Faculty members on the WashU Danforth and Medical Campuses whose research programs address brain development, function, and changes in disease, trauma and other conditions.

We are scientists and physician scientists with research programs including cell/molecular biology, genetics, imaging, computational biology, behavioral studies, and other areas of expertise.

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Richard Abrams, PhD

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Research Topics

  • Attention
  • Motor control
  • Perception

Joseph Ackerman, PhD

Radiology

Research Topics

  • Magnetic resonance of intact biological systems

Sarah Ackerman, PhD

Pathology & Immunology

Research Topics

  • Circuit plasticity
  • Glial biology
  • Neurodevelopment
  • Neurodegeneration

Arpana Agrawal, PhD

Psychiatry

Research Topics

  • Genetic and environmental underpinnings of substance-related behaviors

Gustav Akk, PhD

Anesthesiology

Research Topics

  • GABA
  • Ion channels
  • Nicotinic recepetors 

Ream Al-Hasani, PhD

Anesthesiology

Research Topics

  • Understanding the endogenous opioid systems to defeat addiction, ameliorate affective disorders, and relieve chronic pain

Asher Albertson, MD, PhD

Neurology

Research Topics

  • Molecular, cellular, and network mechanisms of cerebral recovery after severe injury

Isabel Alfradique-Dunham, MD

Neurology

Research Topics

  • Genetic underpinning of movement disorders

Kari Allen, PhD

Neuroscience

Research Topics

  • Timing and ecological correlates of brain size evolution, brain proportions, and cranial anatomy in primates
  • Use of cranio-dental anatomy to reconstruct ecological adaptations (e.g. Feeding ecology) in the fossil record

Hongyu An, DSc

Radiology

Research Topics

  • Develop novel imaging methods to deepen our understanding on pathophysiology and improve clinical diagnosis and patient management

Corina Anastasaki, PhD

Neurology

Research Topics

  • Employing genetically engineered hiSPCs and mice to develop preclinical models of low grade nervous system tumors

Beau Ances, MD, PhD

Neurology

Research Topics

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • HIV

Andrey Anokhin, PhD

Psychiatry

Research Topics

  • Genetic and neurobiological bases of personality and psychopathology

Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Research Topics

  • Innate immunity
  • Angiogenesis
  • Retinal degeneration

Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil

Neurology

Research Topics

  • Dystonia
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Neonatal brain injury
  • Movement characterization

Andrew Aschenbrenner, PhD

Neurology

Research Topics

  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Dementia
  • Biomarkers

Ghazal Ashrafi, PhD

Cell Biology & Physiology

Research Topics

  • Metabolic regulation of synaptic function
  • Neurodegeneration and axon injury

John Atkinson, MD

Medicine

Research Topics

  • Innate immunity in human disease
  • Identifying the genetic basis of retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy (RVCL)

Michael Avidan, MBBCh

Anesthesiology

Research Topics

  • Intraoperative awareness
  • Postoperative cognitive alteration
  • Brain monitoring during surgery
  • Postoperative outcomes

Ganesh Babulal, PhD

Neurology

Research Topics

  • Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers
  • Driving, depression and health disparities in older adults

Martha Bagnall, PhD

Neuroscience

Research Topics

  • Microcircuitry of sensory-motor transformations in the zebrafish

Dustin Baldridge, MD, PhD

Pediatrics

Research Topics

  • Genomic medicine
  • Functional genomics

Joyce Balls-Berry, PhD

Neurology

Research Topics

  • Health disparities
  • Health equity
  • Community engagement

David Balota, PhD

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Research Topics

  • Visual word recognition
  • Semantic memory
  • Priming on implicit memory tests
  • Attention systems that modulate performance
  • Senile dementia of the Alzheimer’s type

Dennis Barbour, MD, PhD

Biomedical Engineering

Research Topics

  • Conducts brain-computer interface research to rewire brains & recover lost function from stroke

Deanna Barch, PhD

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Research Topics

  • Psychopathology
  • Development

Steven Bassnett, PhD

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Research Topics

  • Understanding the cellular basis of transparency and accommodation

Randall Bateman, MD

Neurology

Research Topics

  • Pathophysiology
  • Biomarkers
  • Predictive diagnostics
  • Treatments in Alzheimer’s Disease

Adam Bauer, PhD

Radiology

Research Topics

  • Optical imaging methods
  • Custom software algorithms
  • Network neuroscience in the healthy brain and in the setting of neurological disease

Amy Bauernfeind, PhD

Neuroscience

Research Topics

  • Neuroanatomical and molecular variation in primates variation in primates

John Baugh, PhD

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Research Topics

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language, Equity and Environmental Change
  • Linguistic Profiling
  • Econolinguistics

Carolyn Baum, PhD

Occupational Therapy

Research Topics

  • Designs and studies interventions that support the cognitive needs of older adults and improve quality of life

Peter Bayguinov, PhD

Neuroscience

Research Topics

  • Optical microscopy in basic and translational neuroscience

Philip Bayly, PhD

Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Research Topics

  • Impact, vibration, wave motion, and instability in mechanical and biomedical systems
  • Mechanics of brain injury and brain development
  • Nonlinear dynamic phenomena that underlie oscillatory movements of cells and microorganisms

Michael Belloy, PhD

Neurology

Research Topics

  • Genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders

Yehuda Ben-Shahar, PhD

Biology

Research Topics

  • Behavioral genetics
  • Neuroethology
  • Molecular evolution

Tammie Benzinger, MD, PhD

Radiology

Research Topics

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Imaging in clinical trials
  • Brain tumors

Mikhail Berezin, PhD

Radiology

Research Topics

  • Molecular excited states and their reactions
  • Optical contrast agents
  • Cancer

Anjali Bhorade, MD

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Research Topics

  • Glaucoma – adult, open angle
  • Neurological disorders of the eye
  • Neuropathy as it affects the visual system
  • Paralytic and restrictive ocular motility disorders
  • Blepharospasm
  • Adult strabismus
  • Ultrasonography

Laura Bierut, MD

Psychiatry

Research Topics

  • Alcoholism
  • Substance Abuse
  • Genetics

Janine Bijsterbosch, PhD

Radiology

Research Topics

  • Brain connectivity and connectomics
  • Big data
  • Biomarkers

Monica Bishop, MD

Psychiatry

Research Topics

  • Anorexia nervosa
  • Binge eating disorder
  • Bulimia nervosa
  • Obesity
  • Interpersonal functioning
  • Depression

Kevin Black, MD

Psychiatry

Research Topics

  • Tourette syndrome (TS)
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Huntington’s disease

Pablo Blazquez, PhD

Otolaryngology

Research Topics

  • Function of the Cerebellar-brainstem loop in motor control, spatial orientation and motor learning

Joseph Bloom, PhD

Genetics

Research Topics

  • Nicotine dependence
  • Drug metabolism
  • Human genetics

Kendall Blumer, PhD

Cell Biology & Physiology

Research Topics

  • Signaling mechanisms in cardiovascular and neurological disorders

Ryan Bogdan, PhD

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Research Topics

  • How genetic and environmental factors shape brain function, behavior, and psychopathology

Kelly Botteron, MD

Psychiatry

Research Topics

  • Structural brain differences in children and adolescents with affective disorders, attention deficit disorder and autism
  • Fragile X Syndrome
  • Down Syndrome

Pascal Boyer, PhD

Anthropology

Research Topics

  • Evolution and Culture
  • Naturalness of Religion
  • Individual and Collective Memory

Walter Boyle, MD

Anesthesiology

Research Topics

  • Vascular smooth muscle contraction and relaxation

Todd Braver, PhD

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Research Topics

  • Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying memory, attention, and controlled processing