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Neuroscience Research Center Leadership

 John Byrne
Ph.D
Director, Neuroscience Research Center

Neuroscience Research Center Staff

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Senior Coordinator Special Programs
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Ph.D.
Editor III
Neuroscience Research Center Faculty
Name     Department  Research Interests

Zargham Abbas, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Rashmie Abeysinghe, PhD

Neurology

Automated approaches for Quality Analysis of Biomedical Ontologies

Ron Acierno, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression

Ore-ofe O. Adesina, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Sensory Systems; Neuro-ophthalmology

Sanjay Adhia

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Seema Aggarwal, PhD

Cizik School of Nursing

Sequelae During Stroke Recovery: Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment and Pain

Selina Akhter, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Dual Diagnosis, Psychosis, Behavioral Therapies and Pharmacotherapies, Substance use disorder

Mohammed Ahmed, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; PTSD

Joseph Alcorn, PhD

Pediatrics

Development; Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Regulation of Pulmonary Surfactant Proteins

Melissa Aldrich, PhD

IMM-Center for Molecular Imaging

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Immunology; Lymphatic Dysfunction and Imaging

Abu Amar Al Mamun, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Taha Ali, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

ADHD/ADD, Adjustment Disorder, Adult General Psychiatry

Andrew Allison, MD

Anesthesiology

Sensory Systems; Anesthesiology; Acute Pain Medicine

Ashley Amsbaugh, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Interventional Pain Medicine

Gokay Alpak, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Mood Disorders, Biomarkers, Brain imaging studies

Kendra Anderson, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative disorders/dementia

Richard J. Andrassy, MD

Surgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Dept. Chair; Division Director, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Chiamaka Aneji, MD, MPH, FAAP

Pediatrics

Development; History and Education; Medical Education; International Child Health

Zachary S. Appenzeller, PsyD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Eating Disorders, Anxiety Disorders/Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Funlola Are, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Childhood Trauma, Integrated Care

Sushanth Aroor, MD

Neurology

Vascular Neurology

Jaroslaw Aronowski, MD, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neuropharmacology and Laboratory Models of Ischemic Stroke and Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Jose A. Arriola Vigo, MD, MPH

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Global Mental Health, Implementation sciences, Mental health care for the Homeless

Carlos Artime, MD

Anesthesiology

Sensory Systems; Surgical Anesthesiology Management

Elaheh Ashtari, PsyD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Director of Psychology Services, UTHealth HCPC; Adolescent and Adult General Psychiatry

Michael Assel, PhD

Pediatrics

Development; Cognition; Developmental Differences in Children

Dean Atkinson, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Mood and Psychotic Disorders, Clinician Education

Sangeeta Awasthi, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Onco-Psychiatry, integrative psychiatry, chronic medical illnesses, and mood disorders

Ali Azhdarinia, PhD

IMM

Techniques; Oncology; Development of Targeted Agents for the Visualization and Treatment of Cancer

Aidan Azher, MD

Neurology

Acute Stroke treatment, Intracranial hemorrhage

Taiwo Babatope, MD, MPH, MBA

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Autism and Neurodevelopmental disorders,
Intellectual disabilities disorders (IDD)

David Babitt, MD

Neurology

Concussion and other traumatic brain injury, Headache/migraine, Vertigo/vestibulo-ocular dysfunction

Tamika Backstrom-Sieh, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Jessica Badawi, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Serious Mental Illness, Sleep, Trauma, Depression

Jennifer Bahrman, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

ADHD/ADD, Addiction, Adult General Psychiatry, Adolescent General Psychiatry

Pedro Balaguera Cuervo, MD

Neurology

Epilepsy, Intracranial EEG, Clinical neurophysiology

Victor Banerjee, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative diseases

Tatiana Barichello, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neuroimmunology; Neuroinflammation; Neurophysiology

Jeffrey Barr, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Cocaine; Learning and Memory

Andrew Barreto, MD, MS

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Combination Treatments for Thrombolysis in Ischemic Stroke

Alexis Bavencoffe, PhD

Integrative Biology and Pharmacology

Mechanisms driving chronic pain-related hyperexcitability in nociceptive sensory neurons

Elizabeth Baumler, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Interpersonal Violence, Youth Risk Behaviors

Manisha Bawa, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Medical Director, Inpatient Rehabilitation; Traumatic Brain Injury; Spinal Cord Injury; Spasticity Management; Burns; Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN

Cizik School of Nursing

Techniques; Program Manager, UTHealth Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS) Biobank

Glenn R. Belz, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Non-Alzheimer’s dementia, bipolar disorder, depression

Michael Beierlein, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Sensory Systems; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Computational Neuroscience; Neuronal Networks that Mediate Perception, Memory, and Cognitive Functions

Elmer V. Bernstam, MD

Internal Medicine

Techniques; Translational Biomedical Informatics

Suur Biliciler, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Muscular Dystrophies; Myopathies

Kawal Bir, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Adolescent and Adult General Psychiatry

Spiros Blackburn, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Stroke

Eric Boerwinkle, PhD

School of Public Health

Techniques; Dean, School of Public Health; Human Genetics

Hammad Bokhari, DO, MBA

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Concussion; Traumatic Brain Injury; Neuropathy

Eliana E. Bonfante-Mejia, MD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Mitochondrial Disease; Pediatric Neuroimaging; Stroke

Fatima Boricha, MD, FAAP

Pediatrics

Development; High-risk Infants

Ritvij Bowry, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Stroke Treatment; Mobile Stroke Units

Kristin Brown, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neuromuscular Disorders

Robert J. Brown, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neurosurgery

Mark J. Burish, MD, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Sensory Systems; Neuropathic Pain

Jason L. Burnett, PhD

Internal Medicine

Prevention and reduction of elder mistreatment and self-neglect by addressing key risk factors

Christina Burrows, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Assessment of Dementias, Brain Injury, Stroke, PTSD

John Byrne, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Cognition; Techniques; Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; History and Education; Director, Neuroscience Research Center; Learning and Memory

Wei Cao, PhD

Anesthesiology

Antiviral response coupled with transposon derepression in Alzheimer's disease and aging

Kailey Caplan, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, depression

Ryan Cassidy, MD, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Integrated evidence-based treatment to individuals living with severe mental illness

Ashundra Castle, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Davide Cattano, MD, PhD

Anesthesiology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Surgical Anesthesiology Management; Neuroprotection

Shivika Chandra, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Movement Disorders

Jeffrey Tien-Hao Chang, PhD

Integrative Biology & Pharmacology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Techniques; Cell Signaling Programs in Cancer

Tiffany R. Chang, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vascular Neurology

Shuo-Hsiu (James) Chang, PT, PhD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Motor Systems; Training-induced Neuromusculoskeletal Plasticity; Neuromuscular Control in Dynamic Balance; Motor Control and Learning

John Chapman, MD

Pediatrics

Development; History and Education; Medical Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program; Medical Informatics; Medical Education

Anjali Chauhan, MSc, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Ischemic Stroke and Aging

Han Chen, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Efficient IBD mapping for Alzheimer's Disease and related brain imaging phenotypes

Jason W. Chen, DO

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Motor Systems; Pain Medicine

Justine M. Chen, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurocritical Care

Peng R. Chen, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Cerebrovascular and Neuroendovascular Neurosurgery

Xiangning (Sam) Chen, PhD, MS

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Genetic and genomic studies of psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, smoking addiction, anxiety and major depression)

Kim K. Cheung, MD, PhD

Pediatrics

Development; History and Education; Cognition; Medical Education; Child Abuse

Huimahn A. Choi, MD, MS

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Stroke; Brain Failure in Sepsis

Charoo Chouhan, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; ADHD/ADD; Child and Adult General Psychiatry; Anxiety/OCD; Autism; PTSD; Schizophrenia; Second Opinion

Melissa Christie, MD

Neurology

Genetics of Parkinson’s Disease, Post-stroke movement disorders

Alice Z. Chuang, PhD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Sensory Systems; Techniques; Biostatistics

Julio F. Cordero-Morales

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Structure and function of sensory receptors

Charles Cox, Jr., MD

Pediatrics Surgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Development; Co-Director, Texas Trauma Institute; Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Casey Crump, MD, PhD, MS, MPH

School of Public Health

Mental health outcomes in Alzheimer's disease patients and their partners

Paula Cuccaro, PhD

School of Public Health

Adolescent health

Licong Cui, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Biomedical ontologies and neuroinformatics

Alexandra Czap, MD

Neurology

Vascular Neurology, Mobile Stroke Unit

Yuri Dabaghian, PhD

Neurology

Cognition; Techniques; Computational and Theoretical Models of Spatial Memory

Nachum Dafny, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Sensory Systems; Motivation and Emotion; Teaching and Education; Mechanisms of Pain, Pain Suppression, Stress And Drugs of Abuse

Sam S. Dahr, MD, MS

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, epiretinal membrane, macular hole, and eye trauma, and pediatric uveitis and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease

Yulin Dai, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Identify actionable drugs that enhance resilience in Alzheimer's disease individuals

Mark Dannenbaum, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neurovascular Surgery; Vasospasm; Traumatic Brain Injury

Pramod Dash, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Cognition; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Chair, Dept of Neurobiology and Anatomy; Formation and Impairment of Memory; Molecular Biology of Traumatic Brain Injury

Matthew E. Davis, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Clinical Director, TIRR SCI Medical Program; Neuropathic Pain

Arthur L. Day, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Cerebrovascular Diseases and Sports Medicine; Cerebral Ischemia and Neural Protection

Constanza de Dios, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Biostatistics, Bayesian statistical inference,
Substance Use, Cognitive Neuroscience

Dana M DeMaster, PhD

Pediatrics

Development; Cognition; Learning and Memory; Typical and Atypical Brain Development

Joao L. de Quevedo, MD, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Techniques; Neurobiological basis of psychiatric disorders, development of innovative treatments, with emphasis on schizophrenia and mood disorders

Paul DeVries, PhD

School of Public Health

Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: A Population-Based Approach to Identify Characteristics and Risk Factors

Carmen Dessauer, PhD

Integrative Biology & Pharmacology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Regulation of Adenylyl Cyclase; G Protein Signaling

Nadya M. Dhanani, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Pain Management Methods; Anesthesia

Stephanie Ding, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Deniz N. Dishman, PhD

Cizik School of Nursing

Cognition, Development; Sequelae During Stroke Recovery: Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment and Pain

Fabricio H. Do Monte, DVM, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Techniques; Neural Circuits and Mechanisms Underlying Emotional Memories

Peter Doris, PhD

IMM Center for Human Genetics

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Genetic, Genomic and Systems Biology Approaches Underlying Hypertension

Marie-Françoise Doursout, PhD

Anesthesiology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vascular Dysfunction; Neurodegenerative Diseases

William Dowhan, PhD

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Development; Structure, Assembly and Function of Cell Membranes

Nikola Dragojlovic, DO

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Motivation and Emotion; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neuropharmacology; Outcomes in Neurologic Rehabilitation; Concussion Prevention and Treatment

Xianglin Du, PhD

School of Public Health

The Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Associated with Hypertension, Diabetes, and Drug Therapies for Cancer: Up to 30-year Follow-up for Older Medicare Beneficiaries

Xiaoming Du, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Schizophrenia, Auditory hallucination, Addiction

Holger Eltzschig, MD, PhD

Anesthesiology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Novel Pharmacologic Approaches for Surgery-related Acute Organ Injury

Kareem Elzamly, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurocritical Care

Stephanie Emhoff, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

PTSD, Trauma, Adolescent Mental Health

Kyrillos Eskander, MD

Neurology

Acute Stroke care, Endovascular care

Yoshua Esquenazi, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Brain Tumors; Neurosurgery

Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD

Pediatrics

Development; Cognition; NRC Executive Committee; Director of Clinical Programs, Children’s Learning Institute; Traumatic Brain injury; Cognition

Christopher M. Falco, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Brain Injury and Stroke Rehabilitation

Marybeth Keiser Farazdaghi, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Salman Farooq, MD

Neurology

Vascular Neurology

Robert M. Feldman, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Sensory Systems; Glaucoma

Daniel Felleman, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Sensory Systems; Motor Systems; Development; History and Education; Organization, Function, And Plasticity Of Primate Cerebral Cortex

Luis A. Fernandez, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Chief of Psychiatry Services, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital; Adult General Psychiatry; Anxiety/OCD; Bipolar Disorder; Depression; ECT; Schizophrenia

Lara Ferrario, MD

Anesthesiology

Sensory Systems; Opioid and Non-opioid Analgesics

Pauline Filipek, MD 

Pediatrics-Neurology

Development; Director, The Neurodevelopmental Neurology Clinic; Autism

J. Chase Findley, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Director, Dept. Medical Student Education; Adult General Psychiatry; Bipolar Disorder; Depression; Schizophrenia

Stephen Fletcher, DO

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neurosurgery

Myriam Fornage, PhD

IMM Center for Human Genetics

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Techniques; Human Genetics; Cerebrovascular Disease; Stroke

Gerard E. Francisco, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Motor Systems; Techniques; Chief Medical Officer, TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital; Rehabilitation Robotics; Neuromodulation; Brain Machine Interfaces; Motor Recovery

Deborah R. Franklin, DDS

School of Dentistry

Motor Systems; General Practice and Dental Public Health

Amy Franklin, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Cognition; NRC Executive Committee; Assistant Dean, SBMI; Medical Communication; Cognition and Communication

Stuart Fraser, MD

Pediatrics

Pediatric Stroke, Arterial Ischemic Stroke, Arteriovenous malformations, Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, Moyamoya, Cerebral Palsy

Morgan Fredell, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

risk factors of corneal transplant failure, the positive factors leading to corneal transplant success, and the visual outcomes after cataract surgery using novel intraocular lens

Gabriel R. Fries, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Biochemistry; Genetics and Epigenetics; Molecular Biology; Mood Disorders; Psychopharmacology; Substance Use Disorder

Joseph Fries, MD

Neurology

General Neurology, Vascular Neurology, Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Joel E. Frontera, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; History and Education; PMR Residency Program Director; Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Jeffrey Frost, PhD

Integrative Biology & Pharmacology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Rho Family Small G Proteins

Francisco Fuentes, MD 

Internal Medicine, Cardiology

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Optimizing Medical and Surgical Therapies; Coronary Artery Disease; Type 2 Diabetes

Michael Funke, MD PhD

Pediatrics

Child & Adolescent Neurology

Erin Furr-Stimming, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Movement Disorders

Madeline Gabe, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Treatment refractory psychosis, psychopharmacology, mental health law, healthcare equity in the criminal justice system, and undergraduate and graduate medical education

Bhanu Ganesh, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vascular Neurology

Amy K. Garcia, PhD, NCSP

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Improving assessment methods for autism in adulthood, Understanding the experiences of late-diagnosed autistic adults

Jay Gavvala, MD, MSCI

Neurology

Epilepsy, Drug Resistant Epilepsy

Layla Ghergherehchi, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Sensory Systems; Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmology

Luca Giancardo, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Techniques; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Medical Imaging; Signal Processing

Chuck Gilmore, MD

Anesthesiology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Associate Director, Operating Rooms, Memorial Hermann-TMC

Vijayasree V Giridharan, M.Pharm, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Neuroinflammation, Cerebrovascular markers, Infection, Gut microbiome, Aging phenotype, Oxidative stress

Angel Glover, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Women’s Mental Health, Minority Mental Health, Anxiety and Depression

Omar D. Gonzales, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Severe mental illness, Graduate medical education, Humanism in medicine

Assaf Gottlie, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Pharmacogenomics, Machine Learning, Systems Biology/Medicine, Causal inference from observational data

Charles Green, PhD

Pediatrics

Development; Cognition; Techniques; Bayesian Modeling; Adaptive Trial Design; Structural Equation Modeling

Megan Grove, PhD

School of Public Health

Cerebral small vessel disease burden and racial disparity in vascular cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias

Rajesh Gupta, MBBS, MS

Neurology

Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroimmunology

Aaron Gusdon, MD

Neurosurgery

Carolina Gutiérrez, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Cancer Rehabilitation

Cathy Guttentag, PhD

Pediatrics

Development; Cognition; Autism Spectrum Disorder

Samantha Guzman, PsyD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Clinical and Forensic Assessment, Serious Mental Illness, Personality Disorders, Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders

Silvia Hafliger, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Addiction; Adult General Psychiatry; Bipolar Disorder; Depression; Psychosomatic Medicine

John P. Hagan, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Development; MicroRNA; Cancer Biology

Sandra Hanneman, PhD, RN

Cizik School of Nursing

Cognition, Motivation and Emotion, Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury

Stacey L. Hall, DO

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Global Tone Management; Dystonia; Cerebral Palsy

Jane E. Hamilton, PhD, MPH, LCSW

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Community Mental Health; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Cross-cultural Psychiatry; Health Policy; Schizophrenia; Substance Abuse

John F. Hancock, MA MB BChir PhD ScD MRCP FRACP

Senior Vice President, Research Strategy and Innovation; Senior Executive Director, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine at McGovern Medical School

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Dept. Chair; Vice Dean of Basic Research, McGovern Medical School; Executive Director, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine; Membranes; Membrane Channels

Muhammad Haque, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vascular Neurology

Katherine Harris, MD

Neurology

Seizures and epilepsy, Medical and surgical treatments for epilepsy

Khader M. Hasan, PhD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Techniques; Disorders of the Nervous System; Development; Collaborative DTI and Quantitative MRI Applications to Human CNS Conditions

Rodrigo Hasbun, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Infectious Diseases

Angela M. Heads, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Health Disparities; Relapse Prevention; Substance Abuse

Ruth Heidelberger, MD, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Sensory Systems; Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Chemical Neurotransmission; Synaptic Vesicle Dynamics; Glutamatergic Synapses; Retinal Photoreceptors and Bipolar Cells

Umair Hemani, DO

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Dept. Director, Telemedicine; Adult General Psychiatry; Bipolar Disorder; Depression; Forensic Psychiatry; Schizophrenia

Georgene W. Hergenroeder, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

Isaac Hernandez-Jimenez, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Spinal Cord Medicine

Melba Hernandez-Tejada, PhD, DHA

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Elder Abuse; PTSD; Veterans Mental Health; Telehealth

Juan J. Herrera, PhD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Spinal Cord Injury and Chronic Pain Assessed by MRI

Gregory Hestla, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion;

Holly Holmes, MD

Internal Medicine, Geriatrics

Priorities Aligned Deprescribing for Persons Living with Dementia and their Caregivers

Ryota Homma, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Sensory Systems; Techniques; Neuronal Circuit Imaging and Electrophysiology

Elliot Hong, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Use of neuroimaging, genetics, clinical trials, brain stimulation, and neurophysiological methods to study etiology of and treatment for schizophrenia and other severe mental illness and addiction

Judy Hong, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Joseph C. Hsieh, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neurosurgery; Spinal Surgery

Sigmund Hsu, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Novel Therapies; CNS Lymphoma; Glioblastoma

Yu-Chun (Daniel) Hsu, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Neuroimaging, Physiological signal processing, Machine learning for clinical diagnosis

Mengyao Hu, PhD

School of Public Health

Improving Inclusivity of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Research for Asian Americans and Latinx through Nationally Representative Hybrid Sampling

Ming Huang, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models, Data Mining, Clinical and Translational Research, Patient-centered Care

Richard Huang, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vice Chair, Faculty Development and Wellness; Brain Injury and Stroke Rehabilitation; Spasticity Management

Shuning Huang, PhD, MS

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Yan Huang, PhD

Neurology

High performance computing, Database, Ontology, Machine Learning

Jennifer B. Hughes, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Cross-cultural Psychiatry; PTSD; Trauma

Killian Rainey Hughes, PhD, LP

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Evidence-based psychosocial interventions to adults with autism and co-occurring disorders

Claire Hulsebosch, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Spinal Cord Injury

David Hunter, MD

Neurology

Cognition; Neurocognitive Disorders

Martin Huynh, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

ADHD/ADD, Autism, Collaborative Primary Care, Consult/Liaison Psychiatry

Chukwuemeka Ibekwe, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Nesreen Ibrahim, MD, MBA

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Autism, Developmental Delays, ADHD, Mood and Psychotic disorders

Walid Ibn Essayed, MD

Neurosurgery

Neuro-oncology, brain tumors, spine tumors, neuro-anatomy, skull base and cerebrovascular surgery, multimodal imaging, and the development of new technologies and innovations in neurosurgery

Benson M. Irungu, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Techniques; Big Data; Mood Disorders; Machine Learning; Neuroimaging

Bhavani R. Iyer, OD, FAAO

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Sensory Systems; Certified Low Vision Specialist

Chigozirim Izeogu, MD, MPH

Neurology

Vascular Neurology

Sarah Jackson, MFT, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Seema Jacob, PsyD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Infant Mental Health, Parenting, Early Childhood Assessment, Parent-Child Relationship Assessment and Treatment

Michael A. Jacobs, PhD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Developing radiological methods for the detection, monitoring, and treatment of many diseases

Amanda Jagolino, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Acute stroke;  Telemedicine

Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Structure and Function of Neurotransmitter Receptors

Jerome Jeevarajan, MD

Neurology

Vascular Neurology, Brain Imaging, Data Science, Machine Learning, Neuro-Cardiology

Jennifer Jernberg, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Generative AI and Its Applications: From Stroke Rehabilitation to Neurodegenerative Disease Prediction

Susan D. John, MD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Development; Diagnostic Imaging of Pediatric Patients

Vineeth John, MD, MBA

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Dept. Vice Chair for Education; Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Section; Adult and Geriatric Psychiatry; Bipolar Disorder; Depression; Schizophrenia; Second Opinion

Prathap J. Joseph, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Medical Director, TIRR Memorial Hermann, Neuromuscular Rehab; Traumatic Brain Injury

Joo Eun Jung, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Cerebral Ischemia and Hemorrhage

Jenifer Juranek, PhD

Pediatric Surgery

neuroimaging in clinical and neurodevelopmental populations

Nicholas Justice, PhD

 IMM-Center for Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Stress in Alzheimer’s Disease

Arash Kamali, MD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Imaging related to Neurodegenerative Disorders, Brain Tumors, Vasculature, and Brain Structure

Lisa Kan, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Forensic mental health assessments, Psychological assessments

Andrew Kaplan, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Shitij Kapoor, MD, MPH

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Development; Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; ADHD/ADD; Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry; Anxiety/OCD; Bipolar Disorder; Depression; PTSD; Schizophrenia; Second Opinion

Brandi Karnes, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Inpatient adult psychiatry, Psychotic experiences and illnesses, Catatonia manifestations and treatment, Psychopharmacology

Ashutosh Kaushal, MD

Neurology

Vascular Neurology, Neurology, Neuroimaging, Medical Education

Anahit Keshishyan, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Difficult-to-Treat Depression (TRD), Neuromodulation, ECT, Ketamine/Esketamine treatment for TRD, Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS), Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

Khalid Khalid, MD

Neurology

Acute ischemic stroke, Acute intracranial hemorrhage

Kamayani Khare, MD

Neurology

Epilepsy, Stroke, Telemedicine

Ahmad Kheirkhah, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Cornea and ocular surface disorders, including dry eye disease, ocular burns, and conjunctival cicatricial disorders

Shariq Khwaja, MD, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Translational Therapeutics for Cancer Therapy

Peter Killoran, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Impact of Health IT on clinical decision making, Integrating visualization techniques into EMRs, Gathering and analyzing anesthesia EMR data

Daniel H. Kim, MD, FACS, FAANS

Neurosurgery

Spine Surgery, Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Christina Kim, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Stroke Prevention, Treatment, and Management

Gab Seok Kim, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Reactive Oxygen Species Generation; Injury; Angiogenesis; Drug Discovery

Eunhee Kim, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Stroke Pathology

Jung Hwan Kim, PhD

Neurosurgery

Human Neuroimaging, Neurovascular Coupling, Functional MRI, Computational Transport Modeling in Biological System, Heat and Mass Transfer, and Computational Fluid Mechanics

Stella Kim, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Sensory Systems; Cornea and External Disease

Yejin Kim, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Accelerate Therapy Development for Alzheimer’s Disease using AI

Tyler S. Kimm, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion;

Chelsea King, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Matthew King, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Adult General Psychiatry, Chronic psychotic disorders, Substance use disorders, Depression, Anxiety disorders

Ryan S. Kitagawa, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Traumatic Brain and Spinal Injuries

Melvin Klegerman, PhD

Internal Medicine, Cardiology

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Cardiovascular Medicine

Bruno Kluwe-Schiavon, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cumulative lifetime stressors, Decision-Making, Substance use disorders

Micah J. Knobles, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Development; Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; ADHD/ADD; Addiction; Child and Adult General Psychiatry; Adjustment Disorders; Anxiety/OCD; Autism; Bipolar Disorder; Depression; Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities; Emergency Psychiatry; Psychotherapy; PTSD; Schizophrenia; Somatic Symptom and Functional Disorders; Trauma; Second Opinion

Daryl Knox, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Public sector Psychiatry, Administrative Psychiatry, Mood Disorders

Nobuhide Kobori, MD, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Memory dysfunction in TBI

Peter Kochunov, PhD, MS, MSEE, DABMP

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

development of novel data analysis protocols with emphasis on the quantitative, multimodal analyses of genetic factors that are responsible for structural and functional variability

Mary Kay Koenig, MD

Pediatrics-Neurology

Development; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Mitochondrial Disorders; Tuberous Sclerosis

Indira Kommuru, MD

Pediatrics-Neurology

Epilepsy, Genetic Epilepsies

Swathi Kondapalli, MD

Neurosurgery

Radha Korupolu, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Spinal Cord Injury; Spasticity; Neurorehabilitation

Larry A. Kramer, MD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Techniques; Development of Fast Body MRI Techniques; Spina Bifida; Trauma

Sunil Krishnan, MD, FACP, FASTRO, FAIMBE, FRSC, FInstP

Neurosurgery

Radiation oncology and molecular medicine

Abhay Kumar, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurocritical Care

Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri, MD, PhD

Neurology

Epilepsy, Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy, Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG)

Dennis Lal, PhD

Neurology

Neurogenetics, epilepsy and related neurodevelopmental disorders

Susan Landry, PhD

Pediatrics

Development; Cognition; Biological and Environmental Influences on Children’s Development

Scott D. Lane, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Dept. Vice Chair for Research; Director of Research, UTHealth HCPC; Psychopharmacology; Experimental Psychology; Psychophysics; Neuroimaging

James R. Langabeer II, PhD, EdD

Emergency Medicine

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Cardiology; Stroke Care Emergencies

Jeremy Lankford, MD

Pediatrics-Neurology

Development; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Director, Child Neurology Residency Program; Dysautonomia; Epilepsy

Luca Lavagnino, MD, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Mood Disorders; Neuroendocrinology; Neuroimaging; Psychopharmacology

Tae Jin Lee, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; microRNA; Cancer Biology

David A. Lee, MD, MBA

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Sensory Systems; Cataracts and Cataract Surgery, Glaucoma

Eunyoung Lee, PhD

Neurology

Biostatistics, Biomedical Informatics, Early detection and risk stratification for neurodegenerative diseases, including vascular cognitive impairment and dementia

Jessica Lee, MD, MS

Internal Medicine

Clinical Trials; Nutrition; social determinants of health; connecting seniors to care

Juneyoung Lee, PhD

Neurology

Aging, Ischemic Stroke, Alzheimer’s Disease

Costin Leu, PhD

Neurology

Samden Lhatoo, MD, FRCP (Lon)

Neurology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Epilepsy

Jun Li, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Cerebral Ischemia

Sheng Li, MD, PhD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Pathophysiology and Management of Spasticity; Non-pharmacological Neuropathic Pain Management

Wen Li, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Enhancer RNAs in brain gene regulation and Alzheimer's disease

Wenbo Li, PhD

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Enhancer RNAs in brain gene regulation and Alzheimer's disease

Xiaojin Li, PhD

Neurology

Big data analytics using machine learning and deep learning for healthcare applications

Jia Lin, MD, MPH

Neurology

Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroimmunology

Kevin Lin, PhD

Neurology

Protein arginine methyltransferase-mediated vascular dementia in sickle cell disease, BRAINS Research Laboratory - Neurovascular, Stroke, Alzheimer's Disease

Matthew Lin, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

John Lincoln, MD, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Co-Director, Neurology Residency Program; Director, MRI Analysis Center; Multiple Sclerosis

Grace Lindhorst, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Sensory Systems; Cataracts and Cataract Surgery, Comprehensive Ophthalmology

J William Lindsey, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Multiple Sclerosis; Neuro-immunology

Deborah M. Little, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Director of Research, Trauma and Resilience Center; Neuroimaging; Neurophysiology; Neuropsychology; Trauma; Traumatic Brain Injury; Toxic Exposure; PTSD

Fudong Liu, MD, MSNS

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vascular Neurology

Hongfang Liu, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Facilitate Observational Studies of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias Using Ontology and Natural Language Processing

Rong-Yu Liu, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Learning and Memory; Invertebrates

Yin Liu, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Techniques; Computational and Statistical Methods; Cancer; Neurological Disease

Nubia G. Lluberes Rincon, MD CCHP-MH FAPA

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Community Mental Health; Community Re-entry; Criminal Responsibility; Health Care Policy; Mood Disorders; Sex Offenders; Substance Use Disorder; Trauma; PTSD; Violence

Yahuan Lou, PhD

School of Dentistry

Interleukin-33, A Critical Player in Neuronal Aging and Aging-related Dementias

Katherine A. Loveland, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Development; Motivation and Emotion; Director, UTHealth Psychology Internship Program; Director, Center for Human Development Research; Director, UTHealth C.L.A.S.S. Clinic; Autism; Developmental Disabilities

Walter R. Lowe, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

Motor Systems; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Medical Director, Memorial Hermann Ironman Sports Medicine Institute; Orthopedic Surgery

Keran Ma, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Functional Alterations of Parvalbumin Interneurons Contributing to Abnormal Network Activity in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Models

Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, MD, PhD, MSc

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Director, Experimental Therapeutics and Molecular Pathophysiology Program; Mood Disorders; Neuroimaging; Psychopharmacology

Yuri Mackeyev, PhD

Neurosurgery

gold nanoparticles for tissue radiosensitization, imaging and image-guided cancer therapies

Elaine M. Magat, BSPT, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Medical Director, TIRR Memorial Hermann Outpatient Medical Clinic; Brain Injury and Spasticity

Kristin Eckel Mahan, PhD

IMM

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Hippocampal Learning and Memory; Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases; Circadian Rhythm

Christine Markham, PhD

School of Public Health

Adolescent Health, Cardiovascular and Chronic Diseases, Global Health, Health Education/Behavioral Sciences

Marcelle Mallery, MD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neuroradiology

Sishir Mannava, MD, RPNI

Neurology

Acute Stroke Care, Stroke in Young Populations, Acute Care in “Mild” Stroke Presentations

Bharti Manwani, MD, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vascular Neurology

Chai-An Mao, PhD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Development; Sensory Systems; Development of Retinal Ganglion Cells and of Immunologic T Cells; Embryonic Development

Sean P. Marrelli, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vascular Neurology

David Marshak, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Sensory Systems; History and Education; Structure and Function of Primate Retinal Neurons

Emil Martin, PhD

Internal Medicine, Cardiology

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Cardiovascular Medicine; Nitric oxide signaling

Stephen C. Massey, PhD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Sensory Systems; Neuronal Circuitry of the Retina

Devin W. McBride, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Techniques; Stroke; Medical Imaging

James McCarthy, MD

Emergency Medicine

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Traumatic brain injury

Jennifer McCarty, MD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; History and Education; Spine Imaging; Education

Timothy McCulley, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Neuro-ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Louise McCullough, MD, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; NRC Executive Committee; Co-director, Mischer Neuroscience Institute; Cerebral Vascular Disease

Sheryl McCurdy, PhD

School of Public Health

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury

David McPherson, MD

Internal Medicine

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Chair, Division Director, Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine

Raja Mehanna, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Movement Disorders; Parkinson’s Disease

Vladimir Melnikov, MD

Anesthesiology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Surgical Anesthesiology

Saba Memon, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Development; Motivation and Emotion; Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry

Thomas D. Meyer, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Director, Psychological Intervention & Research Program on Mood Spectrum Disorders; Co-Director, The UTHealth Brain Collection for Research in Psychiatric Disorders

Ibrahim Migdady, MD

Neurosurgery

Mira Milad

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Mohammad Milad, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine, Medical Genetics

Cognition; Division Director, Professor, Vice-Chair, Medical Genetics

Audrey K. Miller, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Gender and sexuality, Health disparities, Interpersonal and structural violence, Trauma and resilience

Kanwal Mirza, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders, Mood Disorders, ADHD, Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders

B. Isabel Moallem

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

psychotherapy and assessment to an adult population living with a variety of mental health conditions

Yosefa A. Modiano, PhD

Neurosurgery

clinical neuropsychologist with clinical interests in the cognitive, psychiatric, and functional outcomes of individuals with a variety of neurologic conditions, with a special emphasis on the evaluation of neurocognitive functioning in the context of epilepsy surgery

Olivia Moffitt, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Anxiety Disorders; Adult General Psychiatry; Bipolar Disorder; Depression; PTSD; Schizophrenia

Hemanth Mohan, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

techniques in molecular and systems neuroscience, neuroanatomy, genetics, behavior analysis, machine learning, and AI to uncover the neural circuit mechanisms and principles driving this sensorimotor transformation process

Narges Moghimi, MD

Neurology

Emergency neurological conditions, Inpatient neurology

Gioconda Mojica, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Cornea and external diseases

Kimberly Monday, MD

Neurology

Neurophysiology, Headache, Diagnostic sleep medicine, General neurology

Shade Moody, MD

Pediatrics

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neuromuscular Disorders

Rodrigo Morales, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Prion Diseases; Alzheimer’s Disease

Robert Morgan, PhD

School of Public Health

Enhancing Sleep Quality for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: Pragmatic Trial of an Evidence-Based Frontline Huddling Program

Jacques J. Morcos, MD, FRCS, FAANS

Neurosurgery

Complex Brain Tumors, Skull-Base Tumors, Cerebrovascular Lesions, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Hemifacial Spasm

Jose Felix Moruno-Manchon, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegeneration and cerebrovascular aging; autophagy and senescence cells accumulation in the aged brain; dementia

John C. Mosher, PhD

Neurology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Epilepsy

Abhisek Mukherjee, PhD

Neurology

Mitchell Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Brain Disorders

Sahiti Myneni, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Informatics-enhanced Social Networks and Affiliation Processes (ISNAP) to promote risk reduction and early diagnosis of Alzheimer's and Related Dementias

Shin Nagayama, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Sensory Systems; Techniques; Neuronal Networks; Imaging Techniques

Caesa Nagpal, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Adult General Psychiatry

Michael Nahhas, MD

Neurology

Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Endovascular Neurology

Curtis Neveu, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Ion channels, neurons, networks, and higher-order processes such as the generation of movement and learning and memory

Thy Nguyen, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Electromyography; Diagnosis and Management of Neuromuscular Disorders

Justin Nguyen, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion;

Bobby Nix, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Dept. Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs; Director, UT Physicians Behavioral Health Outpatient Services

Hope Northrup, MD

Pediatrics

Development; Genetics

Elizabeth Noser, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neurorecovery and Stroke

Munachi Okpala, DNP, MBA, MSN, APRN

Neurology

Primary and secondary stroke prevention

Olaniyi Olayinka, MD, MPH

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Addiction, Dual Diagnosis

Carolina Olmos, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Treatment-Resistant Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder

Scott Olson, PhD

Pediatric Surgery-Regenerative Medicine

Development; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Translational Studies of Mesenchymal Stem Cells; Translational Laboratories

Tessa Orellana, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Borderline Personality Disorder, Trauma, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Philip Orlander, MD

Internal Medicine

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Division Director, Professor, Vice-Chair, Endocrinology; Diabetes; Metabolism

Ossama Osman, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation, Clinical Psychopharmacology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapies

Summer Ott, Psy.D.

Orthopedic Surgery

Motor Systems; Cognition; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Director of Concussion Program, Memorial Hermann Ironman Sports Medicine Institute

Tomide Oyelakin, MD, MPH

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Psychopharmacology, Mood and Anxiety disorders, ADD/Disruptive, Impulse-control and Conduct disorders

Bennie Padgett, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Eunsu Park, PhD

Neurosurgery

 Underlying function of glia in the microvascular side of neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and aging

Sheng Pan, PhD

IMM Center for Translational Cancer Research

Molecular and Network Analyses of Lewy Body Dementia Pathogenesis

Maria Parekh, MD

Neurology

Vascular Neurology, Stroke in Women, Cardioembolic strokes, Telemedicine for Acute Stroke

Neha Parikh, PhD

School of Dentistry

Determining the Influence of Oral Health, Oral Microbiome and Systemic Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease

Nicholas Patniyot, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Telemedicine; Adult Psychiatry

Michelle Patriquin, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Subjective and objective precursors of mental illness and the translation of these findings into actionable clinical interventions through innovative technologies

Deborah A. Pearson, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Development; Motivation and Emotion; Director, Developmental Neuropsychology Clinic; Associate Director, Clinical Psychology Internship Program; Co-Director, Lonestar LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders)

Adriana Perez, PhD

School of Public Health

Leveraging a Natural Experiment to Determine the Effects of Integrated Palliative Care on Health Service Outcomes and Disparities in Parkinson Disease and Lewy Body Dementia

Melissa Peskin, PhD

School of Public Health

Adolescent Health, Behavioral/Mental Health, Epidemiology, Health Education/Behavioral Sciences

Natalia Pessoa Rocha, PharmD, MSc, PhD

Neurology

Neuroimmunology, Immune/inflammatory mechanisms involved in neuropsychiatric diseases, Mitchell Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Brain Disorders

Andrew Pickering, PhD

Integrative Biology and Pharmacology

Proteasome dysfunction as a driver of age-associated risk for Alzheimer's disease onset and progression

Carolyn E. Pickering, PhD, RN

Cizik School of Nursing

Medication Administration and Chemical Restraints in Family Caregiving for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia

Teresa Pigott, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Director, Psychopharmacology, UTHealth HCPC; Mood Disorders; Psychopharmacology; PTSD

Anilkumar Pillai, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Depression, Suicide, Schizophrenia, ASD

Nicola Riccardo Polizzotto, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Techniques; Neuroimaging; Neurophysiology; Non-invasive Brain Stimulation; Schizophrenia

Swati Pradeep, DO

Neurology

Movement Disorders, Parkinson’s Disease, Tremor

Mary Prasad, PhD

Pediatrics

Development; Cognition; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Developmental Differences in ADHD, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Seizure Disorders, and Brain Tumors

Sandra Pritzkow, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Molecular Mechanisms of Prion Diseases; Neurodegenerative Disorders

Alan R. Prossin, MBBS

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Director, Neuroimmune Interactions in Depression, Addiction, and Pain (NIDAP); Director, Interdisciplinary PET Working Group; Mood Disorders; Neuroendocrinology; Neuroimaging; Neurophysiology; Psychopharmacology; Substance Abuse

Elsa Rodarte Rascon, MD

Neurology

Parkinsonis, Dystonia, Essential tremor, Tics, Deep Brain Stimulation

Geraldine Raja, PhD

Neurosurgery

Cancer biology and signaling, Tumor microenvironment, Tumor immunology, Radiation Biology

Rodney Ritzel, PhD

Neurology

traumatic brain injury, stroke, dementia

John Redell, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Molecular Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury

Elizabeth Reese, PsyD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative disorders, Cerebrovascular disease/stroke, Movement disorders, Traumatic brain injury

Roy F. Riascos-Castaneda, MD, MBA, FACR

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; History and Education; Neuroradiology

Xuefang Ren, MD, PhD

Neurosurgery

Segundo Robert-Ibarra, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program

Mary Robinson, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Gary Rosenfeld, PhD

Office of Educational Programs

History and Education; Associate Dean, Medical Education, McGovern Medical School

Deevakar Rogith, MBBS, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Healthcare Interface Design, EHR Usability and Patient Safety, Clinical Informatics,
Errors in Medicine

Mary E. Russell, DO, MS

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Medical Director, TIRR Memorial Hermann Outpatient Medical Clinic; Brain Injury and Spasticity

Yanning Rui, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neurosurgery

Sam Russo, MD

Pediatrics

Neurometabolic disorders, Pediatric neurogenetic disorders, Pediatric neurodegenerative disorders, Pediatric movement disorders, Juvenile Huntington Disease

Sumera Salamat, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Child, Adolescent and Adult General Psychiatry; Depression

Ajai Sambasivan, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Interventional Pain Management; Lower Back and Myofascial Pain; Osteoarthritis; Tendinopathies; Regenerative Medicine

Rafael Samper-Ternent, MD, PhD

School of Public Health

The influence of Social and Cultural Context on Life Course Pathways for Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementias, and Care Resources for Older Mexican Adults

Marsal Sanches, MD, PhD, FAPA

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Mood Disorders, Neuroimaging, Psychopathology

David I. Sandberg, MD

Pediatric Surgery-Neuro Surgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Development; Pediatric Brain Tumors

Cynthia Santos, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Development; Motivation and Emotion; ADHD/ADD; Adolescent and Adult General Psychiatry

Chloe Sarnowski, PhD

School of Public Health

Exploring Common Biological Pathways Underlying Insulin Resistance and Alzheimer Disease using Genetic and Omic Tools

Nikunj Satani, MBBS, MPH

Neurology

Vascular Neurology, Ischemic Stroke, Vascular Dementia

Jude Savarraj, PhD

Neurosurgery

Developing neuromodulation therapies and understanding network dynamics and neuronal responses to chronic brain stimulation

Sean Savitz, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Development; Stem Cell Therapy for Stroke

Giselli Scaini, PharmD, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression Disorder

Mya Schiess, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Parkinson’s Disease; Neurodegenerative Diseases

Karl M. Schmitt, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Complex Spinal Surgery

Joy M. Schmitz, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; NRC Executive Committee; Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addictions; Substance Abuse; Relapse Prevention

Paul Schulz, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Cognition; Alzheimer’s Disease; Dementia; ALS; Cognition

Salih Selek, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Director of the Refractory Mood Disorders Program, UTHealth HCPC; Mood Disorders; Neuroimaging; Psychopharmacology

Eva Sevick-Muraca, PhD

IMM Center for Molecular Imaging

Techniques; Molecular Imaging

John P. Seymour, PhD

Neurosurgery

Advancement of neurotechnology for improved treatment of neurological disease

Manish N. Shah, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery

Ruchi D. Shah, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Glaucoma

Lokesh Shahani, MD, PhD, MPH, FACP, FASAM

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Program, UTHealth HCPC; Substance Use; HIV Psychiatry

Mohammad Shahnawaz, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Early Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Mahan Shahrivari, MD

Neurology

Vascular Neurology

Shayan Shams, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning & Machine Learning, Big Data, High Performance Computing

Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vascular Neurology; Outpatient Stroke Prevention

Kazim Sheikh, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; ALS; Neuromuscular Disorders

Sunil Sheth, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Stroke; Hemorrhage; Cerebral Aneurysms

Ali Shoraka, MD

Neurology

Epilepsy, Stroke, Neuromuscular disorders, Movement disorders, Neuro-behavioral disorders

Harel Shouval, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Cognition; Techniques; Theoretical and Computational Methods of Synaptic Plasticity; Learning and Memory

Anuj Shukla, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Anxiety Disorders

Alexander B. Simonetta, MD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Head, Neck and Spine Imaging

Clark W. Sitton, MD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

History and Education; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vascular Imaging; Clinical Trial Core Lab Imaging; Spine intervention; Education

Nicholas H. Skefos, DO

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, ADHD, Autism, Mood Disorders, Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Psychosis

Shaun Smart, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neuro-hospitalist Medicine; Epilepsy

Jair C. Soares, MD, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; NRC Executive Committee; Dept. Chair; Director, Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders; Executive Director, UTHealth HCPC; Deep Brain Stimulation; Mood Disorders; Neuroendocrinology; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Psychopharmacology

Claudio Soto, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Alzheimer’s Disease; Molecular Basis of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Cesar A. Soutullo, MD, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Development; Motivation and Emotion; Director, ADHD Outpatient Program; ADHD; Bipolar Disorder; Pediatric Psychopharmacology; Mood Disorders

John Spudich, PhD

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Techniques; Optogenetics

Andrea Stavoe, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Role of autophagy, a degradative pathway, in neurons during aging and neurodegeneration

Argyrios Stampas, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Clinical Research Director, TIRR SCI Medical Program; Spinal Cord Injury; Neurogenic Bowel and Bladder Management

Jessica R. Stark, MD, MPH

Neurosurgery

spine trauma, degenerative conditions, and minimally invasive spine surgery

Peggy Stephens, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Adult, Geriatric, and Addiction Psychiatry

Angela Stotts, PhD

Family & Community Medicine

Motivation and Emotion; Behavioral and Pharmacological Treatments for Substance Use Disorders

Sarah Stratton, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Robert Suchting, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Motivation and Emotion; Techniques; Biostatistics; Data Science; Machine Learning; Mood Disorders; Quantitative Methods; Substance Use

Eric D. Sumlin, Ph.D.

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mentalization Based Treatment, Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality, Interpersonal Trauma

Lori Sullivan, PhD

School of Public Health

Molecular Diagnosis of Inherited Eye Diseases

Maryam Sultan, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Brain Injury; Stroke; Pelvic Floor Dysfunction; Women’s Health Rehabilitation

Heinrich Taegtmeyer, MD, DPhil, FACC, FAHA

Internal Medicine

Obesity and Diabetes, Heart Failure, Consultative and outpatient cardiology

Miranda Taing, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Sudha Tallavajhula, MD

Neurology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Sleep Medicine; Epilepsy

Chunfeng Tan, MD, PhD

Neurology

Neuropathology of neurological disorders, Psychiatric disorders

Filemon K. Tan, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine

Contribution of genetic factors that influence susceptibility to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and scleroderma

Nitin Tandon, MD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Sensory Systems; NRC Executive Committee; Brain Mapping; fMRI; Electrical Stimulation; Diffusion Tractography; Neurosurgery

Shiqiang Tao, PhD

Neurology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Techniques; Epilepsy; Neuroinformatics

Sason Tavakoli-Sabour, DO

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Adult general psychiatry

Andrea N. Taylor, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Development; Motivation and Emotion; ADHD/ADD; Adult General Psychiatry; Anxiety/OCD; Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology; Depression

Leslie K. Taylor, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Development; Motivation and Emotion; Clinical Director of Child Services, Trauma and Resilience Center; School Mental Health; Trauma; PTSD

Jeff R. Temple, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing

Nivedita Thakur, MD

Pediatrics

Movement disorders related to cerebral palsy, mitochondrial disorders, NBIA disorders, Huntington’s Disease, DBS (deep brain stimulation) in children

Peeyush K. Thankamani Pandit, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Vascular Repair and Regeneration

Anisha L. Thomas, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Anxiety, Depression, Emotion Dysregulation, Psychological Assessment, Psychotherapy, Trauma, Women’s Health

Judy L. Thomas, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; General Psychiatry; Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation; Spasticity Management

Jin Bin Tian, PhD

Integrative Biology & Pharmacology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; TRP Channel Function in the Nervous System

Qingchun Tong, PhD

Institute of Molecular Medicine

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Metabolic and Degenerative Diseases; Feeding Neurocircuitry

Luis Torres, MD

Neurosurgery

Director of the Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program, Neurology and Neurosurgery

Sarahi Torres Planas, PsyD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Susan Tortolero Emery, PhD

School of Public Health

History and Education; NRC Executive Committee; Director, UTSPH Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research

An Tran, DO

Neurology

Epilepsy, Vascular Neurology, General Neurology

Andrey Tsvetkov, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Techniques; Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Aging and Neurodegeneration

Erica Underwood, PhD

Neurology

Mitochondrial dysfunction, Metabolic insufficiency, Disruption in ATP production as a result of aging, injury, and/or disease progression, BRAINS Research Laboratory

Akihiko Urayama, MD

Neurology

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Blood-Brain Barrier; Neurological Disorders

Naveen Vanga, MD

Anesthesiology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Director of Anesthesia Simulation; Education Director of Neuroanesthesia

Prathyusha Vangala, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Shelley Varnado, MD

Pediatrics

Child & Adolescent Neurology

Kelly Vaughn, PhD

Pediatrics

Development of bilingual children, neural underpinnings of typical and atypical language development and the relationship between language development and cognitive development for bilingual children

Kenia Velasquez, PsyD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression

Kartik Venkatachalam, PhD

Integrative Biology & Pharmacology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Identification of Novel Components of the “Synaptic Developtome”; Molecular Mechanisms of Vesicular Trafficking and Function; Neuronal Networks of Decision-Making in Adult Drosophila

Venugopal Venna, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Cognition; Stroke; Traumatic Brain Injury; Depression; Stress

Gretchen Von Allmen, MD

Pediatrics-Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program; Co-Director, West Syndrome Center of Excellence; Epilepsy

Gauri Wable, MD, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Consuelo Walss-Bass, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Director, Psychiatric Genetics Program; Director, UTHealth Brain Collection for Research in Psychiatric Disorders; Co-Director, Translational Psychiatry Program

Edgar Walters, PhD

Integrative Biology & Pharmacology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Sensory Systems; Nociceptor Memory and Chronic Pain

David Q. Wan, MD

Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Clinical Application of PET in Cancer Diagnosis and Neurological Applications

Fei Wang, PhD

Neurology

Mitchell Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Brain Disorders

Alexandra Ward, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Alia R. Warner, PhD, ABPP

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Schizophrenia

Raymond L. Warner, MA, PhD

School of Dentistry

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; History and Education; Hormones; Medical and Graduate Education

Michael Watkins, MD

Pediatrics-Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Epilepsy; MEG

M. Neal Waxham, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Cognition; Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Molecules Responsible for the Formulation and Storage of Memories

Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Medical Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction; Substance Abuse

Heather E. Webber, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Psychophysiology, Reward Functioning, Addiction

Zhenfu Wen, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Machine learning methods to study brain activity and connectivity patterns measured in human EEG and fMRI, and how fear and anxiety-related disorders impact these patterns

Bethany Williams, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Cognition; Neuropsychology of Dementia and Brain Injuries

J. Michael Wilkerson, PhD

School of Public Health

Substance Use Prevention and Recovery; HIV/STI Prevention; LGBTQ+ Health Disparities; Adolescent Sexual Health

John R. Williams, MD

Neurosurgery

Spine trauma, Traumatic brain injury

George W. Williams, II, MD, FASA, FCCM, FCCP

Anesthesiology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Peri-operative Outcomes; Anesthesiology

Sarah Wilson, MD

Pediatric Neurology

Congenital Heart Disorders and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

Leila Wood, PhD, MSSW

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Trauma, Intervention Research, Mixed Methods Research, Community-based Methods

Oscar Woolnough, PhD

Neurosurgery

Utilizing human intracranial recordings to investigate the neural representations that underpin our ability to read

Cindy Woolverton, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Aging and mental health, Cognition

Hulin Wu, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Biostatistics, Computational Biology, Computational Modeling, Bioinformatics Tools

LongJun Wu

IMM-Center for Neuroimmunology and Glial Biology

Understanding the role of microglia in the epileptic brain

Patrick B. Wu, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Cataract surgery, Glaucoma surgery

Jiaqian Wu, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Development; Stem Cell Neural Differentiation; Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries and Neurological Diseases

Qian Xiao, PhD

School of Public Health

Circadian Rest - Activity Rhythms, Metabolomic Profiles, and Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia in Older Men and Women.

Zhen Xu, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Signaling Pathways in Intracranial Aneurysm Pathogenesis

Luba Yammine, PhD, APRN, FNP-C

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Substance Use Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Disease

Peter Yang, MD

Neurosurgery

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Zhiyong Yang, MD, PhD

Ophthalmology & Visual Science

medical and surgical management of complex vitreoretinal diseases

Jun Yin, MD, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Development; Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Autism; ADHD; Anxiety; Depression

Ji Young Yoo, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia, Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Viruses; Tumors

Jin H. Yoon, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Substance Use Disorders; Relapse Prevention; Impulsivity; Technological Innovations

Lei You, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Image processing, Deep learning, Human-machine interaction

Nuray Yozbatiran, PT, PhD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Neurorehabilitation in Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury; Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation; Neuroimaging

Jason Yu, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Anxiety, Mood disorders, ADHD behavioral management

Hussein A. Zeineddine, MD

Neurosurgery

cerebrovascular diseases, including
aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, and cavernous malformations

Sheng Zhang, PhD

Institute of Molecular Medicine

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Aging-related Neurodegenerative Disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s diseases

Han Zhang, MD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Cognition; History and Education; Neural Mechanisms Underlying Learning and Memory

Yili Zhang, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Learning and Memory; Invertebrates

Gang Zhang, MD, PhD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Nerve Regeneration or Degeneration; Translational Therapies

Jiajie Zhang, PhD

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Cognition; Techniques; Director, National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making (NCCD); Biomedical Informatics; Cognitive Science; Information Display and Visualization

Jing Zhao, PhD

Neurobiology & Anatomy

Cognition; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Mechanisms of Memory Formation and Memory Dysfunction

Xiurong Zhao, MD

Neurology

Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury; Ischemic Stroke; Hemorrhagic Stroke

Zhongming Zhao, PhD, MS

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Constructing A Transcriptomic Atlas of Retrotransposon in Alzheimer's Disease

W. Jim Zheng, PhD, MS

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Techniques; Disorders of the Nervous System; Novel Methods and Technology Development

Degui Zhi, PhD, MS

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics

Genetics of deep-learning-derived neuroimaging endophenotypes for Alzheimer's Disease

Michael X. Zhu, PhD

Integrative Biology & Pharmacology

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Ion Channels; Calcium Signaling

Jay-Jiguang Zhu, MD, PhD

Neurosurgery

Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia; Neurooncology; Novel Treatments of Brain Tumors

Marina Zhukova, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Child and adolescent mental health, Coping with chronic illness, Parent-child relationships

Amanda Zold, PhD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Psychosis and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders,
Chronic and Persistent Mental Illness

Tricia Zucker, PhD

Pediatrics

Development; Cognition; Early Literacy and Language Development

Giovana Zunta-Soares, MD

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Cognition; Motivation and Emotion; Director, Mood Disorders Clinical Trials Program; Director, Mood Disorders Clinic