical probes) targeted to disease-related proteins.
"Traditional pharmacology examines drugs’ mechanism of action, while chemical biology is oriented toward dissecting the machinery of life using chemical probes," says department chair Haian Fu, PhD.