R.a.r. Tasker
Professor
Neuropharmacology
Neurodyn
Canada
Biography
Andrew is Professor of Neuropharmacology at UPEI’s Atlantic Veterinary College is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. A former Associate Dean, Research at UPEI, Dr. Tasker was the Founding Director of the Atlantic Centre for Comparative Biomedical Research and one of six founding scientists of NoNO Inc., a Toronto-based drug discovery company. An internationally acknowledged authority of the neurotoxicology of domoic acid and other glutamatergic ligands he specializes in behavioral models appropriate to the study of epilepsy, stroke and cognitive decline.
Research Interest
Neuropharmacology
