Dr. Owens is a postdoctoral associate researching epigenetic mechanisms driving HIV-associated neurological disorders in the central nervous system, particularly in the context of opioid use.
research interests
HIV infection and latency in the central nervous system; Opioid drug addiction, interaction and other comorbidities; Autophagy, inflammasome and neurodegeneration; Nano-therapeutics and intranasal drug delivery; Epigenetics and epidrugs; Aging, Parkinson’s disease, mitophagy, and mitochondrial dysfunction
