Primary Faculty

Elise Cope, Ph.D.

Perineuronal Nets and Microglia in Hippocampal Plasticity

Jeffrey T. Corwin, Ph.D.

Regeneration of Auditory Receptor Cells

Jaeda Coutinho-Budd, Ph.D.

Neuron-glia and glial-glial interactions

Ukpong Eyo, Ph.D.

Microglia in Development and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Sarah Flowers, Ph.D.

Targeting APOE for the diagnosis and treatment of the metabolic deficits of early Alzheimer’s disease

Alban Gaultier, Ph.D.

Multiple Sclerosis, Inflammation, Neurodegenerative & Autoimmune Diseases

Tajie Harris, Ph.D. (BIG Center Director)

Immune Response to CNS Infections

Lulu Jiang, M.D., Ph.D. 

Pathophysiology of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Chia-Yi (Alex) Kuan, M.D., Ph.D.

Neuro-Immune Interactions

Kevin Lee, Ph.D.

Neuronal Vulnerability

Jeh-Ping Liu, Ph.D.

Spinal Cord Development

Tsai-Yi Lu, Ph.D.

Oligodendrocyte lineage

John Lukens, Ph.D.

Neuroinflammatory disease

Mary Peace McRae, PharmD, PhD

Interplay of HIV and opioids that impact antiretroviral efficacy within the brain.

Jung-Bum Shin, Ph.D.

Auditory Neurobiology

Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D. (Department Chair)

Role of Glial in Neurological Illnesses and Cancer

Scott Zeitlin, Ph.D.

Huntington’s Disease