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Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Gozal Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
David Gozal, MD, MBA, PhD, vice president for health affairs and dean of the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, was awarded the 2026 Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Thoracic Society, honoring his outstanding contributions to the field of sleep neurobiology. An internationally recognized pediatric pulmonologist and sleep medicine researcher, Gozal has spent decades advancing scientific understanding of sleep disorders and their impact on children’ s health. His groundbreaking work in sleep neurobiology has helped shape the field’ s understanding of pediatric sleep apnea, cognitive dysfunction, inflammatory responses, and the long-term health effects of sleep-disordered breathing.
Marshall University Appoints Internationally Recognized Neuroscientist to Lead Biomedical Sciences Department
The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has named Habibeh Khoshbouei, PharmD, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Khoshbouei joins Marshall University from the University of Florida College of Medicine, where she served as professor in the department of neuroscience and vice chair of research. An internationally recognized neuroscientist, her research focuses on dopamine signaling, neuroimmune interactions, addiction, and neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’ s disease.
Image: Habibeh Khoshbouei, PharmD, PhD.
Image: Dr. David Gozal
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