Researchers under this theme focus on the anatomical, biochemical, molecular and behavioral aspects of traumatic injury of the nervous system and neurodegenerative disorders, with the ultimate goal of improved therapies. Neurodegenerative disorders include Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders (including Huntington’s disease, Ataxias, Dystonia), Tauopathies, Tau-dementias, Prion diseases, and Neuromuscular Diseases. Injury from Ischemia, Stroke, Brain and Spinal Cord Trauma, as well as the roles of Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection are also examined with relation to trauma and injury. General Brain Wellness and Aging are included under this theme as well.
The following UTHealth NRC faculty conduct research in the theme of Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury:
- Ashley Amsbaugh, MD
- Richard J. Andrassy, MD
- Jaroslaw Aronowski, MD, PhD
- Tatiana Barichello, PhD
- Andrew Barreto, MD
- Isabelle Bauer, PhD
- Manisha Bawa, MD
- Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN
- Michael Beierlein, PhD
- Suur Biliciler, MD
- Spiros Blackburn, MD
- Angel Blanco, MD
- Hammad A. Bokhari, DO, MBA
- Eliana Bonfante-Mejia, MD
- Ritvij Bowry, MD
- Kristin A. Brown, MD
- Robert Brown, MD
- Christina Burrows, PhD
- Ian Butler, MD
- Qi Lin Cao, MD
- Davide Cattano, MD, PhD
- Shivika Chandra, MD
- Tiffany Chang, MD
- Anjali Chauhan, MSc, PhD
- Jason W. Chen, DO
- Peng Chen, MD
- Huimahn Choi, MD
- Joseph Cochran, MD
- Alan M. Cohen, MD
- Charles Cox, Jr., MD
- Mark Dannenbaum, MD
- Pramod Dash, PhD
- Matthew E. Davis, MD
- Arthur Day, MD
- Nadya Dhanani, MD
- Pratik Doshi, MD
- Marie-Françoise Doursout, PhD
- Nikola Dragojlovic, DO
- Holger Eltzschig, MD, PhD
- Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD
- Christopher M. Falco, MD
- Albert Fenoy, MD
- Stephen Fletcher DO
- Myriam Fornage, PhD
- Gerard E. Francisco, MD
- Joel E. Frontera, MD
- Erin Furr Stimming, MD
- Bhanu P. Ganesh, PhD
- Luca Giancardo, PhD
- Chuck Gilmore, MD
- Stanford Goldman, MD
- Stacey L. Hall, DO
- Muhammad Haque, PhD
- Khader Hasan, PhD
- Rodrigo Hasbun, MD, MPH
- Georgene Hergenroeder, PhD
- Isaac Hernandez-Jimenez, MD
- Juan J. Herrera, PhD
- Joanne Hickey, PhD, RN
- Joseph Hsieh, MD
- Richard Huang, MD
- Claire Hulsebosch, PhD
- Chukwuemeka Ibekwe, MD
- Amanda Jagolino-Cole, MD
- Cameron B. Jeter, PhD
- Susan John, MD
- Elizabeth Jones, MD
- Prathap J. Joseph, MD
- Joo Eun Jung, PhD
- Haris Kamal, MD
- Arash Kamali, MD
- Shariq Khwaja, MD, PhD
- Christina Y. Kim, MD
- Eunhee Kim, PhD
- Gab Seok Kim, PhD
- Stella H. Kim, PsyD
- Leslie R. Kimpler, DO
- Ryan Kitagawa, MD
- Mary Kay Koenig, MD
- Radha Korupolu, MD
- Larry Kramer, MD
- James R. Langabeer II, PhD, EdD
- Jeremy Lankford, MD
- Robert Lapus, MD
- Jun Li, PhD
- Sheng Li, MD, PhD
- Matthew Lin, MD
- John Lincoln, MD, PhD
- J. William Lindsey, MD
- Deborah M. Little, PhD
- Fudong Liu, MD, MSNS
- Ying Liu, MD, PhD
- Walter R. Lowe, MD
- Marcelle Mallery, MD
- Pedro Mancias, MD
- Bharti Manwani, MD, PhD
- Sean P. Marrelli, PhD
- Devin W. McBride, PhD
- James McCarthy, MD
- Jennifer McCarty, MD
- Louise McCullough, MD, PhD
- Sheryl A. McCurdy, PhD
- Raja Mehanna, MD
- Vladimir Melnikov, MD
- Donna Mendez, MD, EdD
- Rodrigo Morales, MD
- Ponnada Narayana, PhD
- Thy Nguyen, MD
- Elizabeth Noser, MD
- Scott Olson, PhD
- Summer Ott, Psy.D.
- Sandra Pritzkow, PhD
- John C. Quinn, MD
- John Redell, PhD
- Roy Riascos-Castaneda, MD
- Yanning Rui, PhD
- Ajai Sambasivan, MD
- Rohini D. Samudralwar, MD
- Sean Savitz, MD
- Mya Schiess, MD
- Karl Schmitt, MD
- Paul Schulz, MD
- Paulina Sergot, MD
- Manish Shah, MD
- Mohammad Shahnawaz, PhD
- Anjail Sharrief, MD, MPH
- Kazim Sheikh, MD
- Sunil Sheth, MD
- Alexander Simonetta, MD
- Clark Sitton, MD
- Shaun Smart, MD
- Laura Smith Callahan, PhD
- Claudio Soto, PhD
- Gary Spiegel, MD
- Argyrios Stampas, MD
- Maryam Sultan, MD
- Nitin Tandon, MD
- Peeyush K. Thankamani Pandit, PhD
- Judy L. Thomas, MD
- Andrey Tsvetkov, PhD
- Naveen Vanga, MD
- Holly Varner, MD
- Venugopal Venna, PhD
- Gretchen Von Allmen, MD
- David Wan, MD
- Michael Watkins, MD
- Bethany Williams, PhD
- Jerry Wolinsky, MD
- Jiaqian Wu, PhD
- Zhen Xu, PhD
- Nuray Yozbatiran, PT, PhD
- Gang Zhang, MD, PhD
- Sheng Zhang, PhD
- Jing Zhao, PhD
- Xiurong Zhao, MD
