Michael Chiang, PhD

Phone

412-624-8182

E-mail

chiang.michael@medstudent.pitt.edu

Education & Training

B.A., UC Berkeley (2010)
PhD, University of Pittsburgh (2019)

Campus Address

E1402 BSTWR

Mentor

Sarah Ross

Graduation Year

2019

One-Line Research Description

Understanding neural substrates that contribute to separable aspects of pain

Representative Publications

- Snyder LM, Chiang MC, Loeza-Alcocer E, Omori Y, Hachisuka J, Sheahan T, Adelman PC, Sypek EI, Fulton SA, Friedman RL, Wright MC, Duque MG, Lee YS, Hu Z, Huang H, Cai X, Gale JR, Nagarajan V, Hirai T, Meerschaert KA, Scherrer G, Kaplan DH, Porreca F, Davis BM, Gold MS, Koerber HR, Ross. Kappa Opioid Receptor Distribution and Function in Primary Afferents. Neuron. 2018 Sep 19;99(6):1274-1288.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.08.044. PMID: 30236284

- Hachisuka J, Omori Y, Chiang MC, Koerber HR, Ross SE. Wind-up in lamina I spinoparabrachial neurons: a role for reverberatory circuits. Pain. 2018 Mar 23.doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001229. PMID: 29578943

- Hachisuka J, Chiang MC, Ross SE. Itch and Neuropathic Itch. Pain. 2018. Jan 2; doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001141. PMID: 29389746   

- Zhao Y, Sivaji S, Chiang MC, Cheng A, Haadi A, Guo Z, Reed A, Kodali R, Borowski J, Frost G, Beukema P, Wills ZP. Amyloid Beta Peptides Block New Synapse Assembly by Nogo Receptor Mediated Inhibition of T-Type Calcium Channels. Neuron. 2017. Oct 11;96(2):355-372.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.09.041. PMID: 29024660.

Dissertation

DIVERGENT NEURAL PATHWAYS EMANATING FROM THE LATERAL PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS MEDIATE DISTINCT COMPONENTS OF THE PAIN RESPONSE

Alumni Current Affiliation

Director, National Eye Institute