Faculty Research

Kelli A Sullivan, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Neurology

Kelli Sullivan, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology. Dr. Sullivan received her PhD from the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Kentucky and completed a first postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Sullivan joined Dr. Feldman as a postdoctoral fellow in 1993. Her current research focuses on the effects of diabetes on the peripheral nervous system. Dr. Sullivan is also interested in the developmental expression of IGF-I in the spinal cord and its application to spinal cord injury.

Selected references:

Vincent AM, Perrone L, Sullivan KA, Backus C, Sastry AM, Lastoskie C, Feldman EL., Receptor for advanced glycation end products activation injures primary sensory neurons via oxidative stress. Endocrinol. 148(2):548-58, 2007.

Sullivan KA, Hayes JM, Wiggin TD, Backus C, Oh SS, Lentz SI, Brosius C III, Feldman EL. Diabetic neuropathy models. Neuro Biol Dis. In press, 2007.

Vincent AM, Russell JW*, Sullivan KA*, Mentzer AE, Schin ML, Backus C, John M. Hayes JM, McLean LL, Burke K, Brosius F III, Feldman EL. SOD2 Protects Neurons from Injury in Cell Culture and Animal Models of Diabetic Neuropathy Exper Neurol. In press, 2007.

Sullivan K.A., Feldman E.L. New developments in diabetic neuropathy. Curr Opin Neurol. 18(5):586-90, 2005.