Professor of Neurology and the Senior Associate Dean and Executive Director of the Office of Research at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
Dr. Halterman is professor of Neurology and the Senior Associate Dean and Executive Director of the Office of Research at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo. In this capacity, he is responsible for fostering the growth of the school's research initiatives, enhancing research activities, increasing funding opportunities, and supporting faculty recruitment.
Dr. Halterman earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Georgetown University, later completing the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Rochester, receiving honors and induction into AOA. He remained in Rochester to pursue his neurology residency and post-doctoral training in experimental therapeutics and translational neuroscience and later joined the faculty in the Department of Neurology. Before his current role as senior associate dean, he was chair of the Department of Neurology and co-director of the Neurosciences Institute at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University.
Dr. Halterman has authored fifty peer-reviewed publications, and his research has primarily concentrated on the mechanisms of neural damage after stroke and cardiac arrest, focusing on cellular and immune signaling pathways. Dr. Halterman has been awarded grants for his research from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the American Heart Association (AHA). He has served as a mentor on post-doctoral and physician-scientist training awards and continues as a reviewer for the NIH and AHA study sections.