In 1983, he was appointed Chief of the Navy s neurology training program at the National Naval Medical Center and Professor, Vice-Chairman and Chairman for Research in the Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He received the Mihara Cerebrovascular Disorder Research Prize. Dr. Hallenbeck s laboratory is studying the cellular regulation of ischemic tolerance and inflammatory and immune mechanisms in the initiation and progression of stroke. The prevention of brain infarcts in spontaneously hypertensive, stroke-prone rats is being studied in the Clinical Investigation Section. We also study neuroprotective mechanisms that induce tolerance to hypoxia and ischemia in brain cells.
Translational research is conducted.
Findings in preclinical models that have the potential to prevent or treat stroke are carried into proof of concept clinical trials.