University of Cincinnati
United States

Biography

Dr. Sah earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Lucknow University, India. After completing her postdoctoral training in Neuropharmacology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, and Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, she joined the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA, in 2003. Dr. Sah's major research interests include the Neurobiology of Fear-associated Disorders with the long-term goal of identifying underlying mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets of intervention. Currently, the primary focus of her lab is the investigation of neuroimmune mechanisms in Panic Disorder (PD), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and associated comorbid conditions using translational approaches. Recent work aims to investigate shared mechanisms between PTSD, PD with inflammatory conditions such as asthma.

Fields of Interest

• Fear
• Panic
• PTSD
• Immune
• Asthma
• Inflammation
• Behavioral Neuroscience