Dr. Jennifer Felger — TMP/SPRC Seminar Series Presentation — Nov. 9 at noon

Jennifer C. Felger, PhD, will be giving the Sleep and Performance Research Center’s Seminar entitled “The impact of inflammation on motivation and motor activity in depression: biomarkers, neurotransmitter mechanisms, and therapeutic targets” on Nov. 9 at noon in SAC 345.

Dr. Felger is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Felger’s work combines basic and clinical approaches to understand the mechanisms by which inflammation affects neurotransmitters and circuits to cause depressive symptoms in patients with psychiatric or medical illnesses. Her current work is focused on testing novel dopaminergic and anti-inflammatory therapies that might reverse the effects of inflammation on corticostriatal reward and motor circuits with the overarching goal of identifying treatments that can be targeted to patients with high inflammation.

We look forward to you joining us in person (SAC 345) or through Zoom!

Questions/Zoom link? Contact Michelle Sanchez at michelle.r.sanchez@wsu.edu.

By Washington State University - Elson S Floyd College of Medicine - Dept of Translational Medicine and Physiology & Sleep and Performance Research Center
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