Staci D. Bilbo, Ph.D., PI
Dept: Psychology and Neuroscience
Email: staci.bilbo@duke.edu
Phone: 919-681-7262
Location: 3016 GSRB II
We seek to understand the role of the immune system in brain development, and thereby the ways in which immune activation during early brain development can affect the later-life outcomes of neural function, immune function, mood and cognition. A particular focus is on microglia, the primary immunocompetent cells of the CNS, which are involved in multiple aspects of normal brain development and function.