Program Faculty
Program Faculty
Affiliated Faculty
Environmental Medicine and Public Heath Sciences
Neuroscience
Research Interest:
Defining the impact of environmental chemicals (e.g., metals and air pollution) on brain development and behavior, with emphasis on attributable risk to neurodevelopmental disorders.
Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory
NeurosciencePsychiatry
Research Interest:
Basic neurophysiology of schizophrenia and autism
Pediatrics
Neurology
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms and potential pharmacological and gene therapeutic interventions for neurologic disease associated with HIV-1 infection of the central nervous system.
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of prion propagation and pathogenesis
Plasticity of aging, stress response, and metabolism, as well as behavioral plasticity.
Neuroscience
Research Interest:
The Goldman lab (Neurology’s Division of Cell & Gene Therapy) focuses on the role of glial pathology in aging and disease, and on neural as well as glial progenitor cell-based replacement strategies, with an emphasis on disease modeling and treatment.
Research Interest:
Mechanisms of aging and the role of DNA repair and genomic instability in the aging process.
Research Interest:
Basic biological mechanisms of circadian synchrony and entrainment in health and disease. Understanding how circadian rhythms and sleep can enhance glymphatic, neuronal, and cerebrovascular function.
Mitochondrial and Metabolic Research Center
NeuroscienceNeurology
Research Interest: Uncovering neuro-immune mechanisms driving synapse and neuron turnover as well as microglia dysregulation throughout the lifespan
Elaine C. Hubbard Center for Nursing Research on Aging
School of NursingMedicine
Psychiatry
Research Interest:
Psychoneuroimmunological mechanisms linking older adults’ stress and cognitive and immune aging
Mitochondrial and Metabolic Research Center
Pharmacology & PhysiologyAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Research Interest:
Molecular mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
Research Interest:
Glia-neuron interactions during synaptic plasticity in health and disease.
Biomedical Genetics
Research Interest:
Impact of iron deficiency on brain development and interactions with environmental toxicants and genetic factors.
Biomedical Engineering
Neurology
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: The basic biology of glial cells in the CNS and the role of astrocytes in several neurological diseases, including stroke, spinal cord injury, epilepsy, tremor, and ALS. Research is aimed at defining new strategies for the treatment of neurological diseases that target astrocytic dysfunction.
Research Interest:
Defining neuro-inflammatory processes that contribute to pathology and disease progression in Alzheimer's disease, as well as late CNS effects following radiation exposure.
Mitochondrial and Metabolic Research Center
Pharmacology & PhysiologyEnvironmental Medicine and Public Heath Sciences
Research Interest:
Elucidate the molecular mechanisms of divalent metal neurotoxicity and mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis.
Neural Circuits and Computation Laboratory
NeuroscienceResearch Interest:
Experimental and Computational Approaches to Sensory Perception
Neuroscience
Medicine
Research Interest:
Care and study of individuals with memory disorders
Biomedical Genetics
Biology
Research Interest: Neural circuit development and function; Genetic control of behavior; Sex differences in neurobiology
Research Interest:
Using primarily human pluripotent stem cell models, we examine astrocyte development in normal and pathological conditions, the role of astrocytes in modulating response to injury or stress, the role of altered RNA processing and translation in neural development, and the utility of glial precursor cells and their astrocytic progeny for cell transplantation therapy.
Research Interest:
Immune-brain interactions underlying healthy aging and neurodegeneration, guided by human genetics and translational approaches in humanized mouse models.
Neuroscience
Research Interest:
Identifying genetic modifiers of environmental factors in disease etiology using a combination of Drosophila genetics, cell culture, and rodent models.
Cerebrovascular and Neurocognitive Research Group (CNRG)
NeurologyResearch Interest:
Human brain imaging and cerebral small vessel disease
Biomedical Genetics
Ophthalmology
Research Interest:
Using patient-derived human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) to study the molecular mechanism of specific retinal and neurological diseases and applying that knowledge to pharmacologically target certain retinal disorders in patient-derived cells.
Research Interest:
Exploring the understudied and novel mechanisms by which neuromodulators mediate the interactions between neurons, astrocytes, and microglia in both normal and disease states
Neuroscience
Research Interest:
Neurotoxicology, behavioral analysis, endocrine-epigenetic mechanisms, cumulative risk.
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Neural circuit mechanisms underlying cognitive control of sensorimotor functions
Mitochondrial and Metabolic Research Center
Pharmacology & PhysiologyAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Research Interest: Optogenetics to study the roles of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in mitochondrial physiology and stress signaling.
Neuroscience
Research Interest:
Molecular and signaling mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in memory formation and mental health