MBHI Fellows

Noelle C. Anastasio, PhD

Associate Professor
Director, Pharmacology & Toxicology Graduate Program
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Center for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics
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Irma (Lisa) Cisneros, PhD

Irma (Lisa) Cisneros, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Center for Addiction Research
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Elvis-Yane Cuevas-Martinez, PhD

Assistant Professor, Neurology
Member, Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Rinat O. Esenaliev, PhD

Department of Neurobiology
Director, Laboratory for Optoacoustic Imaging and Monitoring
Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences Group
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Eliseo Eugenin, PhD

Professor, Department of Neurobiology
John Sealy School of Medicine
William D. Willis, Jr., MD, PhD
Professor (or Endowed Professor) in Neuroscience
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
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Xiang Fang, MD, PhD, FAAN, FANA

Professor, Department of Neurology
John Sealy Distinguished Chair for Clinical Research in Alzheimer's Disease
Medical Director, UHC and TDC Neurology Clinic
Chief, Division of Memory Disorders
Department of Neurology & The Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Moody Brain Health Institute
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Anna Fracassi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodevelopmental Systems, Moody Brain Health Institute
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Dustin Green, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Translational Neuroscience
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Hemil Gonzalez, MD

Assistant Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases & Department of Internal Medicine
Moody Brain Health Institute
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Jonathan D. Hommel, PhD

Associate Professor
Human Pathophysiology and Translational Medicine
Center for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics
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Young-Hwan Jung, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Translational Neuroscience
Sealy Institute for Drug Discovery
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Patrick J. Karas, MD

Associate Professor
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Residency Program Director
Director of Surgical Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery
Kliefoth Family Professorship of Neurosurgery
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Rakez Kayed, PhD

Professor, Departments of Neurology & Translational Neuroscience
John Sealy Distinguished Chair in Parkinson Disease Research
George and Cynthia Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Balaji Krishnan, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Don and Nancy Mafrige Professor in Neurodegenerative Research
Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Kyle M. Koss, PhD

Assistant Professor
Sealy Institute for Drug Discovery
Department of Translational Neuroscience
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Fernanda Laezza, MD, PhD

Director, Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine
Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Hua Liu, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
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Claudia Marino, PhD

Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Neurology
Sealy Institute for Drug Discovery
Mitchell Center for Neurogenerative Diseases
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Matt Mendoza, PhD

Assistant Director of Team Science and Research Collaboration
Office of Team Science

Maria-Adelaide Micci, PhD

Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Director for Neurodevelopmental Systems, Moody Brain Health Institute
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Mauro Montalbano, PhD

Assistant Professor
Neurology Department
Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Daniel O’Reilly, PhD, MRSC

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Sealy Institute for Drug Discovery
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Bin Pan, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Translational Neuroscience
Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Chair in Neuroscience
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Allison Popovich, MD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Practice
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Mukaila Raji, MD, MS, FACP

Professor & Director, Division of Geriatrics Medicine
George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Geriatrics
Professor of Neurology, Medicine & Population Health
Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing
Senior Fellow, Sealy Center on Aging
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Gabrielle Rudenko, PhD

Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Sealy Center for Structural Biology
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Bartosz Szczesny,PhD

Bartosz Szczesny, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
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Pablo A. Valdes, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Department of Translational Neuroscience
Director of Neurosurgical Oncology and Brain Tumor Program
Jennie Sealy Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience
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Scott C. Weaver, PhD

John Sealy Distinguished University Chair in Human Infections and Immunity
Director, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity
Scientific Director, Galveston National Laboratory
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Courtney B. Woolsey, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Member, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity
Galveston National Laboratory
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Ping Wu, MD, PhD

John S. Dunn Distinguished Chair In Neurological Recovery
Professor, Department of Translational Neuroscience
Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program
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Qing Yang, MD, MS

Associate Professor
Department of Translational Neuroscience
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Wenbo Zhang, PhD

Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Edwin and Rebecca Gale Endowed Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
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