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Peng Zhao is an Associate Research Scientist in Neurology at Yale School of Medicine, affiliated with the Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research. He holds a PhD from Shanghai Medical University (1999). His research focuses on sodium channel dysfunction in pain mechanisms, particularly exploring Nav1.7/Nav1.8 channels' roles in neuropathic pain, cannabinoid-based analgesia, and neuroinflammatory signaling. He collaborates extensively with leaders like Stephen Waxman and Sulayman Dib-Hajj.
Key projects include elucidating phytocannabinoid targets for pain relief, TNF-α modulation of sodium channels, and high-throughput electrophysiological analysis of sensory neurons. His work bridges molecular neuroscience and translational pain research.
Publications (2012–2025) emphasize sodium channel biophysics, toxin-channel interactions, and pain pathophysiology. Research has been featured in high-impact journals like Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.