Bahri Karacay, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Campus phone:
316-335-6646
Campus address:
216 Medical Research Center
Primary department:
Pediatrics
Secondary department(s):
Neurology
Interdisciplinary program(s):
Human Toxicology
Research description:
Dr. Karacay's research interests include the abnormalities of developing nervous system caused by two neuroteratogenic agents; alcohol, (fetal alcohol syndrome) and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (congenital LCMV infection), and the development of gene therapy for neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer of the nervous system and Alexander Disease, a disease of cerebral white matter that affects children.