University of Virginia Health System

Douglas  A.  Bayliss,  Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Pharmacology Mechanisms of Neuromodulation in Central Neurons Peter  C.  Brunjes,  Ph.D. Commonwealth Professor of Psychology Use the olfactory system to examine general problems in the brain maturation, including the role of afferent activity on tissue development and the interplay between evolution and development. Barry  G.  Condron,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Regulation and Function Serotonergic Neurons During Development Noelle  D.  Dwyer,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Cell Biology Development of the cerebral cortex Carla  B.  Green,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Regulation of Circadian Clocks Jay  Hirsh,  Ph.D. Professor of Biology Molecular genetics; development and function of neurotransmitter-synthesizing neurons in Drosophila Jeffrey  R.  Holt,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neuroscience Sensory signaling in hair cells of the auditory and vestibular systems. Jeh-Ping (Serena)  Liu,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neuroscience Spinal Cord Development and Motor Neuron Differentiation Heidi  Scrable,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neuroscience Novel Strategies to Model Human Diseases in the Laboratory Mouse Jeremy  B.  Tuttle,  Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience Neurodegenerative and Aging Dysfunction at the Cellular Level Mary  K.  Worden,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Hormonal Modulation of Neuromuscular Function Scott  O.  Zeitlin,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neuroscience Mechanisms of Huntington's Disease Pathogenesis J.  Julius  Zhu,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Mental Retardation