Faculty

Name Department Research areas
Seth Tomchik, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology, Pediatrics Neurodevelopmental disorders, Learning and Memory, Metabolic homeostasis
James Traer, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Computational neuroscience, Models of perceptual inference, Vision neuroscience, Auditory neuroscience, Natural scene statistics
Daniel T. Tranel, PhD Neurology, Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Brain trauma, Epilepsy/Seizures, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders, Memory, Frontal cortex, Hippocampus, Amygdala, Memory loss, Learning, Fear learning, Limbic System, Neuroimaging, Neural networks modeling
Nicholas Trapp, MD, MS Psychiatry Systems neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Neuroanatomy, Clinical neuroscience, Brain trauma, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Addiction, Psychiatric disorders, Frontal cortex, Cerebellum, Striatum, Limbic System, Transcranial magnetic stimulation, Neuromodulation, Clinical trials
Budd A. Tucker, PhD Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Regenerative ophthalmology, stem cell production, Retinal degenerative diseases, Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD)
Ergun Uc, MD Neurology Clinical trials in movement disorders, Cognition, vision, quality of life in Parkinson’s disease, Effects of physical exercise and cognitive training in Parkinson’s disease, Parkinson's disease and exercise, Prediction of driving safety and driver rehabilitation in Parkinson’s disease, Parkinson's disease and driving safety, Parkinson's disease and cognition, vision, and quality of life
Yuriy M. Usachev, PhD Neuroscience & Pharmacology Pain management, Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Pain, Neuronal plasticity, Glutamate toxicity
Shaun P. Vecera, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Vision neuroscience, Attention, Behavioral measures
Michelle Voss, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Aging, Brain Imaging, Executive functioning, Health, Learning and Memory, Neural Plasticity
Yangyang Wang, PhD Mathematics Computational neuroscience, Ion channels, Receptors, Respiratory enzymes, Neurodegenerative disorders, Brainstem, Developmental neuroscience, Auditory neuroscience, Motor, Neural networks modeling
Edward Wasserman, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences Cognitive neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Vision neuroscience, Learning, Memory, Timing, Animal behavior
Shunguang Wei, PhD Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Receptors, Cardiovascular disorders, Peripheral Nervous System, Brainstem, Hypothalamus, Autonomic Nervous System, In vivo electrophysiology, Molecular biology
Joshua Weiner, PhD Biology Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Receptors, Gene regulation, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Frontal cortex, Cerebellum, Spinal cord, Developmental neuroscience, Transgenic models, Molecular biology, Cell culturing
Michael Welsh, MD Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Respiratory enzymes, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Neurodegenerative disorders
John Wemmie, MD, PhD Psychiatry Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Ion channels, Receptors, Neurotransmitters, Addiction, Psychiatric disorders, Amygdala, Cerebellum, Striatum, Learning, Memory, Limbic System, Neuroimaging, In vivo electrophysiology, Transgenic models, Animal behavior, In vitro electrophysiology
Jan R. Wessel, PhD Psychological & Brain Sciences, Neurology Cognitive neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Clinical neuroscience, Parkinson's Disease, Frontal cortex, Striatum, Basal Ganglia, Motor, Neuroimaging, In vivo electrophysiology
Aislinn Williams, MD, PhD Psychiatry Cellular and molecular neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience, Computational neuroscience, Ion channels, Autism and intellectual disabilities, Psychiatric disorders, Cerebellum, Developmental neuroscience, Learning, Transgenic models, Stem cells, Animal behavior, Molecular biology, Cell culturing
Virginia Willour, PhD Psychiatry epigenetic risk factors for suicidal behavior, genetic risk factors for suicidal behavior, suicidal behavior
Michael E. Wright, Ph.D. Molecular Physiology & Biophysics quantitative mass spectrometry, Androgen-related Disease Signaling Pathways, Protein Biomarkers, Androgen Signaling Networks
Chun-Fang Wu, Ph.D. Biology Neurobiology, Genetics