URMC / Labs / Gelbard Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorHarris A. Gelbard, M.D., Ph.D.KMRBEmail HarrisResearch Interest: Molecular mechanisms and potential pharmacological and gene therapeutic interventions for neurologic disease associated with HIV-1 infection of the central nervous system.FacultyMatthew J. Bellizzi, MD, PhDAssistant ProfessorEmail MatthewResearch Interest: How HIV-1 can disrupt normal cognitive functions by altering homeostasis between microglia and synaptic networksResearch StaffAngela Stout, B.S.Lab ManagerGraduate StudentsMariah Marrero, MSNSC - Neuroscience Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Elucidating the role of High mobility group box 1 in blood-brain barrier breakdown and neuroinflammationErica SquireNSC - Neuroscience Ph.D. Program