Monika Sharma

Monika Sharma is an Instructor in the Department of Neurology at Yale School of Medicine, affiliated with the Adams Center for Parkinson's Disease Research. Her work focuses on neuroinflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and adrenergic receptor mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.

Her research explores the role of β2-adrenergic agonists like Salmeterol in modulating microglial activation, neuroinflammatory pathways, and mitochondrial biology. She investigates molecular mechanisms linking inflammation to neurodegeneration, with a particular emphasis on Parkinson’s disease.

Publications highlight her contributions to understanding how adrenergic signaling impacts neuroinflammatory responses, therapeutic approaches for neurodegenerative diseases, and the interplay between molecular biology and clinical neuroscience. She is based in the Scherzer Lab at Yale and maintains an academic office at 101 College Street, New Haven, CT.