Research Topics: AIDS/HIV, Addiction, Basal Ganglia, Behavior, Brain, Cerebral Cortex, Hepatitis C Virus, Hippocampus, Infectious Disease, Inflammation, Neurobiology, Neuromuscular System, Neuroscience, Prefrontal Cortex, Spinal Cord, Viruses and Virology
Dr. Susan Morgello is the recipient of the 2015 Women in Neuroscience Lectureship Award. A true leader in the field of neurovirology, Dr. Morgello has contributed extensively to our knowledge of the nervous system abnormalities associated with HIV infection, both in the clinical as well as basic research setting. She is passionate about mentoring women and underrepresented minorities, and has worked effortlessly for this cause. As both an extraordinary scientist and clinician with diverse interests, Susan contributes immensely to our understanding of neuropathogenic mechanisms not only by her outstanding and cutting edge research, but also by her immense support for other investigators.
With the largest, multidisciplinary neuroAIDS cohort in New York City, Dr. Morgello leads a highly interdisciplinary and committed group of clinicians, basic scientists, clinical neuropsychologists, psychometrists, and nurses that together conduct longitudinal, observational studies of her patients. Through her research programs, Dr. Morgello has published over 200 research articles in top journals and has vast expertise in the neurology of HIV and comorbid Hepatitis C, substance abuse, and major depressive disorders that have greatly shaped the arena of neuroAIDS research. She is a proponent for the development of culturally sensitive neuropsychologic assessments and methodologies to diagnose more effectively this unique, multicultural patient population.