Research Interests:

Molecular basis of inflammation in the central nervous system, particularly inflammatory molecular events at the blood brain barrier.

For a list of Dr. Zochowska's most recent publications, click here.

Brief Biography:

Dr. Zochowska received an M.D. from the University of Nis Medical School (Nis, Yugoslavia) in 1990 and a Ph.D. from the University of Belgrade Medical School (Belgrade, Yugoslavia) in 1999. Dr. Zochowska held the position of Lecturer in the Department of Physiology at the University of Pristina Medical School in PrIstine, Yugoslavia from 1991-1994. She served as a Research Fellow at the Immunology Research Center "Branislav Jankovic" in Belgrade during the period 1994-1996, followed by Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Department of Medicine (1996-1997) and Department of Pharmacology (1997-1999) at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Connecticut. Following completion of her postdoctoral training, Dr. Zochowska accepted a position as Instructor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Connecticut Health Center and was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor in 2001. She is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, International Scoiety of Neuroimmunology, Society for In Vitro Biology, The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology and the American Stroke Association.

She joined the faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School as Assistant Research Scientist in the Departments of Pathology and Neurosurgery in November 2001 and was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology in 2005.