Program Faculty Research Interests
| Name | Department | Research Interests | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Adler, MD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Neurophysiology of mood disorders and medication response | Website Profile |
| Mark Baccei, PhD | Anesthesiology | Maturation of pain circuits in the CNS under normal and pathological conditions | Website Profile |
| Joseph Broderick, MD | Neurology | Treatment and underlying mechanisms of stroke | Website Profile |
| Elke Buschbeck, PhD | Biological Sciences | Development andfunctionof invertebrate visual systems | Website Profile |
| Kenneth Campbell, PhD | Pediatrics; Developmental Biology (CCHMC) | Molecular genetic control of mammalian forebrain development | Website Profile |
| Kim Cecil, PhD | Radiology (CCHMC) | Neurochemical processes within neural networks that influence behavior in children and young adults. | Website Profile |
| Steven Crone, PhD | Neurosurgery and Developmental Biology (CCHMC) | Alterations in motor circuits in neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), or spinal cord injury | Website Profile |
| Steve Danzer, PhD | Anesthesiology (CCHMC) | Mechanisms underlying the generation of epilepsy | Website Profile |
| Steve Davidson, PhD | Anesthesiology | Mechanisms underlying chronic pain and itch | Website Profile |
| Kari Dunning, PhD | Rehabilitation Sciences | Stroke recovery and rehabilitation; neuroplasticity and aerobic exercise | Website Profile |
| Alberto Espay, MD | Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine | Parkinson’s Disease and movement disorders | Website Profile |
| Nathan Evanson, MD, PhD | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | The effect of environment on recovery from traumatic brain injury | Website Profile |
| David Fleck, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Neuropsychology of attention and memory; cognitive and physiological consequences of psychopathology and neuropathology; vultural differences in the course and treatment of bipolar disorder. | Website Profile |
| Mindy Call Fox, PhD | Ophthalmology | Molecular mechanism involved in meibomian gland formation and function in dry eye disease; stem cell therapies to treat congenital and acquired corneal disease | Website Profile |
| Edwin Griff, PhD | Biological Sciences | Neural circuits of the main olfactory bulb | Website Profile |
| Mary Beth Genter, PhD | Environmental Health | Olfactory system; toxic responses of the olfactory mucosa; plasticity of olfactory neurons | Website Profile |
| Nicola Grissom, PhD | Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience | Epigenetics | Website Profile |
| Christina Gross, PhD | Neurology (CCHMC) | Molecular mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders such as Fragile X syndrome, epilepsy and autism | Website Profile |
| Eric Gruenstein, PhD | Molecular Genetics | Cellular basis of learning and memory | Website Profile |
| Gary Gudelsky, PhD | Pharmacy | Mechanisms and consequences of MDMA (Ecstasy)-induced neurotoxicity; neuropharmacology of atypical antipsychotics | Website Profile |
| Ziyuan Guo, PhD | Developmental Biology (CCHMC) | Develop a next-generation human nervous system in a petri dish using cutting-edge stem cell technologies and engineering tools for in vitro study of human neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders | Website |
| Fumika Hamada, PHD | Opthalmology (CCHMC) | Molecular and neural mechanisms of temperature sensation and circadian rhythm | Website Profile |
| Jiukuan Hao, MD, PhD | Pharmacy | Delivery of macromolecules (oligonucleotides, proteins, genes) into the brain and brain ischemia stroke | Website Profile |
| Elana Harris, MD, PhD | Psychiatry (CCHMC) | Neurophysiological underpinnings of psychiatric disorders | Website Profile |
| James Herman, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Structural, functional and molecular biological principles underlying brain stress integration | Website Profile |
| Katherine Holland-Bouley, MD PhD | Neurology (CCHMC) | Role of ion channels gene variants in seizure susceptibility and treatment | Website Profile |
| Michael Jankowski, PhD | Anesthesiology (CCHMC) | Peripheral mechanisms of nociceptive processing | Website Profile |
| Winston Kao, PhD | Opthalmology | Gene and Cell therapy of Congenital and Acquired Eye Diseases | Website Profile |
| Christopher King, PhD | Anesthesiology (CCHMC) | Pain psychophysics and endogenous pain modulatory systems | Website Profile |
| Steven Kleene, PhD | Systems Biology and Physiology | Signaling in primary cilia in kidney disease | Website Profile |
| Dawn Kleindorfer, MD | Neurology | Neurobiology of stroke | Website Profile |
| Robert Krikorian, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Neurobiology of cognitive disorders | Website Profile |
| John Layne, PhD | Biological Sciences | Neural control of behavior and guidance of spatial orientation | Website Profile |
| Huei-Jing Lee, PhD | Biomedical Engineering | Development and utilization of MRI/ MRS methodologies for studying metabolism, bioenergetics, and function of the brain | Website Profile |
| Diana Lindquist, PhD | Pediatrics, Radiology (CCHMC) | Effects of drugs and disease on brain metabolism | Website Profile |
| Richard Lu, PhD | Pediatrics | Generation of glial cell subtypes (oligodendrocytes, astrocytes and Schwann cells) in the central and peripheral nervous systems under normal and pathological conditions | Website Profile |
| John MacLennan, PhD | Molecular and Cellular Physiology | Role of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) receptors in neuro-maintenance and neuro-protection | Website Profile |
| Robert McNamara, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Role of omega-3 fatty acid deficiency in the pathoetiology of recurrent neuropsychiatric disorders | Website Profile |
| Shannon Miller, MD | Clinical Psychiatry (VA) | Addiction medicine, substance abuse treatment | Website Profile |
| Ali Minai, PhD | Electrical Engineering & Computing Systems | Neurocomputational models of cognition and motor control; computational models of information coding by synchronization and temporal correlation in neural populations;models of collective knowledge acquisition and creativity | Website Profile |
| David Moore, PhD | Otolaryngology | Development of hearing in children; neurogenetics | Website Profile |
| Laura Ngwenya, MD, PhD | Neurosurgery & Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine | Mechanisms underlying poor cognitive recovery after traumatic brain injury | |
| Diego Perez-Tilve, PhD | Internal Medicine | Neural regulation of metabolism and obesity | Website Profile |
| Sarah Pixley, PhD | Systems Biology and Physiology | Neuroprotective effects of magnesium after peripheral nerve injury and brain injury | Website Profile |
| Nancy Ratner, PhD | Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology (CCHMC) | Mechanisms underlying nerve-associated tumors in inherited diseases | Website Profile |
Teresa Reyes, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Effect of diet on maturation of CNS | Website Profile |
| Elliot Robinson, MD, PhD | Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology (CCHMC) | How brain circuits involved in motivation, reward and attentional control are dysregulated in mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders | Website Profile |
| Stephanie Rollman, PhD | Biological Sciences | Genetic basis of chemosensory behavior | Website Profile |
| Renu Sah, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Pathophysiology of anxiety disorders | Website Profile |
| Kim Seroogy, PhD | Neurology | Parkinson’s disease; Neurotrophic factors; Chronic stress and depression | Website Profile |
| Matt Skelton, PhD | Neurology (CCHMC) | Mechanisms underlying creatine transporter (CrT) deficiency; metabolic changes associated with bipolar disorder | Website Profile |
| Matia Solomon, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Impact of chronic social stress on brain and behavior; regulation of mood, cognition and metabolic health by gonadal hormones | Website Profile |
| Peter Stambrook, PhD | Molecular Genetics; Biochemistry and Microbiology | Novel therapies to treat brain tumors | Website Profile |
| Rolf Stottman, PhD | Human Genetics& Developmental Biology (CCHMC) | Development of the mammalian forebrain | Website Profile |
| Judith Strong, PhD | Anesthesiology | Pain, sensory neurons, inflammation, role of sympathetic nervous system in pain, ion channels. | Website Profile |
| Jeffrey Tenney, MD, PhD | Pediatrics, Neurology (CCHMC) | Mapping the onset and spread of seizures using non-invasive functional neuroimaging | Website Profile |
| Yve Ulrich-Lai, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Neural and hormonal substrates responsible for the interactions among diet, obesity and stress. | Website Profile |
| Jennifer Vannest, PhD | Neurology (CCHMC) | Neural basis of language and cognitive development | Website Profile |
| Ilya Vilinsky, PhD | Biological Sciences | Neuroscience and Neurophysiology Education | Website Profile |
| Tim Vogel, MD | Neurosurgery and Developmental Biology (CCHMC) | Primary and motile ciliary signaling and its effects on neural and glial progenitor cell differentiation | Website Profile |
| Charles Vorhees, PhD | Neurology (CCHMC) | Adverse effects of drugs, genes and/or environmental agents on the developing brain | Website Profile |
| Ronald Waclaw, PhD | Pediatrics (CCHMC) | Molecular genetic control in the generation of cellular diversity in the mouse telencephalon | Website Profile |
| Jeffery Welge, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience | Applications of statistical methods to the study of mood disorders and associated comorbidities; model building and analysis for clinical trials | Website Profile |
| Michael Williams, PhD | Neurology (CCHMC) | Adverse effects of drugs, genes and/or environmental agents on the developing brain | Website Profile |
| Jun-Ming Zhang, MD | Anesthesiology | Chronic pain mechanisms; neuroinflammation | Website Profile |
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