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Servio H Ramirez, PhD.,

Servio H Ramirez, PhD.,,

Mary and Bryan Whisenant Distinguished Professor, BMS Graduate Program Co-Director (Immunology & Microbiology Concentration)

Department: MD-PATHOLOGY
Business Email: ramirez.servio@ufl.edu

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About Servio H Ramirez, PhD.,

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Accomplishments

  1. Mary and Bryan Whisenant Distinguished (Tenured) Professor of Pathology

    University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL

  2. Tenured Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,

    The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

  3. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

    The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia PA

  4. Director, Histopathology Research Core

    The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

  5. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

    The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia PA

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. GMS5905 – Special Topics in Biomedical Sciences

    College of Medicine

Teaching Philosophy

To prospective students looking to join the laboratory: We teach a scientific framework in which students are encouraged to expand and not restrict their way of thinking. We promote the challenging of existing dogmas and scrutinizing of indirectly derived assumptions about biological phenomena. Students will be helped to study newly evolving scientific trends and to also keep current on relevant published scientific information. We believe in a scientific practice that is both independent and highly cooperative. Our experience has provided us with the benchmarks necessary to ensure effective training in the: formulation of testable hypotheses, technical proficiency, critically analysis of results and communication of scientific findings. Please contact us to learn more about currently available research opportunities.

Research Profile

The laboratory focuses on the study of how brain pathologies affect the neurovascular unit (NVU). Given that the blood brain barrier (BBB) is the gateway to the CNS, we approach our studies by centralizing our efforts around this highly specialized structure. The ongoing research can be categorized as follows: 1) assay development to usher-in the next generation of microfluidic modeling of the neurovascular unit, 2) characterization of the temporal and spatial progression of neuroinflammation, 3) serological biomarker discovery for evaluation of BBB damage during brain injury, and 4) intervention with pharmacological or biological agents that can halt damage or enhance repair of NVUs. Our expertise is interdisciplinary and meets at the intersection of neuroscience, immunology, molecular biology, microbiology, translational medicine, pharmacology and bioengineering.

Areas of Interest

  • Cerebral Vascular Biology
  • Infectious diseases of the CNS
  • Neuroinflammation
  • Serological Biomarkers
  • Tissue engineering
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. Innovative In-Situ Imaging Techniques for the Visualization of CNS associated HIV reservoirs in the Context of Substance Abuse

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIDA

  2. The role of cannabinoids in the regulation of the blood brain barrier in the context of NeuroHIV and anti-retroviral therapy

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    TEMPLE UNIVERSITY via NATL INST OF HLTH NIDA

Education

  1. Postdoctoral Fellow/Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience (T32 trainee in Neurovirology)

    University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE

  2. Postdoctoral Fellow/Pharmacology & Physiology (T32 Trainee in the pharmacology of drugs of abuse )

    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

  3. Ph.D/Immunology, Microbiology & Virology (IMV cluster) and Neuroscience

    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

  4. M.S/Microbiology & Immunology

    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester NY

  5. B.S/Biotechnology-Genetic Engineering

    Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY

Contact Details

Emails:
Business:
ramirez.servio@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
1395 Center Drive, D6-18
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1395 Center Drive, D6-18
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610