All members of the Institute must be
members of academic departments and devote their main research effort
to programs advancing the knowledge of the function
and structure of the brain and its relation to behavior.
The following list of BRI members attests to the broad
depth and interdisciplinary nature of the Institute,
its members, and their research endeavors.
| Name |
Title |
Research
Interest |
|
Jeffry
R. Alger, Ph.D. |
Professor of Neurology, and Radiological Sciences |
Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance
spectroscopy of neurological disorders such as brain
tumor and stroke |
|
Lori
Altshuler, M.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences;
Director, UCLA Mood Disorders Research Program |
Mood disorders |
| Liana
G. Apostolova, M.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurology |
Neuroimaging
research in Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive
impairment, and other neurodegenerative disorders |
|
Arthur
P. Arnold, Ph.D. |
Distinguished
Professor and Chair of Physiological Science;
Director, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Brain Research Institute |
Sexual differentiation of the brain, sex chromosome
effects on neural development |
|
Bernard
W. Balleine, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychology; Associate Director for
Research, Brain
Research Institute |
Learning and motivation, specifically the neural
bases of instrumental conditioning |
|
Utpal Banerjee,
Ph.D. |
Professor and Chair of Molecular, Cell & Developmental
Biology; Professor of Biological Chemistry |
Developmental biology |
|
Mark
Barad, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences |
Learning and memory; extinction of conditioned fear;
mouse models of human anxiety disorders |
|
Jorge R. Barrio, Ph.D. |
Distinguished
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology;
Elizabeth and Thomas Plott Chair in Gerontologoy |
In-vivo probes for
gene expression, dopaminergic mechanisms and
Alzheimer's disease |
|
George Bartzokis, M.D. |
Professor of Neurology |
Brain imaging, development and degeneration |
|
Ulrich
Batzdorf, M.D. |
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery); Director of
Spine Surgery |
Syringomyelia, Chiari malformation |
|
Carrie E. Bearden,
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Neurodevelopmental
disorders; cognition, neuroimaging and genetics of
mood disorders and psychosis |
|
Jackson
T. Beatty, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychology |
Neuroinformatics, with the special interest in the
neurogenomics of brain development |
|
Donald
P. Becker, M.D. |
W. Eugene Stern Professor
of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery; Senior
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, David Geffen
School of Medicine at UCLA |
Neurometabolic pathobiology of traumatic brain injury |
|
Marvin
Bergsneider, M.D. |
Associate Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) |
Study of cerebral metabolism following traumatic
brain injury using PET, intracranial pressure modeling |
|
Steven
M. Berman, Ph.D. |
Researcher, Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences, and Medicine (Digestive Diseases) |
Alcohol and drug abuse vulnerability studies; brain
imaging |
|
Suraj
P. Bhat, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology |
Regulation of gene expression in the developing
vertebrate visual system |
| Robert
M. Bilder, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Psychology; Chief
of Medical Psychology-Neuropsychology |
Neuropsychology
and neuroimaging; schizophrenia |
| James W.
Bisley,
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Neurobiology |
Neural
mechanisms underlying visual perception, visual
attention and visual memory |
|
Gal Bitan, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Neurology |
Structural biology and rational drug design for
neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's
disease |
|
Douglas L. Black, Ph.D. |
Professor of
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics;
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Regulation
of mRNA metabolism in mammalian cells, with an
emphasis on the control of pre-mRNA splicing in
neurons |
| H.
Tad Blair, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Psychology (Behavioral
Neuroscience) |
Neurophysiological and behavioral studies of learning,
memory, and motivation |
|
Aaron
Blaisdell, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Psychology |
Learning and behavior, animal cognition, and comparative
psychology |
|
Gene D. Block, Ph.D. |
Professor of
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and
Physiological Science; Chancellor, UCLA |
Circadian rhythms
and aging |
|
Ruben
J. Boado, Ph.D. |
Professor of Medicine |
Molecular biology of the blood-brain barrier, and
drug delivery of peptides and antisense therapeutics
to the brain |
|
Dean Bok,
Ph.D. |
Distinguished
Professor of Neurobiology, and Dolly Green Professor
of Ophthalmology |
Retinal cell biology |
|
Susan
Y. Bookheimer, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Functional magnetic resonance imaging, language,
memory |
|
Yvette M. Bordelon,
M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Neurology |
Movement disorders
therapeutics |
|
James
R. Boulter, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences |
Molecular neurobiology |
|
Anatol
Bragin, Ph.D. |
Professional
Research Neurologist |
Basic mechanisms of epilepsy |
|
Joel
T. Braslow, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences, and History; Director, Neuroscience History
Archives |
History of 20th century American psychiatry |
|
Nicholas
C. Brecha, Ph.D. |
Professor and Vice Chair of Neurobiology; Professor
of Medicine |
Retinal circuitry and transmitter function and expression
in mediating vision |
|
Arthur L. Brody,
M.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Addiction; tobacco;
brain imaging |
|
Jeff
Bronstein, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor of Neurology; Director, UCLA
Movement Disorders Program |
Molecular cell biology of Parkinson’s disease
and tetraspan proteins in ligodendrocytes |
|
Warren
S. Brown, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences |
The contribution of interhemispheric interactions
via the corpus callosum to human higher cognitive
capacities |
|
Dean
V. Buonomano, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Neurobiology, and Psychology |
Neural basis of learning, and temporal processing |
|
Larry
L. Butcher, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychology |
Apoptosis and cholinergic neuron death |
|
Anthony
T. Campagnoni, Ph.D. |
Vincent and Stella Coates Professor of Neuroscience,
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior |
The function of MBP gene products in the immune
and nervous systems |
|
Tyrone
D. Cannon, Ph.D. |
Staglin Family Professor of Psychology, and Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Genetics and neurobiology of schizophrenia |
|
Rochelle Caplan, M.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry |
Thought disorder, social communication,
psychopathology and neuroimaging in pediatric
neurobehavioral disorders |
|
Joseph
Caprioli, M.D. |
Frances and Ray Stark Professor of Ophthalmology;
Chief, Glaucoma Division, Jules Stein Eye Institute |
Detection of early glaucoma damage, neuroprotection
as treatment for glaucoma, visual function in glaucoma,
surgical outcomes |
|
S. Thomas
Carmichael, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Neurology |
The cellular and molecular mechanisms of neural
repair, such as axonal sprouting and neurogenesis,
after stroke and brain injury |
|
Ellen
M. Carpenter, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences |
Genetic mechanisms of central nervous system patterning
|
| Maria
G. Castro, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Medicine, and Molecular and Medical
Pharmacology; Co-Director, Gene Therapeutics
Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Gene
therapy |
|
Scott
H. Chandler, Ph.D. |
Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Physiological
Science; Chair, Interdepartmental Undergraduate
Program for Neuroscience |
Brainstem mechanisms controlling jaw movements |
|
Andrew
C. Charles, M.D. |
Professor of Neurology; Director, Residency Training
Program |
Investigation of cellular neurophysiology and neuropharmacology
with imaging and electrophysiological techniques |
|
Marie-Françoise
Chesselet, M.D., Ph.D. |
Charles H. Markham Professor of Neurology; Chair,
Department of Neurobiology |
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases
and neural repair in the basal ganglia |
|
Francesco
Chiappelli, Ph.D. |
Professor of Dentistry (Oral Biology & Medicine) |
Evidence-based research in medicine and dentistry;
psychoneuroendocrine-immune interactionos (allostasis
and T-cell-mediated immune surveillance) |
|
Jacobo
W. Chodakiewitz, M.D. |
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery |
Neurostimulation of brain and spinal cord and/or
ablation for pain control; involuntary movements |
|
Steven
G. Clarke, Ph.D. |
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Director,
Molecular Biology Institute |
Biochemistry of aging |
|
Timothy
F. Cloughesy, M.D. |
Professor of Neurology; Director, Neuro-Oncology
Program; Co-Director, Henry Singleton Brain Cancer
Research Program |
Human brain tumors |
|
Mark
S. Cohen, Ph.D. |
Professor of Neurology, Radiological Sciences, Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences, Biomedical Physics,
and Psychology |
Development of methods and applications of brain
mapping, including functional MRI and EEG applied
to the study of human cognition and disease |
|
John
Colicelli, Ph.D. |
Professor of Biological Chemistry |
RAS signaling in neurobiology and cancer |
|
Christopher
S. Colwell, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences |
Circadian rhythms, neural control of behavior |
|
Margaret A. Compton, R.N., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Acute Care Nursing, School
of Nursing |
Opioids, pain, addiction |
|
Ian A. Cook, M.D. |
Associate Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director,
Depression Research Program; Associate Director,
Laboratory of Brain, Behavior and Pharmacology |
Neural systems
approach in mood and cognitive disorders, and
translational work on biomarkers of treatment
response in depression |
|
Edwin
L. Cooper, Ph.D., Sc.D. |
Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology |
Evolution of neuroimmune systems |
|
Eain
M. Cornford, Ph.D. |
Professor of Neurology; Chief, Neuropharmacology
Laboratory, VAMC, West Los Angeles |
Blood-brain barrier function |
|
Jeffrey
L. Cummings, M.D. |
Augustus S. Rose Professor of Neurology; Executive
Vice Chair, Department of Neurology; Professor of
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director,
UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Center; Director, Deane
F. Johnson Center for Neurotherapeutics |
Neuropsychiatry of Alzheimer's disease and dementias;
clinical trials in neurodegenerative diseases |
|
Mirella
Dapretto, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences |
Neuroimaging of language and developmental disorders
|
|
Richard De La Garza,
II, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Clinical
pharmacology of drug addiction |
|
Antonio
A.F. De Salles, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), and Radiation
Oncology |
Functional Neurosurgery: Clinical aspects of Parkinson's
disease after pallidotomy and basic research in
Parkinsonism MPTP model including cell transplantation
and growth factor injections in
basal ganglia; Radiosurgery: Clinical research on
application of radiosurgery for brain tumors, epilepsy,
and chronic pain, and basic research on effects
of ionizing radiation to cerebral vasculature and
neuronal firing |
|
Jean S.
de Vellis, Ph.D. |
Professor of Neurobiology, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences; Director, Mental Retardation Research
Center |
Genetic and epigenetic molecular mechanisms of glial
and neuronal developmental and pathophysiology from
embryonic to adult central nervous system in animal
models |
|
Antonio
V. Delgado-Escueta, M.D. |
Professor of Neurology; Director, Epilepsy Center
of Excellence, GLAVA Healthcare System |
Epilepsy genetics and neurobiology of human epilepsy
genes |
|
Joseph
L. Demer, M.D., Ph.D. |
Leonard Apt Professor of Ophthalmology; Professor of Neurology
|
Ocular motor physiology |
| Joseph
J. DiStefano, III, Ph.D. |
Professor of Computer Science, Medicine,
and Biomedical
Engineering |
Computational systems biology; biocybernetics |
|
Bruce
H. Dobkin, M.D. |
Professor of Neurology; Medical Director, Neurologic
Rehabilitation and Research Unit |
Functional imaging and physiological and behavioral
assessments of neurorehabilitation interventions
for motor control |
|
Lars Dreier, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Neurobiology |
Molecular mechanisms
of synapse formation and function in C. elegans |
|
V. Reggie
Edgerton, Ph.D. |
Professor of Physiological Science, and
Neurobiology |
Investigations focus on how the spinal cord controls
posture and locomotion and the potential and mechanisms
of the plasticity of the spinal cord and muscles
following spinal cord injury |
|
Jerome
Engel, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. |
Jonathan Sinay Professor of Neurology; Professor
of Neurobiology, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences;
Chief, UCLA Seizure Disorder Center |
Epilepsy |
|
Christopher
J. Evans, Ph.D. |
Director, Brain Research Institute; Stefan Hatos
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
|
Neurobiology of drugs of abuse and neuroimmune interactions |
|
Gordon
L. Fain, Ph.D. |
Distinguished Professor of Physiology,
Ophthalmology, and Neuroscience |
Cellular physiology
of vertebrate retina |
|
Guoping
Fan, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Human Genetics |
Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neural
development |
|
Michael
S. Fanselow, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychology |
Neurobiology of learning, memory and emotion |
|
Debora
B. Farber, Ph.D., D.Ph.h.c. |
Karl Kirchgessner Professor of Ophthalmology; Associate
Director, Jules Stein Eye Institute; Co-Chief, Vision
Science Division |
Animal models of retinal degeneration; biochemistry,
molecular biology, and genetcis of retinal degenerations;
gene regulation and therapy, retinitis pigmentosa
and allied human diseases, and ocular albinism |
|
Kym F.
Faull, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences;
Director, Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory |
Mass spectrometry and the characterization of biologically
important molecules |
|
Jack L.
Feldman, Ph.D. |
Distinguished
Professor of Neurobiology |
Systems neurobiology |
|
Robin
S. Fisher, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences,
and Neurobiology |
Neuroanatomy and development |
|
L. Jaime
Fitten, M.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
|
Attentional dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and
its implications for motor vehicle operation |
|
Nelson
B. Freimer, M.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences,
and Human Genetics |
The genetic basis of neurobehavioral traits, development
of research tools to facilitate the genetic investigation
of complex traits |
|
Itzhak
Fried, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences, and Surgery (Neurosurgery); Director,
Epilepsy Surgery; Co-Director, Seizure Disorder
Center |
Neuronal basis of cognitive processing in the human
brain |
|
Mark A. Frye, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Physiological Sciences |
Multisensory fusion, sensory-motor integration |
|
Denson
G. Fujikawa, M.D. |
Adjunct Professor of Neurology |
Neuronal death |
|
Joaquin
M. Fuster, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
|
Cortical physiology of perception and memory |
|
Alan
Garfinkel, Ph.D. |
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), and Physiological
Science |
Mathematical modeling; cardiac electrophysiology
|
|
Thomas
R. Garrick, M.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
|
Violence recidivisim in sexually violent predators
|
|
Richard
A. Gatti, M.D. |
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
Molecular genetics of ataxia-telangiectasia |
|
Dave A. Gayle, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Impact
of in utero infections on fetal neurodevelopment |
|
Daniel
H. Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D. |
Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished
Professor of Human Genetics; Professor of Neurology,
and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences; Director, Neurogenetics
Program; Director, UCLA Center for Autism Research
and Treatment |
Developmental neurogenetics |
|
Christopher
C. Giza, M.D. |
Associate Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) and Pediatrics(Pediatric Neurology) |
Developmental brain injury and neuroplasticity |
|
David
L. Glanzman, Ph.D. |
Professor of Physiological Science, and Neurobiology
|
Neurobiology of learning and memory in Aplysia
|
|
Vay
Liang W. Go, M.D. |
Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases);
Co-Director, UCLA Center for Human Nutrition |
Brain-pancreas interaction in metabolic regulation
and cancer prevention |
|
Fernando
Gómez-Pinilla, Ph.D. |
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), and Physiological
Science |
Mechanisms of brain plasticity and repair |
|
Roger
A. Gorski, Ph.D. |
Distinguished
Professor of Neurobiology |
The mechanisms of the process of the hormone-dependent
sexual differentiation of the rat brain |
|
Robert
J. Greenberg, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical
Engineering |
Electrical stimulation of the retina with the goal
of creating a retinal prosthesis for patients blind
from outer retinal degenerations |
|
Carlos
V. Grijalva, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychology |
Behavioral neuroscience |
|
Alan D.
Grinnell, Ph.D. |
Distinguished
Professor of Physiology, and Physiological Science;
Director, Ahmanson Laboratory of Neurobiology |
Synaptic mechanisms |
|
Warren S. Grundfest, M.D., FACS |
Professor of Surgery; Professor of Biomedical
Engineering, and Electrical Engineering |
Biomedical sensors, optics, and lasers |
|
Cameron
B. Gundersen, Ph.D. |
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
|
Presynaptic structure and function |
|
Ming
Guo, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Neurology, and Molecular
and Medical Pharmacology |
Mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases |
| Zhefeng Guo, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Neurology |
Structural biology
of amyloid-related neurodegenerative diseases |
|
Karen
H. Gylys, Ph.D., R.N. |
Associate Professor, School of Nursing |
Alzheimer’s disease and early cellular events |
|
Ronald
M. Harper, Ph.D. |
Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology |
Neural mechanisms underlying cardiovascular and
respiratory control during sleep and waking states |
| Neil
G.Harris, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) |
Brain
Trauma: plasticity, blood flow & metabolism,
neurogenesis, PET, MRI |
|
Volker
Hartenstein, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor of Molecular, Cell & Developmental
Biology |
Developmental neurobiology |
|
Leif
A. Havton, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Neurology |
Spinal cord injury and repair |
| Chih-Ming
Ho, Ph.D. |
Ben Rich-Lockheed Martin Professor of Mechanical
& Aerospace Engineering; Director, Institute
for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration; Associate Vice
Chancellor for Research |
Micro/nano technology for bio applications |
| Larry
F. Hoffman, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery (Head &
Neck) |
Sensory neuroscience, particularly involving the
vestibular system |
|
Joshua
A. Hoffs, M.D. |
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences |
Mind-brain-integration |
|
Keith
J. Holyoak, Ph.D. |
Distinguished Professor of Psychology |
Cognitive science and neuroscience of reasoning
|
|
Carolyn
R. Houser, Ph.D. |
Professor of Neurobiology |
Morphological studies of the GABA system and epilepsy
|
|
David
A. Hovda, Ph.D. |
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), and Molecular
and Medical Pharmacology |
Neurotrauma |
|
Sherrel
Howard, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology,
and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Dopamine receptors, oligodendrocyte development,
drugs of abuse |
|
Wayne
L. Hubbell, Ph.D. |
Jules Stein Professor of Ophthalmology;
Distinguished Professor of
Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Molecular basis of membrane excitation |
|
Marco
Iacoboni, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences |
Brain imaging; neural systems for social cognition
|
|
Louis
J. Ignarro, Ph.D. |
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology;
Jerome J. Belzer Chair—Medical Research |
Nitric oxide, vascular physiology, cellular proliferation
|
|
Michael
R. Irwin, M.D. |
Norman Cousins Professor, Department of Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director and Senior
Research Scientist, Norman Cousins Program in Psychoneuroimmunology |
Psychoneuroimmunology, insomnia, fatigue, cancer
survivors |
|
George
R. Jackson, M.D, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Neurology |
Molecular genetics of neurodegeneration |
|
Joanna C. Jen, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Neurology |
Genetic
and physiological bases of neurological disorders
involving balance, coordination, and eye movement
control |
|
J. David
Jentsch, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Psychology, and Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sceinces |
Neuropsychopharmacology of cognition and attention;
behavioral functions of monoamine transmitters,
with emphasis on dopamine; genetic and developmental
basis of schizophrenia |
|
Jack
W. Judy, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering |
Neural prostheses and neural micro-instruments produced
with microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technologies |
|
H. Ronald Kaback, M.D. |
Professor
of Physiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical
Institute |
Structure
and mechanisms of ion-coupled secondary active
transport proteins |
|
Bruce
L. Kagan, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Neurotoxicity caused by channel forming toxins |
|
Patricia
A. Kapur, M.D. |
Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology;
Ronald L. Katz Chair |
Anesthesiology |
|
Daniel
L. Kaufman, Ph.D. |
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology |
Autoimmune disease, imaging and neurodevelopment
|
|
Erin Keen-Rhinehart,
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Reproductive and
metabolic neuroendocrinology |
|
Baljit S. Khakh,
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Physiology, and Neurobiology |
Ion channels and
synapses |
|
Barbara
J. Knowlton, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of
Undergraduate Programs, Department of Psychology |
Cognitive neuroscience |
|
Carla
M. Koehler, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
Molecular basis of mitochondrial diseases |
|
Brian
J. Koos, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor and Vice Chair (Academic Affairs) of Obstetrics
and Gynecology |
Fetal behavior and cardiovascular responses to hypoxia
|
|
Harley
I. Kornblum, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology,
and Pediatrics |
Neural stemcells, neural repair, and brain tumors |
|
David
E. Krantz, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences |
Regulation of neurotransmitter transporters in Drosophila
|
|
Franklin
B. Krasne, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychology |
Neurobiology (circuitry and circuit function) of
escape behavior in crayfish, primarily modulation
of circuit function by experience and neuromodulators
including serotonin |
|
Sally
Krasne, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Physiology |
Analysis of the structural basis of ion channel
function |
|
Lawrence
Kruger, Ph.D. |
Research Professor of Neurobiology, and Anesthesiology
|
Pain; neuroscience history |
|
Ira Kurtz, M.D. |
Professor
of Medicine; Chief, Division of Nephrology; Factor
Chair in Molecular Nephrology |
Acid-base
transporters |
|
Jennifer S. Labus, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Dynamics of neural
networks underlying functional pain disorders and
stress neurobiology |
|
Albert Lai, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Neurology |
Epigenetic/genetic
characterization of glioblastoma response to therapy |
|
Joseph L. Lasky, III, M.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) |
Molecular mechanisms
of, and targeted therapies for pediatric central
nervous system tumors |
|
Andrew
F. Leuchter, M.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director, Laboratory
of Brain, Behavior and Pharmacology; Director, Office of Professional
and Community Education |
Clinical neurophysiology; placebo effect |
|
Michel
F. Lévesque, M.D. |
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery);
Director, Functional Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center |
Molecular and cellular analysis of nervous system
regeneration |
|
Barbara A. Levey, M.D. |
Professor of
Medicine; Assistant Vice Chancellor of Biomedical
Affairs |
Clinical
pharmacology |
|
Michael
S. Levine, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences;
Associate Director, Mental Retardation Research
Center; Associate Director for Education, Brain
Research Institute; Chair, Graduate Interdepartmental
Program for Neuroscience |
The mechanisms underlying neuronal dysfunction in
the basal ganglia and cortex in neurodegenerative
disorders |
|
Linda M. Liau, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) |
Brain tumor molecular biology, neuro-immunology
and stem cells |
| Shuo
Lin, Ph.D. |
Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental
Biology |
Mechanisms involved in lineage-specific gene expression
and proliferation of neuronal and neuroendocrine
progenitor cells |
|
Xin Liu,
M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology |
Molecular neurology; neuronal growth and differentiation
|
| Zili
Liu, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Psychology |
Visual perception and computation
|
|
Edythe
D. London, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences,
and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology |
Brain imaging (PET, MRI) in studies of drug abuse |
| Pedro
R. Lowenstein, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
of Medicine, and Molecular and Medical
Pharmacology; Director, Gene Therapeutics Research
Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Gene
therapy |
|
Aldons J. Lusis, Ph.D. |
Professor
and Vice-Chair, Department of Human Genetics;
Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular
Genetics, and Professor of Medicine |
Genetic dissection
of complex traits |
|
Karen
M. Lyons, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Molecular, Cell
& Developmental Biology, and Biological
Chemistry |
The
roles of BMP signaling pathways in organogenesis |
|
Paul M. Macey, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Nursing |
Central control of
sleep and breathing, and changes in CNS with
sleep-disordered breathing |
|
Nigel T. Maidment, Ph.D. |
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Neuropharmacology of drug abuse |
|
Kelsey
C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences, and Biological Chemistry |
Cell biological and molecular mechanisms of synapse
formation and synaptic plasticity |
| Juan
Carlos G. Marvizón, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) |
Neurophysiology of pain and analgesia; cellular
and molecular mechanisms that mediate central sensitization
in the spinal cord |
|
Gary W. Mathern, M.D. |
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) |
Anatomic changes in human brain tissue removed to
control epilepsy |
|
Emeran A. Mayer, M.D. |
Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director, Center for
Neurovisceral & Women's Health; Associate Director,
CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center |
Neurobiology of visceral pain, stress and brain-gut
interactions |
|
John C. Mazziotta, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology; Director, Brain Mapping Center;
Associate Director, Semel Institute |
Develop, refine, validate and distribute tools and
data to measure brain structure and function in
both health and disease |
|
Edward R. B. McCabe, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor and Executive Chair, Department of Pediatrics;
Professor of Human Genetics; Physician-in-Chief, Mattel Children’s Hospital |
Developmental medical genetics and molecular medicine
|
|
James T. McCracken, M.D. |
Joseph Campbell
Professor of Child Psychiatry;
Director, Chi |
