Research in the Brier lab is focused on the mechanisms which give rise to progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) in the context of seemingly well treated relapsing MS. Our lab uses both MRI and PET imaging to ask these questions augmented by clinical, cognitive, and laboratory assessments.
We are a highly collaborative group. The Brier lab is physically located within the Neuroimaging Labs Research Center (NIL-RC). This center is made up of a group of scientists who are bound together by their use of cutting-edge neuroimaging to study different aspects of the central nervous system. Faculty from the departments of Neurology, Radiology, and Psychiatry call the NIL-RC home. Expertise of the resident faculty and their labs ranges from the very technical to the very clinical. The Brier lab is existentially located within the Neuroimmunology Section of the Department of Neurology. This clinical section consists of basic and clinical researchers dedicated to understanding, treating, and eventually curing MS.