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

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