Brain Barriers Research Center
Brain Barriers Research Center
The Brain Barriers Research Center is a distinctive research group involving many disciplines at the University of Minnesota, including the College of Pharmacy and the School of Medicine. We are dedicated to using cutting edge technologies in the treatment of brain disorders.
Mission
The mission of the Brain Barriers Research Center (BBRC) is to improve therapy delivery and treatments of brain disorders by fostering interdisciplinary brain barrier research.
Goals
The Brain Barriers Research Center (BBRC) is a distinctive, cutting edge University of Minnesota research group involving members in the College of Pharmacy and the Medical School Academic Health Center (Duluth and Twin Cities). We are dedicated to:
- Providing a research environment for leading scientists
- Sharing unique strategies within the scientific community
- Developing novel drug therapies
- Vigorously pursuing an academic research agenda
- Transferring scientific knowledge
- Designing and developing new medicines to benefit people worldwide
- Supporting the interaction of many disciplines and areas of study
- Creating a focal point for research
Symposiums
2016 BBRC Inaugural Symposium, Drug Delivery to the Brain: Rationale, Resources, Collaboration
Contact Us
Dr. William Elmquist
Director
c/o College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutics
University of Minnesota
308 Harvard Street S.E.
Room 9-177 Weaver-Densford Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-625-0097
Fax: 612-626-2125
elmqu011@umn.edu
Participating Institutions
- Brain Barriers
- Clinical & Cognitive Neuropharmacology
- Center for Drug Design
- Forecasting Drug Response
- Leading Healthcare Change
- Orphan Drug Research
- Epilepsy Research & Education Program
- Personalized Medicine
- Inst. for Therapeutics Discovery & Development
- Minnesota Pharmacy Practice-Based Research Network
- PRIME Institute
- Wulling Center for Innovation & Scholarship in Pharmacy Education