-
Jose M.
Barral, M.D., Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Departments of Neuroscience &
Cell Biology, Biochemistry& Molecular Biology and Sealy
Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics;
Protein folding mechanisms in health and disease.
-
Krishna
M. Bhat, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience and
Cell Biology
-
Darren F. Boehning, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience &
Cell Biology; Apoptotic Regulatory Mechanisms; Molecular
Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease.
-
Malcolm S. Brodwick, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology,
Excitable membranes and the control of secretion
- Susan
M. Carlton, Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology; Peripheral
nociceptive mechanisms.
-
Premkumar Christadoss, M.D.
- Professor, Microbiology and Immunology; Cellular and
molecular immunopathogenesis of
- neuromuscular disease (myasthenia gravis)
- Jin
Mo Chung, Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology; Somatosensory
system; Mechanisms of neuropathic pain; Cell signaling
and reactive oxygen species
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Kathryn A. Cunningham, Ph.D.Â
- Professor and Vice Chair, Pharmacology and Toxicology;
Director, Center for Addiction
- Research; Neuropsychopharmacology of abused drugs;
serotonin neurotransmission in
- psychiatric disorders
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Douglas DeWitt, Ph.D.
- Professor of Anesthesiology, Director, Charles R.
Allen Research Laboratories. Experimental
traumatic brain injury, cerebral vascular regulation.
-
Kelly T.
Dineley, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Neurology; Molecular mechanisms
of cognitive (hippocampal) dysfunction in
- early versus late Alzheimer’s disease; Nicotine
addiction with specific emphasis on nicotine-context
associations and the molecular mechanisms underlying
their extinction
- Henry F.
Epstein, M.D.
- Professor and Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Distinguished
University Chair, Neuroscience and Cell
- Biology; The roles of molecular
chaperones and protein kinases in neuronal regulation.
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Elena I. Frolova, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology; Molecular and morphological analysis of
- eye development.
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Benjamin B. Gelman,
M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor, Pathology; Mononuclear phagocytes in the
nervous system; AIDS
- Owen P.
Hamill, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology;
Membrane channel regulation of tumor cell
- migration and invasiveness.
-
Li-Yen Mae Huang,
Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology; Mechanisms of
receptor sensitization after injury. Opioid
- receptor gene transfer
- Claire
E. Hulsebosch, Ph.D.
- Director of Mission Connect, Vice-Chair and Professor,
Neuroscience & Cell Biology; Central
- nervous system trauma, neurotrophins, stem cell
transplants and mechanisms of central pain
-
Kenneth M. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D.
- Professor and Graduate Program Director, Pharmacology
and Toxicology; Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and
neuroprotection; animal models of schizophrenia and drug
abuse; evaluation of novel chemicals for therapy in
schizophrenia, depression, narcolepsy, and drug abuse
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Fernanda Laezza, M.D., Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology;
Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying modulation
of ion channels in relationship to intrinsic
excitability, synaptic transmission and plasticity;
regulation of intrinsic excitability and synaptic
transmission by intracellular fibroblast growth factors
(iFGFs); ataxias and neurodegenerative diseases.
-
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Danxia Liu, Ph.D.
- Professor, Neurology; Reactive species and oxidative
damage in Neuronal degeneration and death in CNS,
proteomics
- Tomoko Makishima, M.D., Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology, Genetic hearing
loss and vestibular dysfunction, Apoptosis in
- the inner ear
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Walter J. Meyer, III,
M.D. Â
- Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences;
Relationship between psychologic and psychiatric
- problems and physical illness; management of pain and
anxiety in the burn survivor
-
Olivera B. Nesic-Taylor, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology; Spinal cord injury; Glial response to injury;
Pain
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Volker E. Neugebauer, M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology, Neuroscience
Graduate Program Director; Emotional-affective and
cognitive brain functions and behavior.
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J. Regino Perez-Polo, Ph.D.
- Professor and Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology; Senior Scientist, Sealy Center
- for Molecular Medicine; Shriner’s Hospital for
Children, Responses to acute and chronic
- trauma to central nervous system
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Donald S. Prough, M.D.
- Professor and Chair, Anesthesiology;
Response to traumatic brain injury; zinc neurotoxicity
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David K. Rassin, Ph.D.
- Professor, Pediatrics; Associate Dean, Office of
Continuing Education; Nutrition and neurochemistry of
amino acids during early
- development of term and preterm infants
-
Giulio Taglialatela,
Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology;
Neurodegeneration and apoptosis in the aged
- CNS and Alzheimer’s disease.
-
Cheryl S. Watson, Ph.D.
- Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology;
Mechanisms of steroid actions
- Ping Wu,
M.D., Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology;
Human stem cell biology, Stem cell therapy
- and gene therapy for neurological disorders.
- Emeritus & Off-Campus Faculty
-
Tetsuo Ashizawa, M.D.
- Professor, Neurology; Clinical neurogenetics and
neurodegenerative
- disorders with genome instability
-
James E. Blankenship, Ph.D.
- Professor Emeritus, Ashbel Smith Distinguished
Professor; Control of locomotion and neuroendocrine
systems in Aplysia
-
- Richard
E. Coggeshall, M.D.
- Professor Emeritus, Neuroscience & Cell Biology;
Spinal cord regeneration
- Manning
J. Correia,
Ph.D.
- Professor Emeritus, Otolaryngology; Ion Channels,
channelopathy, and hair cells
- Ronita L. Cromwell, Ph.D.
- Senior Research Scientist, Universities Space Research
Association, Project Scientist for the NASA Flight
Analogs Project; the Flight Analogs Project examines
ground-based analogs that simulate the affects of
spaceflight. This includes the ongoing bed rest
studies at UTMB.
-
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William D. Willis Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor Emeritus, Neuroscience & Cell Biology;
Spinal cord mechanisms of pain and analgesia