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Taylor Abel, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery
Auditory Systems Neuroscience of Voice and Speech Perception; Clinical and Translational Neuroscience in Epilepsy Surgery
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Susanne E. Ahmari, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Circuit dynamics underlying pathology and treatment of compulsive behaviors and anxiety disorders
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Elias Aizenman, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection
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Howard J. Aizenstein, MD, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry, Bioengineering

Cognitive and affective neuroscience of aging and geriatric brain disorders

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Issam Al Diri, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology

Chromatin structure and function during retinal development and disease.

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Kathryn M. Albers, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology
Growth factors and sensory neuron function in pain and nerve injury.
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Carmen Andreescu, MD
Professor, Psychiatry
Neural basis and treatment biomarkers of mood and anxiety in late-life. Accelerated aging in late-life mood and anxiety disorders.
https://argo.pitt.edu
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Alison Barth, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Neuroscience

Plasticity in developing and adult neocortex.

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Aaron Batista, PhD
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Sensory-motor integration and neural prosthetics
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Marlene Behrmann, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology
Behrmann’s research is concerned with characterizing the computations of the human cortical visual system
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Sarah B. Berman, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology

Mitochondria in neurodegeneration

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Corina O. Bondi, PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Therapeutic strategies for complex cognitive deficits after traumatic brain injury
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Edward A. Burton, MD, DPhil, FRCP
Associate Professor of Neurology
Neuroprotective strategies for Parkinson’s disease and progressive supranuclear palsy
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Leah Byrne, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Gene therapy for retinal degeneration
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Judy L. Cameron, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry

Effects of everyday life stresses on behavior and health

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Claire E. Cheetham, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Development, plasticity and regeneration of neural circuits
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Jun Chen, PhD
Professor, Neurology
Mechanisms of cell death and neuroprotection in cerebral ischemia and Parkinson's disease
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Xing Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
The Chen lab develops high-channel-count, chronically implantable devices to record from and stimulate the brain.
http://ophthalmology.pitt.edu/people/xing-chen-phd
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Charleen T. Chu, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology

Cell signaling, dendritic morphogenesis and autophagy/mitophagy in neurodegenerative diseases

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Marc Coutanche, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychology
Our lab examines the human memory system, asking how memories are formed, consolidated and retrieved, using fMRI, cognitive studies, virtual reality, and by developing new analytical tools to probe the information present in the brain’s activity patterns
www.mcoutanche.com
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Christopher Cunningham, PhD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
The Neural and Sensory Biology of the Auditory System
https://www.thecunninghamlab.com
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Brian M. Davis, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of central and peripheral nervous system development and plasticity
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C. Edward Dixon, PhD
Professor, Neurological Surgery
Mechanisms of post-traumatic memory deficits, models of traumatic brain injury, and functional outcomes.
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Alexandre Y. Dombrovski, MD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
My lab studies decision-making in people with depression, personality disorders, anxiety, and suicidal behavior
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Yan Dong, PhD
Professor, Neuroscience

Cellular and circuitry mechanisms underlying pathological neural plasticity

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Christopher Donnelly, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
The pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia and similar age-dependent neurodegenerative diseases.
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G. Bard Ermentrout, PhD
Professor, Mathematics
Applications of mathematics to biological systems
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Sean P. Farris, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Neurobiology of addiction and co-morbid disorders
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Fabio Ferrarelli, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Neural circuits implicated in the development, pathophysiology, and treatment of schizophrenia and other major psychiatric disorders
http://www.pynel.pitt.edu/
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Julie A. Fiez, PhD
Professor, Psychology
Neuroimaging and behavioral studies of language, working memory, motivation, and learning
https://sites.google.com/pitt.edu/fiezlab
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Kenneth N. Fish, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Functional consequences of altered connectivity in schizophrenia; the early secretory pathway's role in neurodevelopment and synaptogenesis

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Zachary Z. Freyberg, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release and their contribution to neuropsychiatric illness

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Neeraj J. Gandhi, PhD
Professor, Bioengineering
Neuronal signatures of representation and communication for sensation, action, and cognition
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Omar Gharbawie, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Organization of motor & sensory cortex in primates
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Peter J. Gianaros, PhD
Professor, Psychology
Imaging neuroscience and psychophysiological studies of stress and heart disease
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Aryn H. Gittis, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Neural circuits in the basal ganglia involved in motor control and disease
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Michael S. Gold, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology

Peripheral mechanisms of pain.

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Anthony A. Grace, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience
Neurophysiology of basal ganglia system related to psychiatric disorders.
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J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurology

Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.

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Teresa G. Hastings, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology
Oxidative mechanisms associated with neurodegeneration.
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Gregg E. Homanics, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Mechanism(s) of alcohol action.
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Bryan M. Hooks, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Organization of mouse cortical circuitry underlying control of movement.
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Xiaoming Hu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology

The mechanism of neuroinflammation and immunotherapies for stroke

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ChengCheng Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Neuronal network dynamics and neural coding
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Yanhua Huang, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry

Cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying drug addiction and sleep-mediated regulation of reward.

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Tija C. Jacob, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
Regulation of GABAergic inhibition in development and mental disorders
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Jon W. Johnson, PhD
Professor, Neuroscience
The Johnson lab is involved in multiple collaborative projects incorporating electrophysiology, structural modeling, medicinal chemistry, and cutting-edge optical approaches to study properties and pharmacology of glutamate receptors.
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Karl Kandler, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology

Plasticity of inhibitory circuits during development and pathology.

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Robert E. Kass, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience

Statistical analysis of neural data.

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Anthony E. Kline, PhD
Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Evaluating treatments for traumatic brain injury using pharmacotherapies, environmental enrichment, and neural stem cells.
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H. Richard Koerber, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology
Development, plasticity and pain processing in sensory neurons and in the spinal dorsal horn.
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Julia Kofler, MD
Associate Professor, Pathology
Neuropathology of neurodegenerative disease
https://path.upmc.edu/Personnel/Faculty/Kofler.htm
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Radosveta Koldamova, MD, PhD
Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health

Translational neuroscience based on animal models of Alzheimer's disease

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Takashi D.Y. Kozai, PhD
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, neuroprotection, and repair (in vivo 2P imaging and Brain-computer interfaces)
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Sandra J. Kuhlman, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Influence of cortical inhibitory circuits on sensory development and perceptual learning.
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Cecile D. Ladouceur, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Neurodevelopment of emotion regulation; Puberty and adolescent brain development; Sex differences in risk for anxiety/mood disorders
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Todd Lamitina, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Cell Biology
C. elegans stress responses and models of neurodegenerative disease
https://toddlamitina.wixsite.com/lamitina-lab
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David A. Lewis, MD
Chair and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry
Functional architecture of the prefrontal cortex and schizophrenia.
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Laura E. Lillien, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology
Mouse models of developmental disorders.
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Beatriz Luna, PhD
Staunton Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Transition from adolescent to adult level cognitive control through fMRI, DTI, PET, MRSI and cognitive testing
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Matthew L. MacDonald, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Synaptic protein networks in schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric diseases

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Hansruedi Mathys, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease
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J. Patrick Mayo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Visual information processing and its modulation by eye movements and cognition by populations of neurons in multiple brain structures
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Colleen A. McClung, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry

The molecular basis of psychiatric diseases.

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Stephen D. Meriney, PhD
Professor and Chair of Neuroscience; Center for Neuroscience Co-Director
Regulation and modulation of presynaptic ion channels and transmitter release in healthy and diseased synapses.
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Mike Modo, PhD
Professor, Radiology and Bioengineering
Restorative Neuroscience and Neuroimaging of brain damage
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Khaled Moussawi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Advancing the understanding and treatment of substance use and neuropsychiatric disorders
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Paul W. Munro, PhD
Associate Professor, Information Science

Adaption, learning, and plasticity in simulated neural networks.

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Abby Olsen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders
http://www.pind.pitt.edu/labs/olsen-laboratory/
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Carl R. Olson, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience
Cortical mechanisms of cognition in primates.
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Quasar S. Padiath, PhD
Associate Professor, Human Genetics

Gene identification and molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative and demyelinating disorders

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Michael J. Palladino, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
Molecular mechanisms of metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Udai Pandey, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics
Molecular mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases.
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Andrey A. Parkhitko, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
My laboratory is interested in whether targeting age-dependent metabolic reprogramming can extend healthspan and prevent neurodegeneration.
https://aging.pitt.edu/labs/parkhitko-lab/
https://profiles.dom.pitt.edu/faculty_info.aspx/Parkhitko7222
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Aravindakshan Parthasarathy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Communication Science and Disorders
Neural mechanisms underlying age-related and noise-induced hearing loss
www.parthalab.com
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Rui Peixoto, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Development of corticostriatal circuits in autism spectrum disorders

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Mary L. Phillips, MD, MD (CANTAB)
Distinguished Professor, Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science
Identifying neural circuitry problems that underlie abnormal emotion processing in adults and youth with mood disorders.
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Ian F. Pollack, MD
Distinguished Professor, Neurosurgery

Signal transduction pathways in glioma growth, molecular markers of glioma prognosis.

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Sarah E. Ross, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology
Neural circuits of pain and pleasure
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Ethan A. Rossi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Development and deployment of advanced imaging tools to study the healthy and diseased retina at the level of single cells in the living human eye.
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Jonathan E. Rubin, PhD
Professor, Mathematics
Theoretical and computational modeling of dynamics in neuronal networks.
http://www.math.pitt.edu/~rubin/
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Maria (Lania) Eulalia Rubio, MD/PhD
Professor, Neurobiology
AMPA receptors in hearing and hearing loss. Ultrastructure and the nature of the tripartite synapse
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Caroline A. Runyan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience

Imaging and manipulating cells and circuits to understand population coding across the cortical hierarchy

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Srivatsun Sadagopan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Cortical mechanisms underlying the processing of complex sounds.
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José-Alain Sahel, MD
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of retinal degeneration and development of treatments for currently incurable blinding diseases

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Dean F. Salisbury, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry

Human cognitive neuroscience and multimodal neuroimaging of pathology and pathophysiology in the early course of psychosis

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Jami L. Saloman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Neurobiology
Peripheral neurobiology, cancer neuroscience, pain
https://salomanlab.pitt.edu/
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David Schaeffer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Mapping functional and structural circuitries of the marmoset brain in healthy and diseased states
https://schaefferlab.neurobio.pitt.edu/
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Nicole N. Scheff, PhD
Assistant Professor
Neurobiology of head and neck cancer and orofacial pain
schefflab.pitt.edu
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Oliver Schluter, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of physiological and pathophysiological synaptic plasticity
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Andrew B. Schwartz, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Neurobiology
Cerebral basis for volitional movement and cortical neural prosthetics.
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Rebecca P. Seal, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology
Studies of sensory and motor circuits in health and disease.
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Marianne L. Seney, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Molecular mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders, with a focus on how sex and/or circadian rhythms influence risk and clinical phenotypes
https://www.seneylab.pitt.edu
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Susan R. Sesack, PhD
Professor, Neuroscience and Psychiatry
Functional neuroanatomy of cortical and brainstem monoamine systems
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Or Shemesh, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
We are building (and using) new technologies to study and reverse brain disease.
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Shushruth Shushruth, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Neural circuits and computations supporting sensory abstraction
www.shushruthlab.org
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Afonso C. Silva, PhD
Endowed Chair Professor of Translational Neuroimaging, Neurobiology

Anatomical and functional imaging of the marmoset brain; cerebrovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease; genetic engineering.

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Matthew A. Smith, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Cortical circuits and population codes that underlie visual perception
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Alexander Sorkin, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Cell Biology and Physiology

Cell and molecular biology of dopamine transporter

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Shawn F. Sorrells, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
The goal of our work is to uncover the developmental trajectories, synaptic integration, and diversity of late-maturing neurons from their genesis to functional integration in both humans and mice.
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William R. Stauffer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Rewards, emotions, and decision making.
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Sean D. Stocker, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology
Autonomic dysfunction in cardiovascular disease and body fluid homeostasis
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Peter L. Strick, PhD
Thomas Detre Professor & Chair of Neurobiology, Center for Neuroscience Co-Director
CNS networks for motor, cognitive and affective functions
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Dandan Sun, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurology

Ion transporters in neurological diseases.

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Robert A. Sweet, MD
UPMC Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience
Mechanisms of psychosis in Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.
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Bradley K. Taylor, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Neurobiology and Pharmacology of Chronic Pain and Opioid Dependence
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Tobias Teichert, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Neural mechanisms of auditory function and decision-making in the non-human primate
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Amantha Thathiah, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology

Cellular and molecular pathogenesis in Alzheimer's disease.

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Mary Torregrossa, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Determining developmental risk factors for addiction and novel treatments based on learning and memory systems.
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Gelsy Torres-Oviedo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

Neuromechanical mechanisms for locomotor learning in humans with and without neurological disorders.

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Robert S. Turner, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology
Neural circuits of motor performance and skill learning. Dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease. Neuromodulation. Deep brain stimulation.
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Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD
Professor, Otolaryngology
Mechanisms underlying normal and pathological hearing
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Alberto L. Vazquez, PhD
Research Associate Professor

Imaging of neuronal, metabolic and vascular function and dysfunction

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Timothy Verstynen, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychology

Neural basis of action planning, decision-making and skill learning.

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Amy K. Wagner, MD
Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

The impact of gender and changes in neurochemistry on rehabilitation and treatment outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI).

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Ross S. Williamson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
Auditory systems neuroscience, sensory decision making, theoretical neuroscience & machine learning
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Zachary P. Wills, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Neural Circuit Development and Dysfunction in Disease
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George F. Wittenberg, MD, PhD
Visiting Professor, Neurology

Restoration of voluntary movement after neurological injury.

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Zongqi Xia, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology
Advance precision medicine for neuroimmunological and neurodegenerative disorders
www.pind.pitt.edu/labs/xia-lab
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Yan Xu, PhD
Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pain, sensory processing, and neural networks
https://www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/people/yan-xu-phd
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Kejie Yin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurology
Mechanisms of neurovascular damage and repair in ischemic and traumatic brain injury
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Kymberly Young, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Neuromodulation and multimodal imaging of onset and recovery from affective disorders
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