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


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


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


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