Andrew West, Ph.D. joined the Department of Neurology in September of 2007 as an Assistant Professor and the John A. & Ruth R. Jurenko Research Scholar. Dr. West received his undergraduate degree from Alma College and his PhD in Molecular Neuroscience from the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Rochester, MN. He then went on to complete a Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute in Los Angeles in the laboratory of Nigel Maidment and a second postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Ted Dawson at Johns Hopkins. Dr. West is a recipient of an NIH/NINDS Pathway to Independence (PI) Award K99/R00.
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The West Lab focuses on discovering the biochemical and genetic basis of neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and autism spectrum disorders. We use a combination of functional genomic and molecular neuroscience techniques to uncover the underlying pathogenic effect of associated genetic variation towards disease susceptibility. Through the development of model systems that employ the latest technologies in viral transduction and primary cell systems, we plan to focus on screens for therapeutic molecules.
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