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Andy Greenhalgh, young scientist in NutriNeuro lab, obtained a Marie Curie individual fellowship to study neuroinflammation during repetitive mild traumatic brain injury. The project will focus in how dietary fatty acids modulate micrglial function and the resolution of inflammation.

Andy has a thesis in Neuroscience, Manchester University, UK.

His fundamental research interest is the immune system’s role in central nervous system(CNS) injury and disease. More specifically, the role of inflammation after a physically traumatic event, such as head or spinal cord injury. During his postdoctoral work at McGill University, he begun to investigate important cells involved in the immune response to a spinal cord injury; microglia and macrophages. These are key cells involved in the recovery of CNS tissue. Microglia are the brain and spinal cord’s resident immune cell, whereas macrophages infiltrate the CNS from the blood, after injury. He is now beginning to understand the interconnected role of these cells and that lipid content and signalling could be crucial in their function.

Congrats Andy!