Affiliation: Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic

Dr. Gunnar Poplawski is a leading researcher in neurodegenerative disorders at the Lerner Research Institute (LRI) of the Cleveland Clinic. His work focuses on developing regenerative strategies and discovering biomarkers for central nervous system (CNS) injuries and neurodegenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease and neurotrauma, including spinal cord injuries. His goal is to create effective therapies and develop diagnostic assays to evaluate the severity of these disorders. 

Before joining the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Poplawski completed fellowships at Duke-NUS Medical School and the National University of Singapore (NUS). He earned his PhD from the University of California Department of Biology. He pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), under Professor Mark Tuszynski, MD, PhD, at the Center for Neural Repair. Dr. Poplawski's research has been published in prominent journals, including Nature, Science Translational Medicine, and Neuron.