Stavros Taraviras, PhD

2025 Innovator Award Recipient

Investigating the Use of Focused Ultrasound as a Gene Delivery Approach Targeting Ependymal Cells.

Dr. Stavros Taraviras is a Professor in the Department of Physiology at the Medical School, University of Patras. His project entitled, “Investigating the use of Focused ultrasound as a gene delivery approach targeting ependymal cells” aims to develop a non-invasive gene therapy approach using focused ultrasound (FUS) to deliver therapeutic genes to cells lining the brain’s ventricles using mouse models of hydrocephalus. The goal of this method is to repair, regulate, or replace defective genes and repair damaged cells in the brain that contribute to hydrocephalus.