Primary department: Pediatrics

Secondary department: 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.