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Nazeer Hussain Khan, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Pediatrics
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Dr. Khan's research interest lies around molecular cell biology. Currently, Dr. Khan is actively engaged in completing his early training and working with transgenic mice to develop different models for gut injury in pups. Dr. Khan's research interest is to investigate the association of gut injury and blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability in neonates. Mainly, Dr. Khan's project aims to understand the determining role of gut microbiota in the development of BBB and to open new avenues to depicts the mechanisms of onset of in-born neurodegenerative diseases in infants.