Faculty

Noor Akhter, Ph.D.   Instructor
Steroid regulation of somatotropes in the male

Elie D. Al-Chaer, MS, PhD, JD   Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
Neurobiology of visceral pain and functional gastrointestinal disorders

K.J.S. ('Sunny') Anand , MBBS, D.Phil.   Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Neurobiology
Neurobiology and behavioral effects of neonatal pain

Steve W. Barger, Ph.D.   Professor of Geriatrics, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, and Internal Medicine
Signal transduction and gene regulation in neurons; neuron-microglia interaction

Helen Beneš, Ph.D.   Research Professor
Sex-specific gene activity for mosquito control; lipid peroxidation during aging and development in insects

Puran S. Bora, Ph.D.   Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Age Related Macular Degeneration

E. Robert Burns, Ph.D.   Professor of Anatomy and Interdisciplinary Toxicology
Experimental oncology and chronochemotherapy; PreK-14 health science outreach

M. Donald Cave, Ph.D   Professor
Probes for the diagnosis and molecular epidemiology of diseases caused by bacterial pathogens

Jason Y. Chang, Ph.D.   Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, Ophthalmology
Neuronal programmed cell death, neurotoxicity of cholesterol oxides

Amanda Charlesworth, Ph.D.   Research Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms behind developmental processes

Yuzhi Chen, Ph.D.   Assistant professor of Geriatrics and Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
Neddylation in Alzheimer's disease and adult brain stem cell development

Gwen V. Childs, Ph.D.   Professor and Chair of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
Neuroendocrine regulation of growth and reproduction

David L. Davies, Ph.D.   Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
Pathogenesis of ethanol and trauma related brain damage

Maxim Dobretsov, Ph.D.   
Neurobiology of pain and diabetic neuropathy; Physiological roles of isoforms of Na+,K+-ATPase

John Dornhoffer, M.D.   Professor, Director, Division of Otology/Neurotology Board Certified Otolaryngologist
Neurovestibular research; hearing loss and vertigo

Paul D. Drew, Ph.D.   Professor
Neurodegenerative disorders including multiple sclerosis

Nilufer Esen, M.D.   Instructor
Immunological mechanisms of brain abscess

Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D.   Professor of Anatomy and Psychiatry
Disorders of the reticular activating system and sleep, schizophrenia, depression, PTSD, spinal cord injury

W. Sue T. Griffin, Ph.D.   Professor and Vice Chairman for Research The Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
Molecular biology of Alzheimer’s disease

Abdallah Hayar, Ph.D.   Associate Professor
Role of synchronized bursting activity in olfactory bulb processing of sensory input.

Cynthia (Cindy) J.M. Kane, Ph.D.   Associate Professor
Regulation of glial-neuronal interactions in the CNS during normal and abnormal brain development

Tammy L. Kielian, Ph.D.   Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
Immune responses in the CNS: The roles of microglia and chemokines in infectious disease

Melanie C. MacNicol, Ph.D.   Research Assistant Professor
Signal transduction and mRNA translation in neurons

Angus M. MacNicol, Ph.D.   Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
Regulation of early vertebrate development, cell cycle progression and cellular differentiation

Mark S. Mennemeier, Ph.D.   Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences. Director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Laboratory in the Center for Translational Neuroscience.
Neural mechanisms of neglect

Robert E. Mrak, Ph.D., M.D.   Professor (also with Pathology)
Neuropathology

Bruce W. Newton, Ph.D.   Associate Professor of Anatomy Course Director, Neuroscience
Hormone and target regulation of sexually dimorphic nuclei; development of autonomic nervous system

Kevin D. Phelan, Ph.D.   Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
Regulation of synaptic transmission and neuronal-glial interactions

Stacy A. Rudnicki, M.D.   Associate Professor of Neurology
Neurological disorders and stroke

Terry J. Sims, Ph.D.   Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
Development of the nervous system and neuronal-glial interactions

Robert D. Skinner, Ph.D.   Professor of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
Spinal cord injury and locomotion pattern generators; midlatency auditory evoked potentials in human brain diseases and the startle response in an animal model

Laura C. Stanley, Ph.D.   Instructor
Medical Education; Neurodegenerative Disease

Mohsin M. Syed, Ph.D.   Instructor

Patrick W. Tank, Ph.D.   Professor of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences Course Director, Gross Anatomy Director, Division of Anatomical Education, Department of Anatomy Director, Anatomical Gift Program
Pattern formation during limb development and regeneration

Adjunct Faculty

Roger Buchanan, Ph.D.
Barbara Clancy, Ph.D.
Lori Hensley, Ph.D.
Richard Murray, Ph.D.
Nancy B. Reese, Ph.D.
Malathi Srivatsan, Ph.D.
Betty G. Uzman, M.D.