Faculty Members


Handy Gelbard, M.D., Ph.D., Center Director

Professor of Neurology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Pediatrics

Glial and immune effector cell interactions with synapses during neuroinflammation
Gelbard Lab website


Brian Blyth, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Reducing the disability occurring after mild traumatic brain injury


William J. Bowers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Neurology and Microbiology and Immunology

Inflammatory mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders
Bowers Lab website


Marc Halterman, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Transcriptional control of neuronal vulnerability and loss after stroke
Halterman Lab website


Jason H. Huang, M.D.

Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery

Brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury and repair


Karl Kasischke, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Quantitative, intravital investigation of cellular pathology in rodent models of human diseases of the nervous system


Douglas S. Portman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biomedical Genetics and Biology

Genetic control of sex differences in neural development, function and disease
Portman Lab website

David Rempe, M.D., Ph.D.
David Rempe, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Hypoxia-induced adaptive and pathological responses in the brain

Charles Thornton, M.D.
Charles Thornton, M.D.

Professor of Neurology

Neurogenetic disorders


Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D.

William H. Eilinger Professor and Chair of Pediatrics, Professor of Neurology

Targeted therapy for neural crest tumors; cell signaling in neurodegenerative disease

Thurman Wheeler
Thurman Wheeler, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Neurogenetic disorders