Alexander Bassuk, MD, PhD
Introduction
I am a pediatric neurologist and my laboratory focuses on the neuroanatomy, molecular biology, protein biochemistry, and genetic mechanisms in human diseases and animal models. I have trained multiple medical students, resident and fellow researchers, and graduated three PhD students. I have been the recruiter for The University of Iowa's Child Health Research Career Development Award since 2011 and I am currently the Director of the University of Iowa CTSA-KL2 program. I am involved with under-represented minority (URM) recruiting at all levels at the University of Iowa.
Current Positions
- Chair, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
- Physician-in-Chief, Stead Family Children's Hospital
- Professor of Pediatrics - Neurology
- Professor of Neurology
Education
- AB in Fundamentals: Issues and Texts, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- PhD in Biological Sciences Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
- Resident in Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University
- Resident in Pediatric Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University
Graduate Program Affiliations
- Biomedical Science (Cell and Developmental Biology)
- Biomedical Science (Molecular Medicine)
- Genetics
- Medical Scientist Training Program
- Neuroscience
Center, Program and Institute Affiliations
Licenses & Certifications
- Board Certified, General Pediatrics
- Board Certified, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
- Iowa Permanent Medical License
- Illinois Medical License
Research Interests
Dr. Bassuk also serves as the Recruiter for the University of Iowa Child Health Research Career Development Award. Dr. Bassuk's laboratory is focused on understanding human disease and developing new therapies and cures. Dr. Bassuk's laboratory has ongoing projects pursuing epilepsy drug discovery, traumatic brain injury treatments, eye inflammation (uveitis) genetics and therapy, and the role of inflammation in human disease.
- Cellular and molecular neuroscience
- Neuroanatomy
- Ion channels
- Receptors
- Gene regulation
- Brain trauma
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Molecular mechanisms of traumatic brain injury
- Epilepsy/Seizures
- Genetics and mechanisms underlying human epilepsy
- Autism and intellectual disabilities
- Retina
- Molecular mechanisms of retinal disease
- Molecular mechanism of bone inflammation
- Copy number variation in human health and disease
- Genetics
- The genetics of neural tube defects
