Mentors from Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
applied physiology and kinesiology
Evangelos Christou, PhD
Neuromuscular mechanisms of motor output variability and movement accuracy

applied physiology and kinesiology
Rachael Seidler, PhD
Motor control, aging, neuroplasticity and rehabilitation associated with spaceflight

applied physiology and kinesiology
David Vaillancourt, PhD
Functional and structural brain deficits in movement disorders using DTI and fMRI

applied physiology and kinesiology
Chris Hass, PhD
Efficacy of intervention programs for improving quality of life, neuromechanical control, & disease progression in Parkinson’s disease, dynamic stability during locomotor transitions in the elderly & PD

Mentors from Biomedical Engineering
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Mingzhou Ding, PhD
Advanced signal processing, methods for analysis of oscillatory neural networks, and multivariate neurobiological data

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Daniel Ferris, PhD
Biomechanics and neural control of human locomotion

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Aysegul Gunduz, PhD
Clinical diagnostics and therapy for neurological disorders using neural networks; electro-physiology, bioimaging

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Kevin Otto, PhD
Neural engineering, device-tissue interfaces & neurostimulation

Mentors from Clinical & Health Psychology
Clinical and health psychology
Russell Bauer, PhD
Hippocampal contributions to spatial memory

clinical and health psychology
Dawn Bowers, PhD
Apathy, depression and cognitive subtypes in Parkinson’s Disease

CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Ronald Cohen
Health comorbidities, risky behavior, and neuroimaging

CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Catherine Price, PhD
Cognitive subtypes in Parkinson’s disease; DTI & biomarkers; Post-operative cognitive change

Mentors from Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Laura Ranum, PhD
Human genetics and molecular mechanisms of ataxia, mouse models of expansion protein repeats; ALS and ataxia

Mentors from Neurology
NEUROLOGY
Yuqing Li, PhD
Basal ganglia function, neural plasticity, dystonia, Parkinson’s disease, & Restless Leg Syndrome

neurology
Michael Okun, MD
Treatment of movement disorders , brain stimulation effects on behavior, mood and cognition

Mentors from Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Paramita Chakrabarty, PhD
Role of immune activation in dementias of the elderly (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and taupoathies)

Neuroscience
Benoit Giasson, PhD
Neuroscience, genetics, alpha-synuclein and antibodies

Neuroscience
Habibeh Khoshbouei, PharmD PhD
Pathogenesis of addiction, neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders

Neuroscience
Jada Lewis, PhD
Generating constitutive and inducible model systems for the study of proteins and cellular pathways

Neuroscience
Malu Tansey, PhD
Role & regulation of neuroinflammatory & immune system responses in modulating the gene-environment interactions that determine risk for development & progression of neurodegenerative & neuropsychiatric disease

Neuroscience
David Borchelt, PhD
Identification of novel therapeutic approaches to neurodegenerative disease

Neuroscience
Matthew Farrer, PhD
Applying genetic analysis to complex neurologic disorders

Mentors from Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy
David Fuller, PhD
Neuroplasticity and respiratory control

Physical Therapy
Gordon Mitchell, PhD
Neuroplasticity in respiratory motor control

Physical Therapy
Krista Vandenborne, PhD
MRS/MRI studies of muscle function in human and animal models; Use of gene transfer and exercise as therapeutic

Mentors from Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Karen Hegland, PhD
Mechanisms of normal and disordered airway protection

Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Emily Plowman, PhD
Speech, breathing & swallowing in individuals with neurologic disease
