Contact Information

Department of Biomedical Sciences
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
1731 E. 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Tel: (323) 357 3672
Fax: (323) 563 9363
E-mail: vchaban@cdrewu.edu

Biosketch

Dr. Chaban received his Ph.D. from Bogomoletz Institute, Kiev and continued his training at the University of Bristol and Babraham Institute, Cambridge, U.K. Prior to coming to UCLA he worked as Adjunct Researcher at Nencki Institute in Warsaw. Dr. Chaban received Wood-Whellan Award and Fellowships from International Science Foundation, European Science Foundation and UNESCO. Dr. Chaban completed his post-doctoral training at the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. From 2001 he became an Assistant Researcher at the Department of Neurobiology. In 2005 Dr. Chaban was appointed as Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. His area of expertise includes hormonal modulation of pain transmission at the level of primary afferent neurons and non-genomic effects of sex steroids.

Selected References

Chaban V, McRoberts J, Ennes H, Mayer EA. Nitric oxide syntase inhibitors enhance the mechanosensitive Ca2+ influx in cultured DRG neurons. Brain Research 2001;903:74-85.

Micevych P, Chaban V, Quesada A, Sinchak K. Estrogen modulates CCK-opioid interactions in the nervous system. Pharmacology and Toxicology 2002;91:387-397.

Chaban V, Mayer E, Ennes H, Micevych P. Estradiol inhibits ATP-induced [Ca2+]i increase in DRG neurons. Neuroscience 2003;118:941-948.

Chaban V, Li J, Ennes H, Nie J, Mayer E, McRoberts J. NMDA receptors enhance mechanical responses and voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in rat DRG neurons through protein kinase C. Neuroscience 2004, 128, 347-357.

Chaban V and Micevych P. Estrogen receptor-a mediates estradiol attenuation of ATP-induced Ca2+ signaling in dorsal root ganglion neurons. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2005, 81(1), 31-37.