Fozia Mir, PhD
Assistant Professor
Associate Director UI NeuroRepository
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation
About
Dr. Fozia Mir received her Ph.D. from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (India) and her postdoctoral training at the department of Pharmacology, UIC. Before joining the department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, Fozia worked as a Research Scientist at the Tisch MS research center of NY where her work focused on elucidating mechanisms of disease progression in multiple sclerosis.
Dr. Mir have a long-term research interest in understanding the molecular and cellular biology of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, with emphasis on biomarker discovery and identification of novel therapeutic targets.