School of Medicine

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jonathan Brestoff, MD, PhD
Pathology & Immunology
Research Topics
- Immune system
- Metabolism and metabolic organs
- Development of obesity
- Type 2 diabetes

Thomas Brett, PhD
Medicine
Research Topics
- Molecular mechanisms of inflammatory signaling in diseases hallmarked by chronic inflammation

Peter Brunner, PhD
Neurosurgery
Research Topics
- Brain-computer interfacing
- Cortical electrophysiology
- Cognitive electrophysiology

Robert Bucelli, MD, PhD
Neurology
Research Topics
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Acquired immune mediated/ inflammatory myopathies
- Dementias
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Craig Buchman, MD
Otolaryngology
Research Topics
- Utility of auditory evoked cortical responses in the pediatric population
- Electrocochleography as an indicator of cochlear trauma
- Use of auditory brainstem implants in children with cochlear nerve disorders

Kathleen Bucholz, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Development and course of alcohol and other substance use disorders
- Effects of alcohol dependence on health services use and costs
- Ethnic differences in psychiatric disorders

William Buchser, PhD
Genetics
Research Topics
- Idiopathic diseases
- Sensory neuropathy
- Autophagy and diseases