Research Labs
In Dell Medical School’s research environment — which spans the campuses of Dell Med, the Dell Pediatric Research Institute, The University of Texas at Austin and other locations in the city — faculty using similar techniques and equipment work near each other and share expertise from diverse fields.
This fosters interdisciplinary discourse and operational efficiencies that bolster the school’s research output. Researchers and lab members benefit from opportunities to gather with colleagues in related areas of expertise to connect on their work. The result of this model? A strong team, focused on transforming health.
Areas of Research
Explore the fields below to view the faculty labs that are advancing scientific discovery and impact across varying disciplines, and get details on current work, open positions and opportunities to collaborate.
Neurology
- Britt Lab | quantitative genetics, biology of the retina, genetic models of human disease
- Brumback Lab | animal models, electrophysiology, optogenetics
- Melamed Lab | multiple sclerosis, neuroinflammation
- MS.io Lab | neuroimaging, outcome prediction, equity
- Howard Lab | cellular neurophysiology, translational epilepsy, synaptic transmission and plasticity
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab | development of executive functions
- Dobbs Lab | neural circuits, animal models, polysubstance abuse
- Gaudet Lab | neuroinflammation, spinal cord injuries, biological clocks
- Gonzales-Lima lab | behavioral neuroscience
- Hamilton Lab | translational neuroscience, computational neuroscience
- Marinelli Lab | addiction, motivation
- Memory and Aging Lab | cognitive neuroscience
- Messing Lab | translational neuroscience, addiction, pain, neuroimmune signaling
- Noble-Haeusslein Lab | translational neuroscience, spinal cord injuries, neurorehabilitation
- Orsini Lab | behavioral neuroscience, decision-making, sex differences, substance use disorders
- Chang Lab | predictive analytics, artificial intelligence
- Paydarfar Lab | mathematical models, machine learning, physiological sensors, rehabilitation
- Speech Disorders and Technology Lab | speech science
Neurosurgery
- Rongze (Olivia) Lu Lab |molecular mechanisms mediating immune suppression
Oncology
- Center for Computational Oncology | tumor model construction
- Stephen Yi Laboratory | systems biology, bioinformatics, multi-omics networks
Pediatrics
- Gray Lab | musculoskeletal development and homeostasis
- EdEN Lab | educational gardening
- TherapeUTex | drug formulation, delivery and production
Population Health
- Burgermaster Lab | nutrition, health equity, biomedical informatics
- Khurshid Labs | data and information systems
- Harpak Lab | statistical genomics, population genetics
- Mackert Lab | traditional and new digital media, health messaging
- Texas PRIDE Health Collaborative | sexual health, mental health
- Urban Information Lab | urban informatics
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
- Developmental Behavioral Genetics Lab | developmental roots of social inequality
- Beer Self-Regulation Lab | emotion and cognition
- Lifespan Development Lab | cognitive function
- Anxiety and Health Behaviors Lab | anxiety disorder treatment and intervention
- Clinical Neuroendocrinology Lab | endocrine basis of mood anxiety disorders
- Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders | nature and treatment of anxiety disorders
- Mood Disorders Lab | depression
- Main Lab | bipolar disorder, alcohol use disorder, stress
- Neural Circuits and Behavioral Development Lab | stress, neurodevelopment
- Laboratory of Affective Neurogenetics | clinical and behavioral neuroscience, mood and effective disorders
- Pediatric Coping and Language Lab | adaptation to stress
- Women’s Reproductive Mental Health of Texas | reproductive psychiatry
- Learning, Memory and Emotion Lab | neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, PTSD
- LewPeaLab | cognitive neuroscience
- Morikawa Lab | addiction
- Translational and Clinical Neuroscience (TrAC Neuro) Lab | stress, neuromodulation, neuroimaging
- Neurocircuitry of Trauma and PTSD (NeuroTap) Lab | neurocircuitry, PTSD, treatment
- Osier Lab | brain trauma
Surgery & Perioperative Care
- Dell Children’s Trauma and Injury Research Center | pediatric trauma, injury prevention, trauma clinical care