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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Todd Braver, PhD
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Research Topics
- Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying memory, attention, and controlled processing