Dr. Paul R. Sanberg is Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair and Associate Vice President/Associate Dean for Biotechnology Development at the University Of South Florida College Of Medicine. Dr. Sanberg trained at York University, the University of British Columbia, the Australian National University and at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Sanberg has held academic positions at the Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati, and Brown University prior to his current position. He has also been on the Scientific Advisory Boards for Companies and Foundations. Dr. Sanberg is Editor-in-Chief of Cell Transplantation, Executive Director of the American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair, and past president of the Cell Transplant Society, and others. He is the author of more than 400 scientific articles and has published thirteen books including, Neural Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols (Humana Press, 2002), and Neural Stem Cells for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair (Humana Press, 2003) and is an inventor on over twenty U.S. patents. His work is pioneering in understanding a role for stem cells in neurological disorders.                                                                                                                                           >>top

Newman, MB; Emerich, D; Borlongan, CV; Davis, CD; & Sanberg, PR: Use of human umbilical cord blood (HUCB) cells to repair the damaged brain. Current Neurovascular Research, 4(2): 269-281, 2004.

Borlongan, CV; Hadman, M; Davis, CD; & Sanberg, PR: CNS entry of
peripherally injected umbilical cord blood cells is not required for
neuroprotection in stroke. Stroke, 35:2385-2389, 2004.

Henning, RJ; Hamdi, AA; Balis, JU; Morgan, MB; Willing, AE; & Sanberg, PR:Human Umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Cell Transplantation, in press, 2004.

Walczak, P; Chen, N; Hudson, JE; Willing, AE; Garbuzova-Davis, SN; Song, S;Sanberg, PR; Sanchez-Ramos, J; Bickford, PC; & Zigova, T: Do Hematopoietic cells exposed to a neurogenic environment mimic properties of endogenous neural precursors? Journal of Neuroscience Research 76:244-254, 2004.

Willing, AE; Vendrame, M; Mallery, J; Cassady, CJ; Davis, CD; Sanchez-Ramos, J; & Sanberg, PR: Mobilized peripheral blood cells administered intravenously produce functional recovery in stroke. Cell Transplantation,12(4):449-454, 2003.
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