Dr. Liqin Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Kansas. The lab’s ongoing research focuses primarily on identifying how sugars are dysregulated in the pathogenesis of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (sAD). We are particularly interested in understanding how the utilization of sugars in the brain is affected by sAD-linked genetic and environmental factors, leading to the development of risk phenotypes for sAD.