School of Medicine | Office of Neuroscience Research | Washington University in St. Louis

Adam Eggebrecht, PhD

WashU Radiology

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Keywords: Brain development, optical imaging, neuromonitoring, autism

Adam Kepecs, PhD

WashU Neuroscience

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Keywords: Neural circuits, cognition, computation, psychiatry

Aisling Chaney, PhD

WashU Radiology

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Keywords: Translational molecular imaging, inflammation, neurodegeneration, infection

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

Amynah Pradhan, PhD

WashU Anesthesiology

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Keywords: Opioid, pain, migraine, addiction

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

Caitlin Murphy, PhD

WashU Anesthesiology (Creed lab)

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Keywords: Pain, addiction, electrophysiology

Celeste Karch, PhD

WashU Psychiatry

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Keywords: Neurodegeneration, stem cells, genomics

Cynthia Rogers, MD

WashU Psychiatry

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Keywords: Neonatal functional and structural neuroimaging, childhood psychopathology, early life adversity, perinatal mental health

Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD

WashU Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

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

David Holtzman, MD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's disease, neuroinflammation

Erica Scheller, DDS, PhD

WashU Medicine

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Keywords: Bone formation, metabolism, neuroanatomy, imaging

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

Gabor Egervari, PhD

WashU Genetics, WashU Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

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Keywords: Epigenetics, metabolism, substance use, neurodegeneration

Gabriel Haller, PhD

WashU Neurosurgery

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

Ghazal Ashrafi, PhD

WashU Cell Biology & Physiology

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Keywords: Synapse, mitochondria, neuron

Ilya Monosov, PhD

WashU Neuroscience

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

Jason Hassenstab, PhD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Cognition, smartphones, aging, Alzheimer’s disease

Jennifer Strahle, MD

WashU Neurosurgery

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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

Jordan McCall, PhD

WashU Anesthesiology

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Keywords: Stress-induced behaviors, neuromodulatory circuits, wireless brain-interfacing technologies

Joseph Culver, PhD

WashU Radiology

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Joseph Dougherty, PhD

WashU Genetics

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Keywords: Neurogenomics, autism, psychiatric genetics

Joshua Rubin, MD, PhD

WashU Pediatrics

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Keywords: Sex differences, brain tumors, epigenetics, cellular senescence

Joyce Balls-Berry, PhD, MPE

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Health disparities, health equity, community engagement

Kate McClannahan, AuD, PhD

WashU Otolaryngology

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Keywords: Hearing loss, aging, cognition, audiology

Laura McPherson, PT, DPT, PhD

WashU Physical Therapy

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Keywords: Motor unit, neurorehabilitation, multiple sclerosis, stroke

Lavinia Sheets, PhD

WashU Otolaryngology

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Keywords: Sensory receptors, damage & repair; zebrafish

Marco Colonna, MD

WashU Pathology & Immunology

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Keywords: Microglia, TREM2, Neurodegeneration, metabolism

Martha Bagnall, PhD

WashU Neuroscience

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Keywords: Circuits, motor control, spinal cord

Mayssa Mokalled, PhD

WashU Developmental Biology

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Keywords: Glia, spinal cord injury, regeneration

Meaghan Creed, PhD

WashU Anesthesiology

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Keywords: Addiction, synaptic physiology, basal ganglia

Naresha Saligrama, PhD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Neuro-inflammation, Autoimmunity, systems neuro-immunology

Nico Dosenbach, MD, PhD

WashU Neurology

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Keywords: Brain development, neuroplasticity, functional MRI, Resting State Functional Connectivity

Patricia Dickson, MD

WashU Pediatrics

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Keywords: Rare disease, MPS, lysosomal

Philip Ruzycki, PhD

WashU Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

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Keywords: Retina, epigenetics , gene expression

Ream Al-Hasani, PhD

University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy

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Rebecca Brady

WashU Psychiatry/Neurology (WUNDER lab)

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Keywords: Brain development, mental health, adversity, early childhood

Robert Gereau, PhD

WashU Anesthesiology

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Keywords: Pain, neural circuits, therapeutic development, neurophysiology

Robyn Klein, MD, PhD

WashU Medicine

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Keywords: Neuroimmunology, immunology, neuroscience, virus

Ryan Duncan, PT, DPT, MSCI

WashU Physical Therapy

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Keywords: Parkinson’s disease, pain, gait, balance

Sarah Ackerman, PhD

WashU Pathology & Immunology

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Keywords: Circuit plasticity, glial biology, neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration

Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin, PhD

WashU Genetics

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Keywords: Neurogenetics, functional genomics, neurodevelopmental disorders, pain

Susan Maloney, PhD

WashU Psychiatry

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Keywords: Autism, IDD, animal models, behavior

Susan Perlman, PhD

WashU Psychiatry

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Keywords: Neurodevelopment, psychopathology, preschool, emotion, stress