Paul Shapshak
General Information

Contact
- Fax: 305-243-5572
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Languages
- English
Roles
- Research Professor, Director of Dementia/HIV Laboratory
Research Interests
Drug abuse and AIDS risk and progression. HIV-1 gene expression in AIDS chronic neurologic disease and in Alzheimer's disease. Gene expression in NeuroAIDS. Bioinformatics, development of databases, and network analyses of Gene Expression in the human disease brain. Development of Ribozymes, siRNA, and vectors specific for genes in Drug Abuse and Neuropsychiatric disease. Application of nanotechnology to Biology and Medicine. Prevention of spread of AIDS: transmission model and inactivation of HIV-1. Nitric Oxide, Cytokines and other factors in NeuroAIDS: modulators of progression and of HIV-1 replication and evolution in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Lab
Education
1969 Ph.D.
Princeton University
1963 B.A.
Harvard College
Biography
EDUCATION:
1955 - 1959 High School of Music and Art, NY, NY
1959 - l963 BA,
1963 - 1964 New York University Medical Center,
1964 - 1969 PhD,
1972-1973 Fellowship,
1973- 1975 Staff Fellow, NIH (NICHD),
PRIOR POSITIONS HELD:
September 1990-November 1992 University of Miami Medical School
Associate Professor in Research
Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Pathology
September 1988-August 1990 MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
Chief of Molecular Viral Pathology,
October 1988-August 1990 University of
Adjunct Associate Professor
Departments of Neurology and Pathology
July 1986-August 1988 UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND
Adjunct Associate Professor
Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics
February 1981-August 1988 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Neurology Service, 127A
Chief, Molecular Virology and Immunology
GS-13
November 1983-August 1988
Associate Member
January 1979-June 1986 UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HARBOR-UCLA
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology
March 1984-May 1984 UCLA
Acting Assistant Professor
Departments of Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry
February 1982-October 1983 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Department of Neurology
Co-Director, National Neurological Research Bank
February 1977-July 1978 REDKEN LABORATORIES, INC.
Manager of the R & D Biochemistry Lab
July 1975-January 1977 UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Postdoct
and Pathology
July 1973-June 1975 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
National Institute for Child Health
and Human Development
Staff Fellow
March 1973-June 1973 LITTON BIONETICS, INC.
(National Cancer Institute)
Ft. Detrick
Senior Scientist, Advanced Systems Lab
March 1972-February 1973
Postdoct
September 1971-February 1972
Post-doct
September 1969-August 1971
Center for Radiophysics and Space Research (NASA)
Research Associate, Lab