Neuroscience Graduate Program Faculty
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Douglas
A.
Bayliss,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor and Chair of Pharmacology Mechanisms of Neuromodulation in Central Neurons |
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James
P.
Bennett,
Jr.,
M.D., Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Neurology Neurodegenerative Diseases |
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Edward
H.
Bertram,
III,
M.D. [more information]
Clinical Professor of Neurology Studies of various aspects of epilepsy using anatomy and in vivo and in vitro physiology. |
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George
S.
Bloom,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Biology Cellular Morphogenesis and Motility; Cell Biology of Alzheimer's Disease |
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Peter
C.
Brunjes,
Ph.D. [more information]
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. |
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James
A.
Coan,
Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Psychology Neuroscience of Emotional Expression and Individual Emotion-Regulation Capabilities |
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Barry
G.
Condron,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Biology Regulation and Function Serotonergic Neurons During Development |
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Jeffrey
T.
Corwin,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Neuroscience Regeneration and Developmental Biology of the Hearing and Balance Organs in the Vertebrate Ear. |
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Carl
E.
Creutz,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology Calcium-dependent, Membrane-binding Proteins and Mechanisms of Exocytosis |
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Noelle
D.
Dwyer,
Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology Development of the cerebral cortex |
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Alev
Erisir,
M.D., Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Psychology Developmental plasticity; Glutamate and acetylcholine receptors in visual cortex development |
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Wolfgang
O.
Friesen,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Biology Neuroethology of animal locomotion |
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Felicia
Gaskin,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Research of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences Alzheimer's disease, autoimmune disease, cytoskeletal proteins, microtubule assembly |
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Gwenaelle
Géléoc,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Research of Neuroscience Voltage dependent and mechanosensitive channels |
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Lisa
Goehler,
Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Psychology Psychoneuroimmunology; immunosensation; organizational features of autonomic sensory systems |
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Howard
P.
Goodkin,
M.D., Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Neurology |
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Robert
M.
Grainger,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Biology Molecular embryology--gene regulation in cells committed to specific developmental lineages |
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Patrick
A.
Grant,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Transcription; Chromatin Modifications |
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Carla
B.
Green,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Biology Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Regulation of Circadian Clocks |
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Patrice
G.
Guyenet,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology Neural Control of Blood Pressure and Respiration |
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John
T.
Hackett,
[more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics Synaptic Transmission |
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Madaline
B.
Harrison,
M.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Neurology Neuropharmacology |
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Melissa
A.
Henriksen,
Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biology Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics, Cancer Stem Cells; Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Expression, STAT Signaling Pathway. |
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David
Hill,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Psychology Development and plasticity of sensory systems |
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Jay
Hirsh,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Biology Molecular genetics; development and function of neurotransmitter-synthesizing neurons in Drosophila |
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Jeffrey
R.
Holt,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Neuroscience Sensory signaling in hair cells of the auditory and vestibular systems. |
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Alan
F. "Rick"
Horwitz,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Cell Biology Synapse Formation and Cell Migration in Normal and Pathobiology-Adhesion, Signaling, Imaging and Proteomics |
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Isa
M.
Hussaini,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Pathology The Roles of PKC-eta and LRP in Glioblastoma Invasive Growth |
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John
A.
Jane,
M.D., Ph.D. [more information]
Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery |
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Vesna
Jevtovic-Todorovic,
M.D., Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Anesthesiology Mechanisms by which anesthetic drugs interact with neurotransmitter systems in the central nervous system to produce pharmacological and toxicological effects. |
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Bankole
A.
Johnson,
Ph.D., D.S. [more information]
Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences Integration of the Study of Brain Functions and the Behavioral Aspects of Addition Medicine |
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Jaideep
Kapur,
M.D., Ph.D. [more information]
Harrison Distinguished Professor of Neurology Pathophysiology of Status Epilepticus and Epilepsy; Plasticity of GABAergic Synaptic Transmission |
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Masashi
Kawasaki,
Ph.D [more information]
Professor of Biology Neuroethology of electric fish |
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Raymond
E.
Keller,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Biology Cellular and molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis |
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Jonathan
Kipnis,
Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Neuro-Immune Interactions |
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Boris
P.
Kovatchev,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences Biomathematics and Statistics, Specifically Dynamic Modeling of Biologic and Behavioral Processes. Resent Work Includes: Endocrine and Diabetes Studies, ADHD, Heart Rate Variability, Translational Research, and Algorithm Development. |
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Kevin
S.
Lee,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor and Chair of Neuroscience Neuronal Vulnerability: A Study of Cellular Mechanism |
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William
B.
Levy,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Neurosurgery The neural bases of cognition; Computational theories of brain function |
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Chien
Li,
Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Neuroendocrine regulation of energy balance and stress, regulation of pancreatic islet hormone secretion and glucose homeostasis. |
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Joel
M.
Linden,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor and Vice Chairman of Research of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Adenosine Signaling in Inflammation and Diabetes |
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Jeh-Ping (Serena)
Liu,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Neuroscience Spinal Cord Development and Motor Neuron Differentiation |
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Xiaowei
Lu,
Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology Developmental regulation of planar cell polarity in the mammalian nervous system |
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Kevin
R.
Lynch,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology Molecular Pharmacology of Lysophospholipid Mediators |
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Wendy
J.
Lynch,
Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences Behavioral Pharmacology, Sex Differences, Animal Models of Addiction |
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Ian
G.
Macara,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Microbiology Mechanisms of Cell Polarity Establishment and Nuclear Transport |
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Mani
S.
Mahadevan,
M.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Pathology Molecular Mechanisms of Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy |
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James
W.
Mandell,
M.D., Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Pathology Mechanisms of Brain Astroglial Activation in Neural Injury |
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Carol
A.
Manning,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Neurology dementia neurodegenerative disease & cognition |
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Deforest
Mellon,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Biology Sensory System Organization and Development |
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Michael
Menaker,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Biology Behavioral and Physiological Analysis of Vertebrate Circadian Rhythms |
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Suzanne
M.
Moenter,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism Understanding How the Central Nervous System Controls Fertility through Study of Gonodotropin-realeasing Hormone Neurons |
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Roy
C.
Ogle,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Stem Cells, Growth Factor Receptors and Tissue Engineering |
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William
Davis
Parker,
Jr.,
M.D. [more information]
Professor of Neurology The role of electron transport chain defects in the pathogenesis of human neurologic and psychiatric disorders. |
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Sarah (Sally)
J.
Parsons,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Microbiology Molecular mechanisms of Src family tyrosine kinases in mitogenesis, tumorigenesis, and neuronal activity. |
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Manoj
Patel,
Ph.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Research of Anesthesiology Modulation of sodium channel gating by beta subunits and novel sodium channel blockers; Synaptic transmission in dorsal horn neurons |
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Edward
Perez-Reyes,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology Molecular Pharmacology of Voltage-gated Calcium Channels |
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K.
Kevin
Pfister,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Cell Biology Structure, Function, and Regulation of Cytoplasmic Dynein: Its Role in Intracellular Microtubule-based Transport, Membrane Bounded Organelle Trafficking, Axonal Transport and Mitosis |
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Dennis
R.
Proffitt,
[more information]
Commonwealth Professor of Psychology Human Perception & Cognition |
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Ignacio
Provencio,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Biology The Role of Melanopsin Retinal Ganglion Cells in the Photic Regulation of Mammalian Circadian Rhythms |
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Emilie
F.
Rissman,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Mammalian Behavior Genetics |
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Heidi
Scrable,
Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Neuroscience Novel Strategies to Model Human Diseases in the Laboratory Mouse |
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Margaret
A.
Shupnik,
Ph.D. [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism Hypothalamic peptide and steroid regulation of pituitary gene transcription; Estrogen action in neuroendocrine and reproductive tissues; Estrogen action in breast cancer |
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Nina
J.
Solenski,
M.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Neurology Mechanisms of cerebral ischemia |
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Nassima
Ait-Daoud
Tiouririne,
M.D. [more information]
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences Addiction Medicine, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology |
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Slobodan
M.
Todorovic,
M.D., Ph.D. [more information]
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Pharmacology and function of T-type (low-voltage-activated, LVA) calcium channels in sensory transmission. |
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