Timothy Collier

Timothy Collier is a Professor at the Department of Translational Neuroscience, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and serves as Director of the MSU Udall Center of Excellence. His work bridges aging research and neurodegenerative disease, focusing on Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis and therapeutic interventions.

• University of Minnesota: B.A. in Psychology (1974)
• Northwestern University: M.S. (1979) and Ph.D. (1983) in Psychology/Neuroscience
• University of Rochester: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neurobiology (1982-1985)

Research explores aging as a driver of neurodegeneration, employing viral vector toolkits to manipulate aging-related genes (klotho, progerin) in specific CNS cell types. His lab utilizes primate, rodent, and cell culture models to study PD pathology and stem cell therapies.

• Key publication themes include: aging-neurodegeneration interplay (2017), gene therapy for PD (2021), and statistical methodologies for clinical trials (2012-2024).
• Technical expertise spans stereotaxic surgery, immunohistochemistry, behavioral rodent testing, and embryonic/adult tissue dissection.