Core Faculty
View faculty in our department holding full-time appointments as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor at Northwestern University. Learn more about their work and connect with affiliated centers and lab sites via the information below. Or, see our A-Z faculty profile directory for the full department list.
Parisiadou, Loukia
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
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Our research focuses on the elucidation of the cellular and molecular events by which mutations in genes linked to Parkinson’s disease (PD) contribute to disease pathology. PD has been classically con... [more]
Perera, Minoli
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
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The Perera laboratory focuses on pharmacogenomics (using a patient's genome to predict drug response) in minority populations. Working in this translation research space requires both clinical experti... [more]
Prakriya, Murali
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)
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Research in our laboratory is focused on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of intracellular calcium (Ca2+) signaling. Ca2+ is a ubiquitous intracellular signaling messenger, mediating many essenti... [more]