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Elias Aizenman, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurobiology
Office: E1456 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9434
E-Mail: redox@pitt.edu
Cellular and molecular signaling processes in neurodegeneration.
Kathryn M. Albers, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine, Neurobiology
Office: E1454 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9669
E-Mail: kaa2@pitt.edu
Growth factors and sensory neuron function in pain and nerve injury.
Susan G. Amara, Ph.D.
Detre Professor, Neurobiology
Office: 6062 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Phone: 412-383-8910
E-Mail: amaras@pitt.edu
Molecular and cellular biology of neurotransmitter transporters.
Carey D. Balaban, Ph.D.
Professor, Otolaryngology, Biological Sciences, Neurological Surgery
Office: 107 Eye & Ear Institute
Phone: 412-647-2298
E-Mail: cbalaban@pitt.edu
Anatomy, neurophysiology, and neurochemistry of vestibular function.
German Barrionuevo, M.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience
Office: 467 Crawford Hall
Phone: 412-624-7330
E-Mail: german@pitt.edu
Synaptic integration and plasticity in hippocampal area CA3.
Alison Barth, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Office: 159 Mellon Institute
Phone: 412-268-1198
E-Mail: albarth@andrew.cmu.edu
Plasticity in developing and adult neocortex.
Aaron Batista, PhD
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Office: 4074 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Phone: 412.383.5394
E-Mail: apb10@pitt.edu
Sensory-motor integration and neural prosthetics
Marlene Behrmann, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience
Office: 331H Baker Hall
Phone: 412-268-2790
E-Mail: behrmann@cmu.edu
Visual cognition in normal and brain-damaged humans.
Sarah B. Berman, M.D. Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Office: 7037 Biomedical Science Tower-3
Phone: 412-383-5868
E-Mail: bermans@upmc.edu
Mitochondria in neurodegeneration
Charles W. Bradberry, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Office: Biomedical Science Tower 3, Room 4066
Phone: 412-383-6200
E-Mail: bradberr@pitt.edu
Understanding the cognitive consequences of drug addiction at the structural and cellular levels in primates.
Edward A. Burton, D.Phil. M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Office: 7015 Biomedical Science Tower-3
Phone: 412-648-9720
E-Mail: eab25@pitt.edu
The pathogenesis of diseases associated with movement disorders and the development of novel therapeutic approaches for these conditions.
Judy L. Cameron, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry
Office: 321 Loeffler Bldg
Phone: 724-733-3795 (lab)
E-Mail: jcameron@pitt.edu
Effects of ‘everyday life stresses’ on behavior and health.
J. Patrick Card, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience
Office: A415 Langley Hall
Phone: 412-624-6995
E-Mail: card@pitt.edu
Functional organization of hypothalamus and central autonomic networks.
Jun Chen, M.D.
Professor, Neurology, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, V.A. Pittsburgh Health System
Office: S-507 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-1263
E-Mail: chenj2@upmc.edu
Mechanisms of cell death and neuroprotection in cerebral ischemia and Parkinson's disease.
Raymond Y. Cho, M.D.,M.Sc
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Office: 3501 Forbes Ave., Suite 450
Phone: 412-586-9250
E-Mail: chory@upmc.edu
Neuroimaging studies of cognitive control in healthy and psychiatric populations.
Charleen T. Chu, M.D. Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology
Office: W958 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-383-5379
E-Mail: ctc4@pitt.edu
Cell signaling, mitochondria and autophagy regulation in genetic models of Parkinson's disease.
Marlene Cohen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Office: 115 Mellon Institute
Phone: 412-268-4486
E-Mail: cohenm@pitt.edu
Using attention to study cortical population codes
Carol L. Colby, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience
Office: 115 Mellon Institute
Phone: 412-268-7295
E-Mail: ccolby@pitt.edu
Cortical mechanisms of memory, attention, and spatial representation in primates.
Brian M. Davis, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine, Neurobiology
Office: E1457 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9745
E-Mail: bmd1@pitt.edu
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of central and peripheral nervous system development and plasticity.
Donald B. DeFranco, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Neuroscience
Office: 7041 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Phone: 412-624-4259
E-Mail: dod1+@pitt.edu
Glucocorticoid Regulation of Neurodevelopment.
C. Edward Dixon, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurological Surgery, Anesthesiology, Neurobiology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Office: 217 Hill Building
Phone: 412-383-2188
E-Mail: dixonec@upmc.edu
Mechanisms of post-traumatic memory deficits, models of traumatic brain injury, and functional outcomes.
Brent Doiron, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Office: 301 Thackeray Hall
Phone: 412-624-1759
E-Mail: bdoiron@pitt.edu
Theoretical investigations of the impact of neural variability on sensory processing.
Yan Dong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Office: 269 Crawford Hall
Phone:
E-Mail: yandong@pitt.edu
Cellular and circuitry mechanisms underlying pathological neural plasticity
Kirk I. Erickson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Office: 3107 Sennott Square
Phone: 412-624-4533
E-Mail: kiericks@pitt.edu
Neuroimaging and cognitive studies of age and health.
G. Bard Ermentrout, Ph.D.
Professor, Mathematics, Computational Biology, Neurobiology
Office: 502 Thackeray
Phone: 412-624-8324
E-Mail: bard@pitt.edu
Applications of mathematics to biological systems.
Julie A. Fiez, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology, Neuroscience
Office: 605 Learning Research Development Center
Phone: 412-624-7078
E-Mail: fiez+@pitt.edu
Neuroimaging and behavioral studies of language, working memory, motivation, and learning.
Kenneth N. Fish, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Office: E1652 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9366
E-Mail: fishkn@upmc.edu
Functional consequences of altered connectivity in schizophrenia; the early secretory pathway’s role in neurodevelopment and synaptogenesis
Neeraj J. Gandhi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology, Neuroscience, Bioengineering, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Office: 108 Eye & Ear Institute
Phone: 412-647-3076
E-Mail: neg8@pitt.edu
Neural control of coordinated oculomotor and skeletomotor movements.
Gerald F. Gebhart, Ph.D.
Professor, Anesthesiology, Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Medicine
Office: W1444 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-383-5911
E-Mail: gebhartgf@upmc.edu
Mechanisms of pain and pain modulation.
Peter J. Gianaros, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology, None
Office: 627 Old Engineering Hall
Phone: 412-624-9578
E-Mail: gianaros@pitt.edu
Imaging neuroscience studies of stressful experiences and cardiovascular disease risk.
Michael S. Gold, Ph.D.
Professor, Anesthesiology
Office: W1451 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-383-5367
E-Mail: msg22@pitt.edu
Peripheral mechanisms of pain.
Anthony A. Grace, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology
Office: 456 Langley Hall
Phone: 412-624-4609
E-Mail: graceaa@pitt.edu
Neurophysiology of basal ganglia system related to psychiatric disorders.
Steven H. Graham, Ph.D. M.D.
Professor, Neurology
Office: S-517 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-3299
E-Mail: sgra@pitt.edu
Neuronal cell death in ischemia and trauma.
J. Timothy Greenamyre, M.D. Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology
Office: Biomedical Science Tower 3, Room 7039
Phone: 412-648-9793
E-Mail: jgreena@pitt.edu
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.
Willi M. Halfter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurobiology
Office: W1443 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9424
E-Mail: whalfter@pitt.edu
Axonal pathfinding in the developing chick visual system.
Teresa G. Hastings, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology, Neuroscience
Office: 7038 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Phone: 412-624-9716
E-Mail: hastingst@upmc.edu
Oxidative mechanisms associated with neurodegeneration.
Lori L. Holt, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience
Office: 254L Baker Hall, CMU
Phone: 412-268-4964
E-Mail: lholt@andrew.cmu.edu
Auditory cognitive neuroscience, with a focus on spoken language
Gregg E. Homanics, Ph.D.
Professor, Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
Office: 6060 Biomedical Science Tower-3
Phone: 412-648-8172
E-Mail: HomanicsGE@anes.upmc.edu
Mechanism(s) of alcohol action.
Charles C. Horn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine, Anesthesiology
Office: Hillman Cancer Center-Research Pavilion G.17b
Phone: 412-623-1417
E-Mail: chorn@pitt.edu
Neurobiology of nausea and vomiting.
John P. Horn, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurobiology
Office: E1458 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9429
E-Mail: jph@pitt.edu
Synaptic computation and neuromodulation in catecholaminergic neurons
Tija C. Jacob, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
Office: W1351 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-8136
E-Mail: tcj11@pitt.edu
Regulation of GABAergic inhibition in development and mental disorders
Jon W. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Psychiatry
Office: 458 Crawford Hall
Phone: 412-624-4295
E-Mail: jjohnson@pitt.edu
Biophysics, pharmacology, and regulation of glutamate receptors.
Karl Kandler, Ph.D.
Professor, Otolaryngology, Neurobiology
Office: 10016 Biomedical Science Tower-3
Phone: 412-624-8398
E-Mail: kkarl@pitt.edu
Development and plasticity of inhibitory circuits.
Robert E. Kass, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience
Office: 229H Baker Hall
Phone: 412-268-8723
E-Mail: kass@stat.cmu.edu
Statistical analysis of neural data.
Jiyun V. Kim, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Surgery, Immunology
Office: W1541 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-383-8616
E-Mail: kimjv@upmc.edu
Intravital imaging of the immune cell and CNS interaction by two photon microscopy.
Seong-Gi Kim, Ph.D.
Professor, Radiology
Office: 159 McGowan Center
Phone: 412-383-8011
E-Mail: kimsg@pitt.edu
Functional imaging methods and biophysics.
Anthony E. Kline, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Psychology
Office: 3434 Fifth Avenue, Suite 201
Phone: 412-383-2806
E-Mail: klineae@upmc.edu
Pharmacological and environmental approaches for neurobehavioral and histological recovery after experimental traumatic brain injury.
H. Richard Koerber, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurobiology
Office: W1447 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9518
E-Mail: rkoerber+@pitt.edu
Development, plasticity and pain processing in sensory neurons and in the spinal dorsal horn.
Adam Kwiatkowski, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology
Office: 324 Biomedical Science Tower South
Phone: 412-383-8139
E-Mail: adamkwi@pitt.edu
Regulation of actin network organization at cell-cell contacts.
Carl F. Lagenaur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurobiology
Office: W1448 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9073
E-Mail: lagenaur+@pitt.edu
Neurite outgrowth and synaptogenesis.
Cynthia Lance-Jones, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurobiology
Office: W1442 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9078
E-Mail: clancej@pitt.edu
Motoneuron development and spinal cord patterning.
William R. Lariviere, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Neurobiology
Office: W1356 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-383-9904
E-Mail: lariwr@upmc.edu
Genetics of individual variability in pain and analgesia; interactions between stress and pain systems.
Tai Sing Lee, Ph.D
Adjunct Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Office: 115 Mellon Institute
Phone: 412-268-1060
E-Mail: tai@cnbc.cmu.edu
Computational and electrophysiological study of visual
perception, perceptual organization, neural plasticity and neural
coding; computer vision.
Edwin S. Levitan, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
Office: E1351 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9486
E-Mail: elevitan@pitt.edu
Control of transmitter release by electrical and biochemical signaling.
David A. Lewis, M.D.
UPMC Professor and Chair, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Translational Neuroscience
Office: W1653 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-624-3934
E-Mail: lewisda@upmc.edu
Functional architecture of the prefrontal cortex and schizophrenia.
Laura E. Lillien, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurobiology
Office: W1454 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-383-7269
E-Mail: lillien+@pitt.edu
CNS stem cells.
Beatriz Luna, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Psychology
Office: 121 Meyran Ave, Loeffler Bldg. Room 111
Phone: 412-383-8178
E-Mail: lunab@upmc.edu
Brain basis underlying the transition from adolescent to adult level voluntary control of behavior (working memory, response inhibition, reward processing, arousal). fMRI, DTI and oculomotor methods are used.
Colleen A. McClung, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Office: Bridgeside Point II, 450 Technology Dr, Suite 223
Phone: 412-624-5547
E-Mail: mcclungca@upmc.edu
The molecular basis of psychiatric diseases.
Stephen D. Meriney, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Psychiatry
Office: 461 Crawford Hall
Phone: 412-624-8283
E-Mail: meriney@pitt.edu
Regulation and modulation of presynaptic ion channels and transmitter release in healthy and diseased synapses.
Bita Moghaddam, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Psychiatry
Office: A455 Langley Hall
Phone: 412-624-2653
E-Mail: bita@pitt.edu
Cellular basis of goal-directed behavior and animal models of schizophrenia.
Derek C. Molliver, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Office: E1451 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-383-7343
E-Mail: dcm12@pitt.edu
Molecular mechanisms regulating sensory neuron function and phenotype during development and disease.
A. Paula Monaghan-Nichols, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurobiology
Office: Biomedical Science Tower 3, Room 6065
Phone: 412-648-1856
E-Mail: monaghan@pitt.edu
Genetic analysis of vertebrate CNS development.
Paul W. Munro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Information Science
Office: 752 Information Sciences Building
Phone: 412-624-9427
E-Mail: pmunro@mail.sis.pitt.edu
Adaption, learning, and plasticity in simulated neural networks.
Carl R. Olson, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Office: 115 Mellon Inst
Phone: 412-268-3968
E-Mail: colson@cnbc.cmu.edu
Cortical mechanisms of cognition in primates.
Anne-Marie Oswald, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Office: 458 Langley Hall
Phone: 412-624-1191
E-Mail: amoswald@pitt.edu
Contributions of cortical microcircuit properties to information processing and coding in the olfactory system.
Martin Oudega, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Office: E1452 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-383-6575
E-Mail: moudega@pitt.edu
Cellular transplants for spinal cord repair. Development of combinatorial spinal cord repair strategies.
Michael J. Palladino, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
Office: Biomedical Science Tower 3, Room 7042
Phone: 412-383-5900
E-Mail: mjp44@pitt.edu
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.
Monica A. Perez, P.T., Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Office: 4074 Biomedical Science Tower-3
Phone: 412-383-6563
E-Mail: perezmo@pitt.edu
Motor control in humans.
Ian F. Pollack, M.D.
Professor, Neurological Surgery
Office: 4401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15224
Phone: 412-692-5881
E-Mail: ian.pollack@chp.edu
Signal transduction pathways in glioma growth, molecular markers of glioma prognosis.
Julie C. Price, Ph.D.
Professor, Radiology, Biostatistics
Office: B-938 Presbyterian University Hospital
Phone: 412-647-0714
E-Mail: pricejc@upmc.edu
Integrated approaches for the analyses of multiple intra-subject neuroimaging measures
Manoj Puthenveedu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Office: 202 Mellon Institute
Phone: 412-268-8236
E-Mail: map3@andrew.cmu.edu
Molecular and cellular basis of opioid drug addiction.
Linda Rinaman, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience
Office: A416B Langley Hall
Phone: 412-624-6994
E-Mail: rinaman@pitt.edu
Neural circuits for stress responses and emotional learning: organization and postnatal development.
Sarah E. Ross, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Office: W1456 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-624-9178
E-Mail: saross@pitt.edu
The goal of our research is to functionally dissect the neural circuits that underlie pain and itch.
Jonathan Rubin, Ph.D.
Professor, Mathematics
Office: 501 Thackeray Hall
Phone: 624-6157
E-Mail: rubin@math.pitt.edu
Theoretical and computational modeling of dynamics in neuronal networks.
Maria E. Rubio, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
Office: 10015 Biomedical Science Tower-3
Phone: 412-684-6939
E-Mail: mer@pitt.edu
Ultrastructure and the chemical nature of the tripartite synapse
Walter Schneider, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Office: 629 Learning Research Development Center
Phone: 412-624-7061
E-Mail: walters@pitt.edu
Cognitive neuroscience, semantic representation, skill acquisition, connectionist/hybrid modeling, brain imaging.
Andrew B. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurobiology
Office: 245 McGowan Center
Phone: 412-383-7021
E-Mail: abs21+@pitt.edu
Cerebral basis for volitional movement and cortical neural prosthetics.
Rebecca P. Seal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Office: 6058 Biomedical Science Tower-3
Phone: 412-624-5183
E-Mail: rpseal@pitt.edu
Neural circuits and behavior
Susan R. Sesack, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience
Office: A210 Langley Hall
Phone: 412-624-5158
E-Mail: sesack@pitt.edu
Functional neuroanatomy of cortical and brainstem monoamine systems.
Etienne L. Sibille, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Office: Bridgeside Point II, 450 Technology Dr, Suite 231
Phone: 412-624-0804
E-Mail: sibilleel@upmc.edu
Molecular mechanisms of depression and aging.
Daniel J. Simons, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurobiology
Office: E1452 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9442
E-Mail: cortex@pitt.edu
Sensory physiology of the cerebral cortex.
Matthew A. Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Bioengineering
Office: 914 Eye & Ear Institute
Phone: 412-647-2313
E-Mail: smithma@pitt.edu
Cortical circuits and population codes that underlie visual perception
Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Cell Biology and Physiology
Office: S368 Biomedical Science Tower South
Phone: 412-624-3116
E-Mail: sorkin@pitt.edu
Cell and molecular biology of dopamine transporter
Peter L. Strick, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chair of Neurobiology, Professor of Psychiatry, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Office: Biomedical Science Tower 3, Room 4074
Phone: 412-383-9961
E-Mail: strickp@pitt.edu
CNS circuits of motor and cognitive functions; motor skill acquisition and retention; functional imaging.
Edward M. Stricker, Ph.D.
University Professor, Neuroscience
Office: 479 Crawford Hall
Phone: 412-624-4569
E-Mail: edstrick@pitt.edu
Central control of homeostatic regulatory systems.
Dandan Sun, M.D. Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology
Office: S-598 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-624-0418
E-Mail: sund@upmc.edu
Ion transporters in neurological diseases.
Alan F. Sved, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Neuroscience
Office: A215 Langley Hall
Phone: 412-624-6996
E-Mail: sved@pitt.edu
Central neural control of the autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular function; neurobiology of nicotine pharmacology.
Robert A. Sweet, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry, Neurology
Office: W-1645 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-383-8548
E-Mail: sweetra@upmc.edu
Mechanisms of psychosis in Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.
Michael Tarr, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience, Psychology, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Office: 115 Mellon Institute
Phone: 412-268-3157
E-Mail: michaeltarr@cmu.edu
High-level vision and categorization in humans
Edda Thiels, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Office: Biomedical Science Tower 3, Room 6064
Phone: 412-648-1442
E-Mail: thiels@neurobio.pitt.edu
Behavioral, biochemical, and physiological analysis of learning and memory.
Mary Torregrossa, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Office: Bridgeside Point II, 450 Technology Dr, Suite 223
Phone: 412-624-5546
E-Mail: torregrossam@upmc.edu
Determining developmental risk factors for addiction and novel treatments based on learning and memory systems.
Gonzalo E. Torres, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Office: Biomedical Science Tower 3, Room 6063
Phone: 412-383-8983
E-Mail: gtorres@pitt.edu
Cellular and molecular neuroscience; cellular and molecular regulation of monoamine transporters.
Robert S. Turner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurobiology, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Office: 4074 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Phone: 412-383-5395
E-Mail: rturner+@pitt.edu
Neurophysiology of basal ganglia-cortical networks in health and disease.
Thanos Tzounopoulos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
Office: 10021 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Phone: 412-383-8626
E-Mail: thanos@pitt.edu
Cellular mechanisms for learning and memory and their role in auditory processing.
Nathaniel N. Urban, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience, Biological Sciences, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Office: 4400 Fifth Avenue, 173 Mellon Institute
Phone: 412-268-5122
E-Mail: nurban@cmu.edu
Physiology imaging and computation in the olfactory system.
Amy K. Wagner, M.D.
Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Office: 3471 Fifth Avenue, Suite 202
Phone: 412-648-6666
E-Mail: wagnerak@upmc.edu
The impact of gender and changes in neurochemistry on rehabilitation and treatment outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Mark Wheeler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
Office: 608 Learning Research Development Center
Phone: 412-624-7029
E-Mail: wheelerm@pitt.edu
Brain imaging and behavioral studies of episodic memory, attentional control, and decision making in memory.
Clayton A. Wiley, M.D. Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology
Office: M8715 South Tower, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
Phone: 412-647-0765
E-Mail: wiley1@pitt.edu
Examining mechanisms of neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer’s Disease, AIDS, West Nile Virus and influenza infection.
Yan Xu, Ph.D.
Professor, Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Structural Biology
Office: 2048 Biomedical Science Tower-3
Phone: 412-648-9922
E-Mail: xuy@anes.upmc.edu
Gene and stem cell therapy in brain ischemia/membrane protein structure by NMR.
Bill J. Yates, Ph.D.
Professor, Otolaryngology, Neuroscience
Office: 519 Eye & Ear Institute
Phone: 412-647-9614
E-Mail: byates@pitt.edu
Vestibular influences on autonomic control and navigation.
Joseph W. Yip, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurobiology
Office: E1455 Biomedical Science Tower
Phone: 412-648-9414
E-Mail: jyip+@pitt.edu
Molecular control of neuronal migration.
Michael J. Zigmond, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology
Office: 7016 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Phone: 412-624-4258
E-Mail: zigmond@pitt.edu
Cell death and neuroprotection in aging and neurodegenerative disease.
