Colin Kelly Combs, PhD, received his PhD from the University of Rochester in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and did his postdoctoral training at Case Western Reserve University in the Alzheimer Research Laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience. He joined the faculty as an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 2000 and is currently a professor in the Basic Sciences Department. Dr. Combs’ laboratory focuses on understanding how the immune system contributes to brain changes during chronic neurodegenerative conditions. In particular, his lab works to understand how to manipulate the behavior of brain resident immune cells, microglia, to promote neuroprotection.