2^nd International Congress on Neuroimmunology and Therapeutics December 01-02, 2016 Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Dr. Yumin Zhang, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics and the Department of Neuroscience at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Zhang obtained his MD in Binzhou Medical School, China, PhD in Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and postdoc study in the Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. The major research interest in Dr. Zhang’s lab is to study how modulation of the arachidonic acid metabolism and the endocannabinoid system can impact the pathogenesis and treatment for neurological diseases, including traumatic brain injury and multiple sclerosis.

Brain Injury & Treatment

Dr. Shafit-Zagardo received her PhD in Human Genetics from Mount School of Medicine studying Human acid β-glucocerebrosidase and Type 1 Gaucher Disease. She did her postdoctoral training in the department of Cell Biology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine studying long interspersed reptituive sequences. She joined the faculty in the department of Pathology in 1983, and is a full Professor.

Neuro-Immune Interaction