Team | Brain Institute

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Jaideep Kapur

Co-Director, UVA Brain Institute

Professor of Neurology

Eugene Meyer III Professor of Neuroscience

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Clinical Research • EEG • Electrophysiology • Epilepsy • Microscopy • Neurodegeneration • Neuroimaging • Systems Neuroscience

Sarah Kucenas

Co-Director, UVA Brain Institute

Owen R. Cheatham Professor of the Sciences & Professor of Biology

Director, Program in Fundamental Neuroscience

sk4ub@virginia.edu

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Genetic Manipulation • Microscopy • Neurodegeneration • Neurodevelopment • Neurogenetics

Amy Fansler

Senior Associate Director

acf7h@virginia.edu

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Anna Arp

Clinical Research Coordinator

amh3zg@virginia.edu

Kimmy Meegan

Clinical Research Coordinator

dxh5dv@uvahealth.org

Leah Miller

Clinical Research Intern

rge8az@uvahealth.org

Katie Pelland

Senior Research Program Officer

cmp5cg@uvahealth.org

Fatima Saldaña Morales

Assistant Director, UVA BRAIN Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Affairs OGPA

fzp7aq@virginia.edu

Chris Sheehan

Clinical Research Coordinator

ces5zq@uvahealth.org

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Stephen Abbott

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

sba6t@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Animal Behavior • EEG • Electrophysiology • Epilepsy • Genetic Manipulation • Microscopy • Systems Neuroscience

Scott Acton

Lawrence R. Quarles Professor and Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

acton@virginia.edu

Jeanne Alhusen

Professor of Nursing

Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing

jla7e@virginia.edu

Erika Axeen

Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

eta2h@virginia.edu

EEG • Epilepsy • Neurodevelopment • Neurogenetics

Douglas Bayliss

Professor of Pharmacology

dab3y@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Electrophysiology • Neurodevelopment • Systems Neuroscience

Mark Beenhakker

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

mpb5y@virginia.edu

Epilepsy

Edward Bertram

Professor of Neurology

ehb2z@virginia.edu

Epilepsy

George Bloom

Professor of Biology, Cell Biology, and Neuroscience

gsb4g@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Animal Behavior • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Genetic Manipulation • Human iPSCs • Microscopy • Neurodegeneration • Neuroimmunology • RNA-seq

Catherine Bradshaw

Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Education & Human Development

Professor of Human Services

cpb8g@virginia.edu

Community-engaged Research • Database Studies • Mental Health

Laurie Brenner

Associate Professor of Neurology

lb3sj@virginia.edu

Clinical Research • Epilepsy • Neurodevelopment • Neuroimmunology

J. Nicholas Brenton

Associate Professor of Neurology

jnb8h@virginia.edu

Epilepsy

Donna K. Broshek

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

dkb6v@virginia.edu

Jennifer Burnsed

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

jcw5b@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • EEG • Neurodevelopment

John Campbell

Assistant Professor of Biology

jnc4e@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Computational Neuroscience • Genetic Manipulation • Microscopy • Neurogenetics • RNA-seq • Systems Neuroscience

Jianhua (JC) Cang

Paul T. Jones Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor of Neuroscience

cang@virginia.edu

Anna Cliffe

Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology

cliffe@virginia.edu

Jessica Connelly

Professor of Psychology

jc2dg@virginia.edu

Elise Cope

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

elise.cope@virginia.edu

Jaeda Coutinho-Budd

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

xmn2mh@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Genetic Manipulation • Microscopy • Neurodegeneration • Neurodevelopment

Anelyssa D'Abreu

Associate Professor of Neurology

ad9rn@uvahealth.org

W. Alexander Dalrymple

Assistant Professor of Neurology

wad5g@virginia.edu

Beth Ellen Davis

Division Chief and Professor of Pediatrics

bed9kr@virginia.edu

Eric Davis

Associate Professor of Medicine

emd9b@virginia.edu

Christopher Deppmann

Professor of Biology

deppmann@virginia.edu

Jason Druzgal

Associate Professor of Radiology

tjd4m@virginia.edu

Michaela DuBay

Assistant Professor of Education

md3yb@virginia.edu

W. Jeffrey Elias

Professor of Neurological Surgery and Neurology

Epilepsy

Alev Erisir

Professor of Psychology

erisir@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Microscopy • Neurodevelopment • Systems Neuroscience

Tanya Evans

Associate Professor

tanya@virginia.edu

EEG • Neurodevelopment • Neuroimaging • Systems Neuroscience • fMRI

Upkong Eyo

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

ube9q@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Animal Behavior • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Epilepsy • Microscopy • Neurodevelopment • Neuroimaging

Camilo Fadul

The Jean and Ronald Butcher, MD, Eminent Scholars Professor of Neurology and Neuro Oncology

cef3w@uvahealth.org

Heather Ferris

Associate Professor of Medicine

hf4f@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Animal Behavior • Microscopy • Neurodegeneration • Neuroimmunology

Patrick Finan

Harold Carron Professor of Anesthesiology

tpx4xe@virginia.edu

Tom Fletcher

Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Associate Professor of Computer Science

ptf8v@virginia.edu

Sarah Flowers

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

kpj8ak@virginia.edu

Nathan Fountain

T.E. Worrell Professor in Epileptology and Neurology

nbf2p@virginia.edu

Clinical Research • EEG • Epilepsy

Virginia Gallagher

Research Assistant Professor of Neurology

Neuropsychologist

vgallagher@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Clinical Research • Community-engaged Research • Mental Health

Alban Gaultier

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

ag7h@virginia.edu

Howard Goodkin

Chair, Department of Neurology

Shure Professor of Neurology

hpg9v@virginia.edu

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • EEG • Electrophysiology • Epilepsy • Neurodevelopment

Tobias Grossmann

Professor of Psychology

tg3ny@virginia.edu

EEG • Neurodevelopment • Neuroimaging

Ali Güler

Associate Professor of Biology and Program in Fundamental Neuroscience

Director of Graduate Studies, Biology

aguler@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Animal Behavior • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • EEG • Electrophysiology • Genetic Manipulation • Microscopy • Neurodegeneration • Neurogenetics

Tajie Harris

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

tajieharris@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Genetic Manipulation • Microscopy • Neurodegeneration • Neuroimmunology • RNA-seq

Jay Hirsh

Professor of Biology

Director, Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience

jh6u@virginia.edu

Zachary Irving

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

zci7c@virginia.edu

Mathews Jacob

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

wzr8sn@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Neurodegeneration • Neurodevelopment • Neuroimaging • Neurotechnology and Therapeutics • fMRI

Lulu Jiang

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

wpm5vs@virginia.edu

Karen C. Johnston

Professor of Neurology and Public Health Sciences

Associate Vice President, Clinical & Translational Research

Director, THRIV

kj4v@virginia.edu

Suchitra Joshi

Research Associate Professor of Neurology

sj9z@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • EEG • Electrophysiology • Epilepsy • Microscopy • Pain and Addiction

Anne Kenworthy

Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics

akk7hp@virginia.edu

Alex Kuan

Professor of Neuroscience

alex.kuan@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Epilepsy • Neurodegeneration • Neurodevelopment • Neuroimaging • RNA-seq

Bijoy Kundu

Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

bkk5a@virginia.edu

Clinical Research • Computational Modeling • Computational Neuroscience • Data Science • Epilepsy • Neuroimaging

Kyle Lampe

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

lampe@virginia.edu

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Human iPSCs • Microscopy • Neurodegeneration • Neurodevelopment • Neurotechnology and Therapeutics

Kevin Lee

Professor of Neuroscience

ksl3h@virginia.edu

Lisa Letzkus

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

lmc8c@virginia.edu

Clinical Research • Neurodevelopment

Angeline Lillard

Professor of Psychology

lillard@virginia.edu

Jeff Chang-Chia Liu

Research Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Director, Human Brain Function Lab

cl6gq@virginia.edu

Clinical Research • Computational Modeling • Computational Neuroscience • EEG • Electrophysiology • Epilepsy • Neurodegeneration • Neuroimaging • Neurotechnology and Therapeutics • Transcranial magnetic stimulation • fMRI

Xiaorong Liu

Associate Professor of Biology

Associate Professor of Psychology

XL8N@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Clinical Research • Neurodegeneration • Neurodevelopment • Neuroimaging

Tsai-Yi Lu

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

xjv8bn@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Genetic Manipulation • Microscopy • Neurodegeneration • Neurodevelopment

Nicole Long

Assistant Professor of Psychology

nml3kd@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Data Science • EEG • Electrophysiology • Neuroimaging • fMRI

John Lukens

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

john.lukens@virginia.edu

Nadia Lunardi

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

nl3f@virginia.edu

Wendy Lynch

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

wlynch@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Neurotechnology and Therapeutics • Pain and Addiction • Pharmacological Screening • RNA-seq

Carol Manning

Professor, Clinical Neurology and School of Nursing

cm4r@virginia.edu

Neurodegeneration

Meghan Mattos

Associate Professor of Nursing

ms2bv@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Clinical Research • Database Studies • Neurodegeneration

Micah Mazurek

Novartis U.S. Foundation Professor of Education

mm5gt@virginia.edu

Clinical Research • Community-engaged Research • Mental Health • Neurodevelopment

C. Daniel Meliza

Associate Professor of Psychology

cdm8j@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Computational Modeling • Computational Neuroscience • Electrophysiology • Neurodevelopment • Systems Neuroscience

Richard Lawrence Merkel

Professor of Psychiatry

rlm3u@virginia.edu

Craig Meyer

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging

cmeyer@virginia.edu

Sarah Miller

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

sem5bj@uvahealth.org

Wilson Miller

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging

gwm2n@virginia.edu

James Morris

Professor and Chair of Psychology

jpm5jb@virginia.edu

Thomas Eluvathingal Muttikkal

Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging

tje6d@uvahealth.org

Edward Nieh

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

enieh@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Biostatistics • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Computational Modeling • Computational Neuroscience • Data Science • Electrophysiology • Mental Health • Microscopy • Neuroimaging • Pain and Addiction

Manoj Patel

Professor of Anesthesiology

mkp5u@virginia.edu

Epilepsy

Jennifer Payne

Vice Chair of Research and Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

Director of Reproductive Psychiatry Research Program

jlp4n@virginia.edu

Kevin Pelphrey

Harrison-Wood Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor of Neurology

kevin.pelphrey@virginia.edu

Neurodevelopment

Edward Perez-Reyes

Professor of Pharmacology

eperez@virginia.edu

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • EEG • Electrophysiology • Epilepsy • Genetic Manipulation • Microscopy • Neuroimmunology • Neurotechnology and Therapeutics • Pharmacological Screening

Ammasi Periasamy

Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Center Director, WM Keck Center for Cellular Imaging

ap3t@virginia.edu

William Petri

Wade Hampton Frost Professor of Medicine

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine

Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, and Pathology, Medicine: Infectious Diseases and International Health

wap3g@virginia.edu

Richard Price

Nancy and Neal Wade Professor of Engineering & Applied Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Co-Director of the UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center

rprice@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Neuroimaging • Neuroimmunology • Neurotechnology and Therapeutics

Ignacio Provencio

Professor of Biology

provencio@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Jose Javier Provencio

Louise Nerancy Professor of Neurology

Medical Director, Nerancy Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit

jp3b@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Clinical Research • Neuroimmunology • Neurotechnology and Therapeutics • Stroke

Benjamin Purow

Professor of Neurology

bwp5g@virginia.edu

Meghan Puglia

Assistant Professor of Neurology

mhm8yp@virginia.edu

Clinical Research • EEG • Electrophysiology • Mental Health • Neurodevelopment • Neuroimaging • fMRI

Mark Quigg

T.R. Johns Professor in Neurology

quigg@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Biostatistics • Clinical Research • Database Studies • EEG • Electrophysiology • Epilepsy • Neuroimaging • Pain and Addiction

Javier Rasero

Assistant Professor of Data Science

mnr3kn@virginia.edu

Shannon Reilly

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

Assistant Director of Postdoctoral Training

sr6hd@virginia.edu

Jacob Resch

Associate Professor of Kinesiology

jer6x@virginia.edu

Clinical Research • Community-engaged Research

Adema Ribic

Assistant Professor of Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience

adema.ribic@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Computational Neuroscience • EEG • Electrophysiology • Genetic Manipulation • Microscopy • Neurodevelopment • Systems Neuroscience

Mandy Rispoli

Quantitative Foundation Bicentennial Professor of Education

mgj3r@virginia.edu

David Schiff

Professor of Neurology

ds4jd@virginia.edu

Andrew Schomer

Assistant Professor of Neurology

acs8bd@virginia.edu

Epilepsy

Jung-Bum Shin

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

js2ee@virginia.edu

Sarah Siegrist

Associate Professor of Biology

ses4gr@virginia.edu

Harald Sontheimer

Professor and Chair of Neuroscience

Sontheimer@virginia.edu

James Stone

Vice Chairman of Clinical Research, Radiology and Medical Imaging

Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging

jrs7r@uvahealth.org

Sana Syed

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

ss8xj@virginia.edu

Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

nat7b@virginia.edu

John Van Horn

Professor of Psychology and Data Science

jdv7g@virginia.edu

B. Jill Venton

Chair, Department of Chemistry

Thomas Jefferson Professor of Chemistry

jventon@virginia.edu

Animal Behavior • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Electrophysiology • Genetic Manipulation • Mental Health • Microscopy • Neurotechnology and Therapeutics • Pain and Addiction • Pharmacological Screening

Ishan Williams

Professor of Nursing

icw8t@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Community-engaged Research

Bettina Winckler

Professor of Cell Biology

bw5h@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience • Microscopy • Neurodegeneration • Neurodevelopment

Santina Zanelli

Professor in Pediatrics

sz5d@virginia.edu

Ifrah Zawar

Assistant Professor of Neurology

emv5rf@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Biostatistics • Clinical Research • Computational Modeling • Data Science • Database Studies • EEG • Electrophysiology • Epilepsy • Neurodegeneration

Aidong Zhang

Thomas M. Linville Professor of Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Data Science

aidong@virginia.edu

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias • Computational Modeling • Computational Neuroscience • Data Science • Neurodegeneration • Neurogenetics • Neuroimaging • RNA-seq