| Name
|
Title
|
Research
Interest |
| Jeffry
R. Alger, Ph.D. |
Professor
of 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 Clinic |
Mood Disorders
Research Program |
| Arthur
P. Arnold, Ph.D. |
Professor
and Chair of Physiological Science |
Sexual differentiation
of the brain, sex chromosome effects on neural development |
| Bernard
W. Balleine, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychology |
Behavioral
neuroscience, particularly the behavioral and neural bases of basic
learning and memory processes |
| Utpal
Banerjee, Ph.D. |
Professor
and Chair of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology; Professor
of Human Genetics, and Biological Chemistry |
Developmental
biology |
| Mark
Barad, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Learning and
memory; extinction of conditioned fear; mouse models of human anxiety
disorders |
| Ulrich
Batzdorf, M.D. |
Professor
of Surgery (Neurosurgery); Director of Spine Surgery |
Syringomyelia,
Chiari malformation |
| Jackson
T. Beatty, Ph.D. |
Professor
and Vice Chair of Psychology |
Neuroinformatics
|
| Donald
P. Becker, M.D. |
Professor
and Chief, Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery) |
Neurometabolic
pathobiology of traumatic brain injury |
| Marvin
Bergsneider, M.D. |
Associate
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) |
Traumatic
brain injury and hydrocephalus |
| Steven
M. Berman, Ph.D. |
Associate
Researcher, Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences,
and Medicine; Director of Imaging, UCLA/CURE Neuroenteric Disease
Program |
Alcohol and
drug abuse vulnerability studies; brain imaging |
| Francisco
Bezanilla, Ph.D. |
Hagiwara Professor
of Neuroscience; Professor of Anesthesiology, and Physiology |
Biophysics
of excitation |
| Suraj
P. Bhat, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Ophthalmology |
Regulation
of gene expression in the developing vertebrate visual system |
| Aaron
Blaisdell, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychology |
Learning and
memory cognition in rats; visual perception and cognition in pigeons
|
| 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. |
Professor
of Neurobiology, and Dolly Green Professor of Ophthalmology |
Retinal cell
biology |
| Susan
Y. Bookheimer, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Functional
magnetic resonance imaging, language, memory |
| James
R. Boulter, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Molecular
neurobiology |
| Anatol
Bragin, Ph.D. |
Associate
Research Neurologist |
Epilepsy,
basic mechanisms |
| 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, and Professor of Medicine |
Retinal cell
biology |
| Jeff
Bronstein, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Neurology; Director, UCLA Movement Disorders Program
|
Oligodendrocytes;
Parkinson’s disease |
| 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. |
Assistant
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. |
Professor
of Neuroscience, Mental Retardation Research Center, Molecular and
Developmental Neuroscience Group |
The function
of MBP gene products in the immune and nervous systems |
| Tyrone
D. Cannon, Ph.D. |
Staglin Family
Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences,
and Human Genetics |
Genetics and
neurobiology of schizophrenia |
| 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. |
Assistant
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. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Neurobiology
|
Genetic mechanisms
of central nervous system patterning |
| Scott
H. Chandler, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neuroscience, Department of Physiological Science |
Brainstem
mechanisms controlling jaw movements |
| Andrew
C. Charles, M.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurology; Director, Residency Training Program |
Investigation
of non-synaptic glial, neuronal, and endothelial cell signaling
mechanisms with simultaneous imaging and electrophysiology |
| Marie-Françoise
Chesselet, M.D., Ph.D. |
Chair, Department
of Neurobiology; Charles H. Markham Professor of Neurology |
Molecular
mechanisms of neural repair and movement disorders in the basal
ganglia, a brain region affected in Parkinson’s and Huntington’s
disease |
| Francesco
Chiappelli, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Dentistry |
Psychoneuroendocrine-immune
surveillance of the oral cavity |
| 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 |
Biochemistry
of aging |
| Timothy
F. Cloughesy, M.D. |
Associate
Professor of Neurology |
Human brain
tumors |
| Mark
S. Cohen, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurology, Radiological Sciences, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences, and Biomedical Physics |
Technology
and applications of functional magnetic resonance imaging |
| John
Colicelli, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Biological Chemistry |
Signal transduction
properties of RIN1 |
| Robert
C. Collins, M.D. |
Professor
of Neurology |
Cerebral metabolism;
imaging; functional brain metabolism |
| Christopher
S. Colwell, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Circadian
rhythms, neural control of behavior |
| Edwin
L. Cooper, Ph.D., Sc.D. |
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 |
| Ana
Maria Correa, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Anesthesiology |
Voltage-gated
ion channel biophysics, modulation by voltage and anesthetics, and
structure-function relationships |
| Jeffrey
L. Cummings, M.D. |
Augustus S.
Rose Professor of Neurology; Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences; Director, UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Center; Director, Neurobehavior
Fellowship Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
Alzheimer's
disease, neuropsychiatry, therapeutics |
| Mirella
Dapretto, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Neuroimaging
of language and developmental disorders |
| 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 the 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 |
Developmental
neurobiology |
| Antonio
V. Delgado-Escueta, M.D. |
Professor
of Neurology; Director, VA Southwest Regional Epilepsy Center, VAMC
West Los Angeles |
Mutation analysis
of Lafora's Disease (CHR6q24), childhood absence (CHR8q24), and
positional cloning for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (CHR6p11) |
| Joseph
L. Demer, M.D., Ph.D. |
Laraine and
David Gerber Professor of Ophthalmology, Chief, Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Division; Director, Ocular Motility Laboratories; Professor of Neurology
|
Ocular motor
physiology |
| Bruce
H. Dobkin, M.D. |
Professor
of Neurology; Medical Director, Neurologic Rehabilitation and Research
Unit |
Neurologic
rehabilitation |
| V.
Reggie Edgerton, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Physiological Science, and Neurobiology; Acting Director, Brain
Research Institute |
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 |
| Gaylord
D. Ellison, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychology and Neuroscience |
Psychopharmacology
and degeneration after drugs of abuse |
| Jerome
Engel, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurology, and Neurobiology; Chief, UCLA Seizure Disorder Center;
Jonathan Sinay Chair in Epilepsy |
Epilepsy |
| Stephen
A. Engel, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychology |
Cognitive
neuroscience |
| Christopher
J. Evans, Ph.D. |
Stefan Hatos
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Associate Director
for Research, Brain Research Institute |
Neurobiology
of opioids |
| Gordon
L. Fain, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Physiological Science, and Ophthalmology |
Physiology
of vertebrate photoreceptors |
| Guoping
Fan, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Human Genetics |
Neural development
|
| Michael
S. Fanselow, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychology |
Learning,
memory, emotion |
| Debora
B. Farber, Ph.D., D.Ph.h.c. |
Professor
of Ophthalmology; Associate Director, Jules Stein Eye Institute;
Karl Kirchgessner Foundation Chair in Vision Science |
Isolation,
characterization, chromosome-mapping, and study of the regulation
of expression of genes involved in inherited diseases of the retina
and the CNS |
| Kym
F. Faull, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director, Pasarow Mass
Spectrometry Laboratory |
Cellular communication
and mass spectrometry |
| Jack
L. Feldman, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology |
Systems neurobiology
|
| Milan
Fiala, M.D. |
Associate
Researcher, Department of Medicine |
Alzheimer’s
disease HIV cardiomyopathy and encephalitis |
| Robin
S. Fisher, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Neurobiology; Core
Facilities Director and Neuroanatomist, Brain Research Institute
|
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 |
The genetic
basis of neurobehavioral 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 |
| Denson
G. Fujikawa, M.D. |
Adjunct Professor
of Neurology |
Neuronal death
|
| Bernard
K.K. Fung, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Ophthalmology, and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology |
Signal transduction
and macromolecular assembly |
| Joaquin
M. Fuster, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Cortical physiology
of perception and memory |
| Alan
Garfinkel, Ph.D. |
Associate
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 incarcerated criminals |
| Richard
A. Gatti, M.D. |
Professor
of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
Molecular
genetics of ataxia-telangiectasia |
| Daniel
H. Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurology; Director, Neurogenetics Program |
Developmental
neurogenetics |
| Christopher
C. Giza, M.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), and Pediatrics (Pediatric Neurology)
|
Traumatic
brain injury; neural development and plasticity |
| 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; Co-Director, UCLA Center for Human Nutrition |
Nutrient-gene
interaction |
| Fernando
Gómez-Pinilla, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), and Physiological Science |
Mechanisms
of neuroplasticity |
| Roger
A. Gorski, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology; Director, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Brain
Research Institute |
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 |
Retinal degeneration
and retinal prostheses |
| Carlos
V. Grijalva, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychology |
Behavioral
neuroscience |
| Alan
D. Grinnell, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Physiology, and Physiological Science; Director, Jerry Lewis
Neuromuscular Research Center; Director, Ahmanson Laboratory of
Neurobiology |
Synaptic mechanisms
|
| Ming
Guo, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurology |
Mechanisms
of neurodegenerative diseases |
| Cameron
B. Gundersen, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology |
Presynaptic
structure and function |
| Karen
H. Gylys, Ph.D., R.N. |
Assistant
Professor, School of Nursing |
Alzheimer’s
disease and early cellular events |
| Susan
J. Harkema, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurology |
Spinal cord
injury |
| Ronald
M. Harper, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology |
Autonomic
control |
| Volker
Hartenstein, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology |
Developmental
neurobiology |
| Leif
A. Havton, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurology |
Neural repair
after spinal cord injury |
| Harvey
R. Herschman, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Biological Chemistry, and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology;
Crump Professor of Medical Engineering |
Gene expression
|
| Joshua
A. Hoffs, M.D. |
Assistant
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Interdisciplinary
neuroscience, neuroimaging, mind-brain-integration |
| Keith
J. Holyoak, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychology |
Cognitive
science and neuroscience of reasoning |
| Vicente
Honrubia, M.D., D.M.Sc. |
Professor
of Surgery (Head and Neck); Director, Victor Goodhill Ear Center
|
Anatomical,
physiological, and molecular biological studies of the inner ear,
vestibular nerve, and centers |
| 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
|
| Bruce
D. Howard, M.D. |
Professor
of Biological Chemistry |
Biochemistry
of the synthesis, storage, release and reuptake of neurotransmitters
|
| 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, Associate Director, Jules Stein Eye
Institute; Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Molecular
basis of membrane excitation |
| Marco
Iacoboni, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Neural basis
of imitation |
| Louis
J. Ignarro, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; Jerome J. Belzer Chair—Medical
Research |
Nitric oxide,
vascular physiology, cellular proliferation |
| Michael
Irwin, M.D. |
Norman Cousins
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences;
Director, Norman Cousins Program in Psychoneuroimmunology |
Psychoneuroimmunology
|
| George
R. Jackson, M.D, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurology |
Molecular
genetics of neurodegeneration |
| J.
David Jentsch, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychology |
Neuropharmacological
and neurochemical mechanisms underlying cognition and attention
in laboratory animals |
| Jack
W. Judy, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Electrical Engineering |
Neural prostheses
and neural micro-instruments produced with microelectromechanical
systems (MEMS) technologies |
| Douglas
Junge, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Dentistry (Oral Biology and Medicine) |
Computational
neurophysiology; orofacial sensory and motor function |
| Bruce
L. Kagan, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Channel forming
toxins |
| Patricia
A. Kapur, M.D. |
Professor
and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology; Ronald L. Katz Chair |
Anesthesiology
|
| Daniel
L. Kaufman, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology |
Autoimmune
diseases and neurodevelopment |
|
Marc Klein, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Associate
Professor of Physiological Science |
Synaptic plasticity,
short-term learning and memory |
| Barbara
Knowlton, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychology |
Cognitive
neuroscience |
| Carla
M. Koehler, Ph.D. |
Assistant
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. |
Associate
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, and Pediatrics
|
Developmental
neurobiology, neural repair, and neural stem cells |
| David
E. Krantz, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Neurotransmitter
transporters and synaptic transmission |
| 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 |
| Andrew
F. Leuchter, M.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director, Division of
Adult Psychiatry; Director ( Clinical Core), UCLA Alzheimer’s Disease
Center; Director, Quantitative EEG Laboratory; 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 |
| Michael
S. Levine, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Associate Director, Mental
Retardation Research Center; Associate Director for Research, Brain
Research Institute; Chair, Interdepartmental Undergraduate Program
for Neuroscience, Acting Chair, Interdepartmental Graduate Program
for Neuroscience |
The mechanisms
underlying neuronal dysfunction in the basal ganglia and cortex
in neurodegenerative disorders |
|
Linda M. Liau, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) |
Neuro-oncology,
brain tumor biology |
|
Julio Licinio, M.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director, Clinical Pharmacology
Program |
Psychoneuroimmunology
|
| Xin
Liu, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Molecular and
Medical Pharmacology |
Neuronal growth
and differentiation |
| Zili
Liu, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Psychology |
Visual perception,
cognition and learning |
| Edythe
D. London, Ph.D. |
Visiting Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Molecular and Medical
Pharmacology |
Studies of
addictive and other neuropsychiatric disorders using neuroimaging
techniques |
|
Faustino Lopez, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Neurobiology
of sleep deprivation |
| John
K.H. Lu, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Reproductive
senescence and neuroendocrine aging |
|
Nigel T. Maidment, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Neuropharmacology
of drug abuse |
| Kelsey
C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Biological
Chemistry |
Cell and molecular
biology of learning-related synaptic plasticity |
| Juan
Carlos G. Marvizón, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) |
Neurophysiology of pain and analgesia investigating cellular and
molecular mechanisms that mediate central sensitization in the spinal
cord |
|
Gary W. Mathern, M.D. |
Associate
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
|
Neurobiology
of visceral pain, stress and brain-gut interactions |
|
John C. Mazziotta, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
and Chair of Neurology, Professor of Radiological Sciences, and
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; Director, Brain Mapping Center
|
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; Physician-in-Chief,
Mattel Children’s Hospital |
Human molecular
genetics |
|
James T. McCracken, M.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director, Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry; Joseph Campbell Chair—Child Psychiatry |
Pediatric
psychopharmacology, pharmacogenetics, brain imaging and development
|
| Dennis
J. McGinty, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Professor
of Psychology; Chief, Neurophysiology Research, Sepulveda VAMC |
Regulation
of sleep |
| Michael
T. McGuire, M.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Behavior-physiology
interactions and Darwinian psychiatry |
| William
P. Melega, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology |
Neuronal plasticity,
Parkinson’s disease, methamphetamine neurotoxicity |
|
Walter Metzner, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Physiological Science |
Behavioral
neuroscience (Neuroethology) |
|
Paul E. Micevych, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology, and Surgery (Head & Neck Surgery) |
Reproductive
neuroendocrinology |
|
Paul S. Mischel, M.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
Molecular
pathogenesis of brain tumors |
|
Istvan Mody, Ph.D. |
Tony Coelho
Professor of Neurology, and Professor of Physiology |
Synaptic signaling
in health and disease |
| Jonathan
R. Monck, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Physiology |
Biophysics,
exocytosis, imaging |
| Bartly
J. Mondino, M.D. |
Bradley R.
Straatsma Professor of Ophthalmology; Chair, Department of Ophthalmology;
Director, Jules Stein Eye Institute; Chief, Cornea-External Disease
Division |
Cornea-external
disease |
| Norman
S. Namerow, M.D. |
Clinical Professor
of Neurology, and Psychiatry |
Chronic pain
|
| Peter
M. Narins, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Physiological Science |
Auditory physiology
and behavior |
| Valeriy
Nenov, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Associate
Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), and Biomedical Engineering
IDP |
Development
of Java-based telemedical applications for remote monitoring of
patients in intensive care; computational modeling of memory functions
of the hippocampus |
| Elizabeth
F. Neufeld, Ph.D. |
Professor
and Chair of Biological Chemistry |
Lysosomal
storage diseases |
| Thomas
F. Newton, M.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Behavioral
pharmacology in stimulant dependence |
| Sheila
Nirenberg, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurobiology |
Visual processing
|
| Ernest
P. Noble, M.D., Ph.D. |
Pike Professor
of Alcohol Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences;
Director, Alcohol Research Center |
Molecular
genetics of drug dependence |
| Marc
R. Nuwer, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurology; Department Head, Clinical Neurophysiology |
Development
of brain monitoring for surgery and critical care units; public
policy in professional practice |
| Thomas
J. O'Dell, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Physiology |
Synaptic plasticity,
learning and memory |
| Paul
H. O'Lague, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology |
Mathematical
modeling of osmoregulation using phase transition physics to model
osmoregulation in cells |
| Riccardo
Olcese, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Anesthesiology, Division of Molecular Medicine |
Molecular
physiology and biophysics of voltage and calcium dependent ion channels
|
| Richard
W. Olsen, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, and Anesthesiology |
Molecular
neuropharmacology |
| Edward
M. Ornitz, M.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Clinical neurophysiology,
focusing on startle modulation in developmental disorders and childhood
psychophysiology |
| Thomas
Otis, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurobiology |
Synaptic transmission,
cerebellar circuits |
| Aarno
V. Palotie, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Human Genetics |
Genetics of
neurological diseases (migraine, multiple sclerosis) |
| Diane
M. Papazian, Ph.D. |
Professor
and Executive Vice Chair of Physiology |
Structure,
function, and biogenesis of voltage-gated potassium channels |
| William
M. Pardridge, M.D. |
Professor
of Medicine (Endocrinology) |
Blood-brain
barrier; drug targeting to brain; brain gene therapy |
| Leena
Peltonen, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
and Chair of Human Genetics |
Molecular
pathology of neurological diseases |
| Kent
M. Perryman, Ph.D. |
Associate
Research Physiologist, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences |
Normal aging
and dementia |
| Michael
E. Phelps, Ph.D. |
Norton Simon
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; Chair, Department
of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; Director, Crump Institute
for Biological Imaging; Associate Director, Laboratory of Structural
Biology and Molecular Medicine; Professor of Biomath |
The merger
of biology and imaging to provide the means to examine molecular
and cellular function in tissue cultures as well as integrated organ
function in animals and humans |
| Patricia
E. Phelps, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Physiological Science |
Intercellular
relationships and molecules that control neuronal migration in the
developing mammalian spinal cord |
| Michel
Philippart, M.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Pediatrics, and Neurology
|
Developmental
disorders, leukodystrophies |
| Russell
E. Poland, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Biological
basis of neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly depression and
schizophrenia |
| Russell
A. Poldrack, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychology |
Cognitive
neuroscience of human learning and memory |
| Javier
Quintana, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Decision making,
emotional processing, fMRI |
| Uma
Rao, M.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Adolescent
depression and substance use disorders |
| Dario
L. Ringach, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurobiology, and Psychology |
Visual neurophysiology
psychophysics and mathematical modeling of receptive fields |
| Leonard
H. Rome, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Biological Chemistry; Senior Associate Dean for Research, David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
The study
of biogenesis and function of novel subcellular organelles called
vaults |
| Roland
R. Roy, Ph.D. |
Researcher,
Brain Research Institute, and Physiological Science |
Neuromuscular
plasticity |
| Eduardo
H. Rubinstein, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
of Physiology, and Anesthesiology |
Techniques
for brain protection during ischemia |
| Albert
Sattin, M.D. |
Associate
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences: Chief,
Antidepressant Neuropharmacology Laboratory, West Los Angeles VAMC
|
Mechanism
of therapeutic action of lithium and valproate involving TRH receptors
|
| Arnold
B. Scheibel, M.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Schizophrenia
|
| Stan
Schein, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychology |
Structure
of retinal synapses, cells and circuits; fullerene selection
rules |
| John
D. Schlag, M.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology |
Cognitive
visuo-oculomotor mechanisms |
| Madeleine
Schlag-Rey, Ph.D. |
Research Neurobiologist
|
Single-unit
recording from frontal cortical areas programming and producing
antisaccades |
| Barney
A. Schlinger, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Physiological Science |
Neuroendocrinology
|
| Erik
S. Schweitzer, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate
Researcher, Brain Research Institute, and Physiological Science
|
Cellular mechanisms
of pathogenesis in Huntington’s disease |
| Felix
E. Schweizer, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurobiology |
Synaptic transmission
|
| Margaret
N. Shouse, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Professor
of Neurobiology; Chief, Sleep Disturbance Research, Sepulveda VAMC
|
Sleep and
epilepsy |
| Jerome
M. Siegel, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Chief, Neurobiology Research
and Organochlorines Research, Sepulveda VAMC |
Sleep, narcolepsy;
evolution and function of REM sleep |
| Alcino
J. Silva, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Psychology
|
Genetics,
hippocampus, memory |
| Daniel
H.S. Silverman, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; Head, Neuronuclear
Imaging Research Group |
Neuronuclear
imaging; cognitive impairment |
| Elyse
J. Singer, M.D. |
Associate
Professor of Neurology |
Effects of
HIV-1 and related viruses on the nervous system |
| Gary
W. Small, M.D. |
Parlow-Solomon
Professor on Aging; Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences;
Director, UCLA Center on Aging |
Early detection
and prevention of age-related memory loss and dementia |
| Desmond
J. Smith, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology |
Functional
genomics of the brain |
| Judith
L. Smith, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Physiological Science; Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education,
College of Letters and Science |
Neural control
of stereotypic limb motions |
| Michael
V. Sofroniew, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology |
Neural injury
and repair |
| Igor
Spigelman, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Dentistry (Oral Biology and Medicine) |
Neurobiology
of disease; basic mechanisms of chronic pain, seizures and stroke
|
| Enrico
Stefani, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
and Vice Chair (Research) of Anesthesiology; Professor of Physiology
|
Molecular
determinants of voltage dependent Ca 2+ and K+
channel function |
| Catia
Sternini, M.D. |
Professor
of Medicine, and Neurobiology |
Neurogastroenterology
|
| Bradley
R. Straatsma, M.D. |
Professor
of Ophthalmology |
Ophthalmology
and ophthalmic oncology |
| Yi
Sun, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Molecular
and Medical Pharmacology |
Molecular
mechanisms underlying cell-fate specification in neural stem cells
|
| Yvette
Taché, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Interim Director, CURE: Digestive
Disease Research Center |
Brain-gut
interactions |
| Anna
N. Taylor, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology |
Neuroendocrine-immunology
|
| Bruce
Teter, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Medicine |
Apolipoprotein
E gene; Alzheimer’s disease |
| Paul
Thompson, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Neurology |
Neuroimaging
and brain mapping |
| James
G. Tidball, Ph.D. |
Professor
and Vice Chair of Physiological Science; Professor of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine; Chair, Molecular, Cellular & Integrative
Physiology; Director, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Center
|
Pathophysiology
of muscular dystrophy |
| Allan
J. Tobin, Ph.D. |
Director,
Brain Research Institute (on sabbatical 02-03); Eleanor Leslie Chair
in Neuroscience; Professor of Neurology, and Physiological Science
|
Gene regulation
and neural development; glutamate decarboxylases and GABA; basic
mechanisms underlying changes in seizure susceptibility; the use
of somatically engineered cells in animal models of epilepsy, Huntington's
disease, and Parkinson's disease |
| Arthur
W. Toga, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurology, and Assistant Chairman for Research Affairs; Director,
Laboratory of Neuro Imaging; Co-Director, Division of Brain Mapping;
D & L Straus Scholar, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
Visualization
of brain structure and function |
| Ligia
Toro, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Anesthesiology, and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology |
Smooth muscle,
ion channels and aging |
| Wallace
W. Tourtellotte, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
of Neurology |
Etiopathogenesis
of multiple sclerosis |
| Gabriel
H. Travis, M.D. |
Charles Kenneth
Feldman Chair, and Jules and Doris Stein Research to Prevent Blindness
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology; Professor of Biological
Chemistry |
Biochemistry
of vertebrate photoreceptors |
| Robert
B. Trelease, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Associate
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Associate Director,
Instructional Design and Technology Unit, Dean’s Office, David Geffen
School of Medicine at UCLA. |
Artificial
intelligence applied to biological modeling; 3D/4D visualization
of biological structures; advanced computer-based multimedia in
medical education |
| Julio
L. Vergara, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Physiology |
Skeletal muscle
excitation-contraction coupling and synaptic transmission |
| Jaime
R. Villablanca, M.D. |
Professor
of Neurobiology, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Developmental
post-lesion neuroplasticity |
| Harry
V. Vinters, M.D. |
Professor
of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Neurology; Chief, Section
of Neuropathology |
Morphologic
substrates of dementia; epilepsy-associated brain malformations
|
| Rhonda
R. Voskuhl, M.D. |
Associate
Professor of Neurology |
Mechanisms
in the immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis in humans using
the animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis to develop
novel therapies for disease |
| Roi
Ann Wallis, M.D. |
Associate
Professor of Neurology; Associate Chief of Neurology, VA GLAHS |
Mechanisms
of neuronal injury from trauma and stroke |
| James
A. Waschek, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Neuropeptides
action in development, injury, and neural systems |
| Claude
G. Wasterlain, M.D. |
Professor
of Neurology; Vice Chair Neurology, West Los Angeles VAMC |
The neuroscience
of epilepsy |
| Joseph
B. Watson, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Synaptic plasticity
and synaptic pathology in aging and Alzheimer’s disease |
| Nancy
L. Wayne, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Physiology |
Neuroendocrine
physiology |
| Jen
Yu Wei, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Professor
of Medicine |
Visceral axon
reflex |
| Geraldine
A. Weinmaster, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Biological Chemistry |
Molecular
mechanisms of ligand-induced Notch signal transduction in mammalian
cells |
| Stephanie
A. White, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Physiological Science |
How social
interactions influence the brain |
| Peter
C. Whybrow, M.D. |
Professor
and Executive Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences; Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute; Physician-in-Chief,
Neuropsychiatric Hospital; Judson Braun Chair—Biological Psychiatry
|
Depression
and manic-depressive disease and the effects of thyroid hormone
on the brain and human behavior |
| Charles
L. Wilson, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Professor
of Neurology |
Basic mechanisms
of epilepsy |
| Ma-Li
Wong, M.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences; Director, Laboratory of
Pharmacogenomics |
Psychoneuroimmunology
|
| Charles
D. Woody, M.D. |
Professor
of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Neurobiology |
Neurophysiology,
electrophysiology, learning and memory |
| Ernest
M. Wright, D.Sc. |
Professor
of Physiology |
The molecular
physiology of Na+ cotransporters including the neuronal Na+/C1-/GABA
cotransporter |
| Cui-Wei
Xie, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Cellular mechanisms
of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory; implications in drug
abuse and Alzheimer’s dementia |
| Hong
Yang, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate
Researcher, Department of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) |
Regulation
of medullary autonomic regulatory pathways by circulating hormones
|
| Xiangdong
William Yang, M.D., Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
Neurodegenerative
disease |
| Xian-Jie
Yang, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor of Ophthalmology, and Neurobiology |
Development
of vertebrate retina |
| Dahlia
Zaidel, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Professor
of Psychology |
Charting the
morphology and cytoarchitecture of the left and right hippocampus
in postmortem tissue from normal early development, adult and old
age, and from diseases such as schizophrenia or Alzheimer’s disease,
and genetic anomalies |
| Eran
Zaidel, Ph.D. |
Professor
of Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience |
