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