Secondary Faculty

Elie D. Al-Chaer, MS, Ph.D., JD Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences & Director, Center for Pain Research
Neurobiology of visceral pain and functional gastrointestinal disorders

Steve W. Barger, Ph.D. Professor of Geriatrics, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, and Internal Medicine
Signal transduction and gene regulation in neurons; neuron-microglia interaction

Puran S. Bora, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Age Related Macular Degeneration

Yuzhi Chen, Ph.D. Assistant professor of Geriatrics and Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
Neddylation in Alzheimer’s disease and adult brain stem cell development

Maxim Dobretsov, Ph.D.
Neurobiology of pain and diabetic neuropathy; Physiological roles of isoforms of Na+,K+-ATPase

John Dornhoffer, M.D. Professor, Director, Division of Otology/Neurotology Board Certified Otolaryngologist
Neurovestibular research; hearing loss and vertigo

W. Sue T. Griffin, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chairman for Research The Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
Molecular biology of Alzheimer’s disease

Linda Larson-Prior, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry
The role of sleep in cognitive function in health and disease, neurodynamics, and brain functional connectivity

Sang-hun Lee, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
GABAergic interneurons, cannabinoid signaling system, epilepsy, and radiation neurobiology

Stacy A. Rudnicki, M.D. Professor of Neurology
Neurological disorders and stroke

Adjunct Faculty

Roger Buchanan, Ph.D.
Barbara Clancy, Ph.D.
Lori Hensley, Ph.D.
Richard Murray, Ph.D.
Nancy B. Reese, Ph.D.
Malathi Srivatsan, Ph.D.