He also acts as a mentor for graduate medical students at the university. Dr. Durso arrived at the university after completing his fellowship at the NIH/Experimental Therapeutics Branch in Bethesda. Since 2001 he has been a member of the editorial board of Clinical Drug Reviews, an NIH peer review consultant, and has won a VA Merit Review Award. Currently, Dr. Durso directs the Neuropharmacology Laboratory. He has a special interest in Parkinson's disease and was featured in a Who’s Who in the East.