Iara de Souza, PhD
Assistant Professor
Neurology
Academic information
- Department: Neurology
Research interests
- Neurodegenerative and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Systems biology
- Transcriptomics
- Bioinformatics
About
Biography
My research applies systems biology and multiomics integration, leveraging transcriptomic, genomic and proteomic data to investigate the molecular basis of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders by studying how gene expression and cellular networks are altered in the diseased brain. This interdisciplinary work bridges bioinformatics, data science and neuroscience, focusing on how genetic, molecular and environmental factors influence brain vulnerability, resilience and aging.
Through computational modeling and statistical analysis of large-scale datasets, my goal is to uncover key biological pathways involved in neural dysfunction and advance the mechanistic understanding of complex brain disorders.
I appreciate the commitment to innovation here in The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and the readily available resources that allow me to pursue highly complex research.
Credentials
Education
- PhD - Bioinformatics
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
- MSc - Bioinformatics
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
- Postgraduate Certification - Clinical Analyses
- Potiguar University, Natal, Brazil
- BSc - Statistics
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
- BsC - Biomedical Sciences
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
Research
Research interests
- Neurodegenerative and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Systems biology
- Transcriptomics
- Bioinformatics
Awards and Honors
- Seed Grant Award, Neurology Research Institute, The Ohio State University, 2025
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil, 2023-2024
- Single-Cell Genomics Course Travel Award, Wellcome Connecting Science – Wellcome Sanger Institute, 2023
- Posit Conference Travel Award, 2023