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Faculty Profile Last Modified Time: 02:59:02 PM Mon, 6 Apr 2020   Contact Information Benjamin B. Gelman Associated Profiles  Professor, Pathology and Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UT Medical Branch at Galveston   301 University Blvd., Room No.: Ste 1.116    bgelman@utmb.edu     (409) 772-2856    Web Link    HIV, HIV-1, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Brain, Encephalitis, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Infections, Virus Diseases    Associated Profiles Research and Expertise Affiliations Appointments  Research and Expertise Research Interests   We are interested in how persistent inflammation in the brain influences neurocognitive function in people with HIV/AIDS. Our current emphasis is on its effect on synaptic protein turnover and dopaminergic synaptic transmission. We are a national resource for HIV/AIDS neuropathology and a founding center of the National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium. We also participate in the CHARTER study, which is a multi-site cross-sectional and longitudinal study of dementia in HIV-infected people. Research in the laboratory is focused on HIV-related neurodegeneration. One project is elucidating how reducing HIV loads with highly active antiretroviral therapy influences painful peripheral neuropathy. Another project is exploring how neuronal protein turnover through the ubiquitin-proteasome system is abnormal in people with HIV dementia. Our basic approach is to perform neurochemical analysis of banked human brain specimens that we collected from people with HIV infection. Dr. Gelman is the founder and Principal Investigator of the Texas NeuroAIDS Research Center with clinics in Galveston, Houston and Dallas. The Center is one of four HIV brain repositories of the National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium (NNTC). Subjects are followed prospectively and CNS and PNS specimens and data are banked at autopsy. Neurological, neurocognitive and drug use documentation information is stored in a database for use by researchers. Specimens and data are distributed to investigators around the world.  Publications/Creative Works Click here to search for this faculty member's publications on PubMed.  Affiliations  Research Consortia GCC Cluster for Alcohol and Addiction Research Gulf Coast Cluster for Translational Addiction Science  Appointments Title Department / School Institution Professor Pathology and Anatomy & Neuroscoences UT Medical Branch at Galveston

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