Primary Faculty

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

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

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

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

Amanda Charlesworth, Ph.D.   Dr. Charlesworth has moved her laboratory to the University of Colorado Denver, CO. Click to find her new address.
Molecular mechanisms behind developmental processes

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
Pathogenesis of ethanol and trauma related brain damage

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

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

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.   Professor
Regulation of glial-neuronal interactions in the CNS during normal and abnormal brain development

Angus M. MacNicol, Ph.D.   Professor
Regulation of early vertebrate development, cell cycle progression and cellular differentiation

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

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

Bruce W. Newton, Ph.D.   Professor, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education
Hormone and target regulation of sexually dimorphic nuclei; development of autonomic nervous system

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

Robert D. Skinner, Ph.D.   Professor
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.   Assistant Professor
Medical Education; Neurodegenerative Disease

Mohsin M. Syed, Ph.D.   Instructor

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

Jihong Xu, Ph.D.   Instructor
Neurodegenerative diseases

Secondary Faculty

Elie D. Al-Chaer, MS, PhD, JD   Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences & Director, Center for Pain Research
Neurobiology of visceral pain and functional gastrointestinal disorders

K.J.S. ('Sunny') Anand , MBBS, D.Phil.   Dr. Anand has moved his laboratory to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN. Click to find his new address.
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

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

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

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

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

Tammy L. Kielian, Ph.D.   Dr. Kielian has moved her laboratory to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Click to find her new address.
Immune responses in the CNS: The roles of microglia and chemokines in infectious disease

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

Professors Emeritus

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

Shirley Ann Gilmore, Ph.D.
John E. Pauly, Ph.D.
Ervin W. Powell, Ph.D.
Jerome K. Sherman, Ph.D.
 

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.