Dr. Supriya D. Mahajan has established herself as an investigator in the area of neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 in the context of drug abuse. She has established 2D and 3D Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) models, that allow studying mechanisms of BBB pathophysiology, examine BBB integrity and evaluate permeability of neurotherapeutics across the BBB. She has expanded her research  work to include Nanotechnology based therapeutics for cancer and neurological diseases.  Her focus has always been on collaborative, interdisciplinary partnerships between various Departments within UB including the Institute of Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, Research Institute of Addiction, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dept of Oral Biology and the Department of Bioengineering and also multi-institutional collaborations with University of Rochester Medical Center and SUNY Albany. Dr. Mahajan is Director of Research of the Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology. She supervises the research training of the Allergy fellows, Medical residents, graduate and undergraduate students. Dr. Mahajan has presented her research work at National and International conferences and was an invited speaker at several seminars and colloquiums. She has authored over 150 publications in several top-quality peer-reviewed journals.