Hope Center Faculty Members are scientists and physician scientists on the Medical and Danforth campuses whose research programs are consistent with the Hope Center mission.

Sarah Ackerman, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Pathology & Immunology
- Phone: 314-362-4827
- Email: sarah.ackerman@wustl.edu
Understanding how glia shape developmental and pathological plasticity

Beau Ances, MD, PhD
Daniel J. Brennan, MD Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-747-8423
- Email: bances@wustl.edu
Therapeutic Strategies for HIV Associated Neurocognitive Impairment

Ghazal Ashrafi, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-273-1870
- Email: ghazaleh@wustl.edu
Metabolic regulation of neurotransmission

John Atkinson, MD
Samuel B. Grant Professor, WashU Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-8391
- Email: j.p.atkinson@wustl.edu
Etiopathogenesis, clinical course, and treatment/cure of TREX-1 vasculopathy

Yuna Ayala, PhD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair, SLU Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Phone: 314-977-9247
- Email: yayala@slu.edu
Role of RNA processing and TDP-43 function in neurodegeneration

Martha Bagnall, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Neuroscience
- Phone: 314-362-9695
- Email: bagnall@wustl.edu
Neural circuits involved in postural control

Randall Bateman, MD
Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-747-7066
- Email: batemanr@wustl.edu
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathophysiology, biomarkers, predictive diagnostics, treatments

Philip Bayly, PhD
Lee Hunter Distinguished Professor and Chair, WashU Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
- Phone: 314-935-6081
- Email: pvb@wustl.edu
Biomechanical factors in traumatic injury to the brain and spinal cord

Tammie Benzinger, MD, PhD
Professor, WashU Radiology
- Phone: 314-362-1558
- Email: benzingert@wustl.edu
b-amyloid (Ab) pathology and Alzheimer Disease (AD)

Mikhail Berezin, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Radiology
- Phone: 314-747-0701
- Email: berezinm@wustl.edu
Design/application of optical contrast agents and spectroscopy for diagnosis and treatment

Kendall Blumer, PhD
Professor, WashU Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-362-1662
- Email: kblumer@wustl.edu
Signal transduction in the cardiovascular, nervous and visual systems

Ryan Bogdan, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Psychological & Brain Sciences
- Phone: 314-935-7957
- Email: rbogdan@wustl.edu
Neural, molecular, and other biological mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders

Thomas Brett, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Medicine
- Phone: 314-747-0049
- Email: tbrett@wustl.edu
Molecular mechanisms of inflammatory signaling in diseases hallmarked by chronic inflammation

Matthew Brier, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-565-9061
- Email: brierm@wustl.edu
Using PET and MRI to Understand Drivers of Progressive Pathology in Multiple Sclerosis

Laura Campisi, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Pathology & Immunology
- Email: campisi@wustl.edu
Understanding the role of T cells in ALS-4