Labs of Brian Hoh, M.D., M.B.A., and Benoit Giasson, Ph.D.
Departments: Neurosurgery and Neuroscience
Hometown: West Palm Beach
Doctorate from: University of Florida
Research focus: Neuroinflammatory mechanisms of neurodegeneration in dementia and vascular disorders.
What drives me: I want to make a difference in the lives of my patients, both through direct clinical work as a neurosurgeon and through research in the lab to provide new treatment avenues for currently incurable neurodegenerative disorders.
Something few people know about me: I have a twin brother who is in a completely unrelated field.
My favorite food: I’m not too picky, but I’m always down for hibachi.
In my free time: Hang out with my wife and two daughters, go to the gym, read, and keep up my salt-water aquarium.
“We have an understanding of the natural history of why neurodegenerative diseases worsen, but we have no therapy to stop them. I think it’s really terrifying for patients to know this is going to get worse, they’re going to get dementia, and we just don’t have a therapy to stop it. I’d like to spend my career both in research and in neurosurgery finding ways to target that process and deliver those therapies before devastating dementia.”
McKnight Brain Institute
Gator NeuroScholars Highlight Series
This post was published as part of a larger article on Gator NeuroScholars, a postdoctoral fellowship program. At UF’s McKnight Brain Institute, postdocs come from across the globe, attracted by access to renowned neuroscientists and pioneers in their fields who serve as mentors and by a wide array of leading scientific programs ranging from cognitive aging and brain tumors to Alzheimer’s disease and respiratory physiology.
