Departments | Office of Neuroscience Research | Washington University in St. Louis

Adam Kepecs, PhD

WashU Neuroscience

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Keywords: Neural circuits, cognition, computation, psychiatry

Alexxai Kravitz, PhD

WashU Psychiatry

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Keywords: Obesity, feeding, movement, basal ganglia

Amber Stratman, PhD

WashU Cell Biology & Physiology

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Keywords: Zebrafish, neuro-vascular interactions, mechanobiology

Anil Cashikar, PhD

WashU Psychiatry

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Keywords: Neuroinflammation, lipid metabolism, glia

Barani Raman, PhD

WashU Biomedical Engineering

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Keywords: Olfaction, systems neuroscience, computational neuroscience

Beau Ances, MD, PhD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Down syndrome, Human Connectome Project, Adult Aging Brain Connectome

Ben Palanca, MD, PhD

WashU Anesthesiology

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Benjamin Philip, PhD

WashU Occupational Therapy

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Keywords: Task fMRI, motor control, lateralization, rehabilitation

Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Dystonia, cerebral palsy, neonatal brain injury, movement characterization

Brian Clark, PhD

WashU Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

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Keywords: Retina, neurogenesis, non-coding RNAs

Brian Gordon, PhD

WashU Radiology

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Keywords: Alzheimer, aging, neuroimaging

Bruce Carlson, PhD

WashU Biology

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Keywords: Sensory systems, plasticity, brain evolution

Bryan Copits, PhD

WashU Anesthesiology

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Keywords: Circuit wiring, optical tool design, human neurophysiology

Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, PhD

WashU Neuroscience

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Keywords: Decision making, multiple species, neurophysiology, calcium imaging, computation

Carlos Cruchaga, PhD

WashU Psychiatry

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Keywords: Alzheimer, genetics, genomics, proteomics, multi-omics

Catherine Lang, PT, PhD

WashU Physical Therapy

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Keywords: Motor control, rehabilitation, human movement

Celeste Karch, PhD

WashU Psychiatry

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Keywords: Neurodegeneration, stem cells, genomics

Chad Sylvester, MD, PhD

WashU Psychiatry

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Keywords: fMRI, anxiety, pediatric

Daniel Castro, PhD

WashU Radiology

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Keywords: Opioids, neuroscience, reward

Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD

WashU Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

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Keywords: Vision, circuits, behavior, neurodegeneration, vision restoration

David Gutmann, MD, PhD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: neurogenetics, neuroimmunology, cancer neuroscience

David Holtzman, MD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's disease, neuroinflammation

Deanna Barch, PhD

WashU Psychological & Brain Sciences

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Keywords: Brain development, mental health

Dmitriy Yablonskiy, PhD

WashU Radiology

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Keywords: MRI/biophysics/brain structure and functioning, Alzheimer disease, Multiple sclerosis

Edward Han, PhD

WashU Neuroscience

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Keywords: Learning, systems, neuronal population dynamics

Eric Landsness, MD, PhD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Sleep, stroke, optical imaging, plasticity, brain-computer interface

Erik Herzog, PhD

WashU Biology

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Keywords: Circadian rhythms, neuron-glial interactions, neuromodulation

Erik Musiek, MD, PhD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Neurodegeneration, circadian clocks, glia, neuroinflammation

Evan Gordon, PhD

WashU Radiology

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Keywords: Brain networks, Traumatic Brain Injury, human neuroimaging

Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD

WashU Medicine

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Keywords: Wolfram syndrome, Regenerative Gene Therapy, Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress

Gabriel Haller, PhD

WashU Neurosurgery

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Keywords: Human genetics of neurological disorders, deep mutational scanning, zebrafish models of human disease

Gaia Tavoni, PhD

WashU Neuroscience

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Keywords: Theoretical and computational neuroscience

Geoffrey Goodhill, PhD

WashU Developmental Biology

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Keywords: Computational neuroscience, neural coding, zebrafish

Geraldine Kress, PhD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, circadian system, cognition

Ghazal Ashrafi, PhD

WashU Cell Biology & Physiology

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Keywords: Synapse, mitochondria, neuron

Gilbert Gallardo, PhD

WashU Neurology

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Guoyan Zhao, PhD

WashU Genetics, WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Transcription regulation, astrocyte and microglia, neurodegenerative disease, chronic pain

Harrison Gabel, PhD

WashU Neuroscience

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Keywords: Neurogenetics, epigenomics, development

Hiroko Yano, PhD

WashU Neurosurgery

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Keywords: Huntington’s disease, neurodegeneration, epigenetic regulation, neuroprotective therapy

Hong Chen, PhD

WashU Biomedical Engineering

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Keywords: Neuromodulation, blood-brain barrier, ultrasound, drug delivery

Hongzhen Hu, PhD

WashU Anesthesiology

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Ilya Monosov, PhD

WashU Neuroscience

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Keywords: Learning, cognition, reward- and punishment- guided choice

Jaehyung (Gus) Cho, PhD

WashU Medicine

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Keywords: Ischemic stroke, platelets, neutrophils

Jason Yi, PhD

WashU Neuroscience

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Keywords: Genetics, development, disease

Jeffrey Zacks, PhD

WashU Psychological & Brain Sciences

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Keywords: Event perception, memory, fMRI

Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Acute stroke genetics, Brain plasticity and stroke recovery, Alzheimer's disease

John Pruett Jr., MD, PhD

WashU Psychiatry

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Keywords: fcMRI, autism, infant

Jonathan Cooper, PhD

WashU Pediatrics

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Keywords: Lysosomal storage disorders, childhood neurodegeneration, therapy

Jonathan Kipnis, PhD

WashU Pathology & Immunology

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Keywords: Neuroimmunology, meninges, meningeal lymphatics, skull bone marrow, Alzheimer’s, CNS immune privilege

Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD

WashU Anesthesiology

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Keywords: Mechanisms of opioid addiction, pain impact on motivated behaviors