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Giancarlo Vanini, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical School. His research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying arousal states and the regulation of consciousness during general anesthesia. He is particularly interested in how sleep disruptions can affect pain perceptions, with ongoing studies utilizing rodent models to explore the efficacy of psychedelic therapy in chronic pain contexts. Vanini completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, following his residency in Critical Care Medicine from the Universidad de la República in Montevideo. His academic contributions include a series of publications in prestigious journals that investigate the brain's circuitry related to sleep-wake behavior and the implications of anesthetic agents on consciousness.
Admission for Biological Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Human Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Cancer Biology, and Neuroscience is primary handled through the PIBS (Program in Biomedical Sciences) gateway.