Sulie Chang
Director, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology/Professor of Biological Sciences/Neuroscience
Seton Hall University
USA
Seton Hall University
USA
Biography
Sulie Chang, currently the Director of the Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology (I-NIP) and Professor of Biological Sciences and Neuroscience at Seton Hall University. Sulie Chang was previously a faculty member at Tulane Medical School and the Louisiana State University Medical Center. She joined Seton Hall University (SHU) in 1994 as an Assistant Professor of Biology rising through the academic ranks to become Professor of Biological Sciences in 2002 and Professor of Neuroscience in 2003. Between 1999 and 2005, I served as the Chairperson of the Department of Biological Sciences. Under her leadership as Department Chairperson, the Ph.D. program of Molecular Bioscience was implemented in 2004. Sulie Chang received her first NIH R01 grant in 1989 and have been funded continuously by NIH since then. She currently havetwo R01s (PI) and one RC2 awards. Sulie Chang is also a recipient of a K02 Independent Scientist Career Award since 2003.
Research Interest
Sulie Chang 's research has focused on the interactions between the nervous and immune systems in health and disease. Particularly, it has been predominantly in the area of neuroimmune modulation of substances of abuse including morphine(suppressant), cocaine, methamphetamine, nicotine (stimulant) and alcohol (depressant).