Paul E AlelePaul E. Alele is a pharmacologist and physician. He is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda. He earned a Ph.D. (Idaho) in pharmaceutical sciencesand then did postdoctoral training in developmental neurobiology investigating the influence of psychostimulants such as methylphenidate on neuronal development and activity. His research involves both basic biomedical questions using animal models, and field and clinical studies comprising human participants. He has conducted research related to khat (Catha edulis), caffeine, and ethanol, and how these substances modulate seizure expression, dependence and withdrawal. He has published peer-reviewed journal articles widely in the neurosciences, ethnopharmacology and clinical aspects of pharmacology. Dr. Alele has been teaching for over twenty years and has mentored undergraduate and postgraduate student researchers and junior faculty supported by grants from the Fogarty International Center/National Institutes of Health in the U.S. Read More Read Less