Professor and Endowed Chair
University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
Haydeh Payami received a PhD in Genetics from the University of California at Berkeley. She has served as Professor of Genetics and Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University, Senior Research Scientist and Director of Genomics Institute at New York State Department of Health Wadsworth Center, and is currently Professor and Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s research in the Departments of Neurology and Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Payami is the founder and the lead investigator of the NeuroGenetics Research Consortium. Payami lab studies the interaction of the human genome, the gut microbiome and environmental factors in the etiology, progression and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.
HOT TOPIC: It Takes Guts! How Microbiome Research Can Change the Care for Neurological Conditions
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM