The Department of Neurosurgery engages in basic, translational and clinical research aimed at conquering diseases of the nervous system.
Laboratories
OU Brain Tumor Research Laboratories:
Dunn Lab
The Dunn Laboratory focuses on tumor genomics, biology, skull base tumor imaging, and clinical outcomes to improve clinical management and patient outcomes.
Publications
Morales Lab
The focus of Dr. Morales’ work is to understand the DNA damage repair machinery and its dysfunction in tumorigenesis.
Glenn Lab
The Glenn group focuses on clinical brain tumor research to improve patient outcomes.
Battiste Lab
Dr. James Battiste, in the neuro-oncology group, is an active collaborator whose group studies tumor invasion and preclinical models of drug delivery and therapeutics.
OU Spinal Cord Injury and Outcomes Laboratories:
Smith Laboratory (starting January 2020)
The Smith Laboratory evaluates biomarkers for spinal injury and advanced imaging for diagnosis in patients with cervical spine compression.
Martin Lab
Dr. Martin’s group studies fundamental models of spinal cord injury and translational therapeutic applications with contemporary biomedical engineering approaches