Axon Injury & Repair
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
Ghazal Ashrafi, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-273-1870
- Email: ghazaleh@wustl.edu
Metabolic regulation of neurotransmission
Martha Bagnall, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Neuroscience
- Phone: 314-362-9695
- Email: bagnall@wustl.edu
Neural circuits involved in postural control
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
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
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
Yu-Qing Cao, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Anesthesiology
- Phone: 314-747-4814
- Email: caoy@wustl.edu
Calcium channels and synaptic transmission in migraine headache
Valeria Cavalli, PhD
Robert E. and Louise F. Dunn Professor of Biomedical Research, WashU Neuroscience
- Phone: 314-362-3540
- Email: cavalli@wustl.edu
Molecular, cellular and epigenetic mechanisms that regulate axon regeneration
Marina Cella, MD
Professor, WashU Pathology & Immunology
- Phone: 314-362-0368
- Email: mcella@wustl.edu
Understanding immune responses in health and disease
Jonathan Cooper, PhD
Professor, WashU Pediatrics
- Phone: 314-273-9066
- Email: cooperjd@wustl.edu
Pathogenesis and Experimental Therapies for Lysosomal Storage Disorders
Bryan Copits, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Anesthesiology
- Phone: 314-362-8795
- Email: bcopits@wustl.edu
Somatosensory circuit assembly
Anne Cross, MD
Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-362-3293
- Email: crossa@wustl.edu
Neuroimmunology related to multiple sclerosis
Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD
Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor, WashU Developmental Biology
- Phone: 314-362-9866
- Email: diantonio@wustl.edu
Axonal biology in development and disease
Krikor Dikranian, MD, PhD
Professor, WashU Neuroscience
- Phone: 314-362-3548
- Email: dikranik@wustl.edu
Neurodegeneration in the developing and mature brain
Alex Evers, MD
Henry E. Mallinckrodt Professor, WashU Anesthesiology
- Phone: 314-362-8557
- Email: eversa@wustl.edu
Molecular mechanisms of anesthetics in the nervous system
Liberty Francois-Moutal, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, SLU Pharmacology and Physiology
Synaptic delivery of mRNA in neurodegeneration and painful neuropathies
Stefanie Geisler, MD
Assistant Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-273-3087
- Email: geislers@wustl.edu
Mechanisms of axonal degeneration in peripheral neuropathies
Robert Gereau, PhD
Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor, WashU Anesthesiology
- Phone: 314-362-8795
- Email: gereaur@wustl.edu
Molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms of chronic pain
Evan Gordon, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Radiology
- Phone: 314-362-8875
- Email: egordon@wustl.edu
Understanding organization of networks within individual human brains and how that organization is disrupted by TBI
Sanjay Jain, PhD
Professor, WashU Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8728
- Email: sanjayjain@wustl.edu
GFL-Ret mediated mechanisms in the development, repair and regeneration of the nervous and urogenital systems
Celeste Karch, PhD
Professor, WashU Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-747-3161
- Email: karchc@wustl.edu
Molecular mechanisms underlying tauopathies
Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD
Janet & Bernard Becker Professor, WashU Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
- Phone: 314-747-5625
- Email: kerschensteinerd@wustl.edu
Visual systems neuroscience and vision restoration
Jonathan Kipnis, PhD
BJC Investigator, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor, WashU Pathology & Immunology
- Phone: 314-273-2288
- Email: kipnis@wustl.edu
Complex interactions between the immune system and the central nervous system (CNS) in health and disease
Vitaly Klyachko, PhD
Professor, WashU Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-362-5518
- Email: klyachko@wustl.edu
Understanding the synaptic basis for neural plasticity with the goal of understanding how neural circuits analyze information
Terrance Kummer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-362-2999
- Email: kummert@wustl.edu
Mechanisms of neuronal injury in acute brain trauma and its link to neurodegeneration
Susan Mackinnon, MD
Sydney M. & Robert H. Shoenberg Professor, WashU Surgery
- Phone: 314-362-4586
- Email: mackinnons@wustl.edu
Allograft and the effects of GDNF on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
James (Pat) McAllister, PhD
Professor, WashU Neurosurgery
- Phone: 314-747-8773
- Email: mcallisterjp@wustl.edu
Improving clinical treatments for hydrocephalus
Jeffrey Milbrandt, MD, PhD
James S. McDonnell Professor, WashU Genetics
- Phone: 314-362-4652
- Email: jmilbrandt@wustl.edu
Axonal degeneration, regulation of myelination, neuronal energetics and mitochondrial function
Mayssa Mokalled, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Developmental Biology
- Phone: 314-273-1835
- Email: mmokalled@wustl.edu
Spinal cord (SC) repair after injury or disease
Camilo Molina, MD
Assistant Professor, WashU Neurosurgery
- Phone: 314-362-3570
- Email: cmolina@wustl.edu
Understanding and treatment of acute spinal cord injury (SCI)
Aubin Moutal, PhD
Assistant Professor, SLU Pharmacology and Physiology
- Email: aubin.moutal@health.slu.edu
Synaptic molecular mechanisms causing chronic pain
Grace Niziolek, MD
Assistant Professor, WashU Surgery
- Phone: 314-362-5298
- Email: gracen@wustl.edu
Exploring the mechanisms of blood brain barrier dysfunction that lead to chronic neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration
Kevin Noguchi, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-362-7007
- Email: noguchik@wustl.edu
Neuropathology in the developing brain
Karen O’Malley, PhD
Professor, WashU Neuroscience
- Phone: 314-362-7090
- Email: omalleyk@wustl.edu
Mechanisms underlying the specification, regulation and neurodegeneration of dopaminergic and glutamatergic systems
Wilson (Zack) Ray, MD
Henry G & Edith R Schwartz Professor, WashU Neurosurgery
- Phone: 314-362-3570
- Email: rayz@wustl.edu
Development of innovative technology targeting neuroprosthetic interfaces
Mark Rutherford, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
- Phone: 314-747-7152
- Email: rutherfordmark@wustl.edu
Neurodegeneration of the auditory nerve that happens with aging and exposure to loud sounds
Rajan Sah, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Medicine
- Phone: 314-273-7748
- Email: rajan.sah@wustl.edu
Function of novel ion channels as they relate to growth and metabolism
Anneliese Schaefer, JD, PhD
Hope Center Executive Director; Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-747-3429
- Email: amschaefer@wustl.edu
Motor neuron disease
Erica Scheller, DDS, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Medicine
- Phone: 314-747-7511
- Email: scheller@wustl.edu
Impact of neuroendocrine signals on bone loss and marrow adiposity in diseases including periodontitis, arthritis, and diabetes
James Skeath, PhD
Professor, WashU Genetics
- Phone: 314-362-0535
- Email: jskeath@wustl.edu
Genetic analysis of neural and muscular development in the Drosophila embryo
Sheng-Kwei (Victor) Song, PhD
Professor, WashU Radiology
- Phone: 314-362-9988
- Email: ssong@wustl.edu
Development of non-invasive imaging of central nervous system white matter
Jennifer Strahle, MD
Associate Professor, WashU Neurosurgery
- Phone: 314-273-1665
- Email: strahlej@wustl.edu
Developmental Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulation Disorders
Gregory Van Stavern, MD
Robert C. Drews Distinguished Professor, WashU Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
- Phone: 314-362-7430
- Email: vanstaverng@wustl.edu
Neuro-inflammation in patients with optic neuritis (ON) affects neuronal activity within visual pathways
Yong Wang, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Phone: 314-286-2408
- Email: wangyong@wustl.edu
Research Interests:
Developing and applying MRI methods for quantification of pathological changes in neurodegeneration diseases
Philip Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor, WashU Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
- Phone: 314-362-7037
- Email: prwillia@wustl.edu
Mechanisms to target for neuronal preservation and repair
Matthew Wood, PhD
Associate Professor, WashU Surgery
- Phone: 314-362-1275
- Email: woodmd@wustl.edu
Development of therapeutics and diagnostics for peripheral nerve injuries
Gregory Wu, MD, PhD
Professor, WashU Neurology
- Phone: 314-362-8254
- Email: gfwu@wustl.edu
Antigen presentation and inflammation in the central nervous system
Dmitriy Yablonskiy, PhD
Professor, WashU Radiology
- Phone: 314-362-1815
- Email: yablonskiyd@wustl.edu
Quantitative Neuroimaging: A Bridge between Brain Tissue Cellular Structure and Function
Charles Zorumski, MD
Samuel B. Guze Professor, WashU Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-747-2680
- Email: zorumskc@wustl.edu
Modulation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission