University of Kentucky Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology: Faculty Research Interests

GUOYING BING M.D., Ph.D.
M.D., Jilin Medical College (1977)
Ph.D., University of Rochester (1988)
Postdoctoral training at New York University
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Long-term neuronal adaptation to excitatory neurotoxicity; neuroinflammation-mediated dopaminergic cell death; influence of xenobiotic metabolites on neuronal cell death.

LUKE H. BRADLEY, Ph.D.
Ph.D., The Ohio State University (2001)
Postdoctoral Training, Princeton University
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
Central nervous system protein recognition, specificity, and design

JENNIFER K. BRUECKNER, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Kentucky (1997)
Postdoctoral training at University of Kentucky
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Instructional Technology Development and Evaluation

HANSRUEDI Büeler, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Zurich, Switzerland (1992)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Harvard Medical School (1993-1996)
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Molecular Mechanisms of Dopamine Neuron Death and Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

WAYNE A. CASS, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Colorado State University (1987)
Postdoctoral training at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Regulation of Brain Dopamine Systems

JINHUI CHEN, M.D., Ph.D.
Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1997)
Postdoctoral training at Washington University in St. Louis and Harvard Medical school
Assistant Professor, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center & Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Stem Cells and Neuroregeneration

MARILYN J. DUNCAN, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Consortium Program in the Biomedical Sciences (degree granted through Worcester Polytechnic Institute,1984)
Postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School
Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology.
Neuroendocrine Regulation of Biological Rhythms

DON M. GASH, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Dartmouth College (1975)
Postdoctoral training at the University of Southern California
Professor and Chair of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Central Nervous System Plasticity and Regeneration

JAMES W. GEDDES Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan (1984)
Postdoctoral Training at University of California at Irvine
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Sanders-Brown Research Center on Aging
Cytoskeletal Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease

Greg A. Gerhardt Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Kansas (1983)
Postdoctoral Training, Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurology, Psychiatry and Electrical Engineering
Director, Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center of Excellence
Director, Center for Microelectrode Technology
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Dynamic Neuropharmacology in Parkinson’s Disease and Aging

MARILYN L. GETCHELL, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Northwestern University (1971)
Postdoctoral Training at Monell Chemical Senses Center, University of Pennsylvania and John B. Pierce Foundation, Yale University School of Medicine
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Neuronal Cell Death and Neurogenesis in the Peripheral Olfactory System: The Impact of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease

BRIAN GOLD, Ph.D.
Ph.D., YorkUniversity (1999)
Postdoctoral training at University of Western Ontario and Washington University
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Cognitive Neuroscience

RICHARD GRONDIN, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Laval University , Quebec City, Canada (1997)
Postdoctoral training at University of Kentucky
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Restoration of motor function in Aging, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases

EDWARD D. HALL, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (1976)
Postdoctoral training at Cornell University Medical College
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Pharmacological Treatments for Acute Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

LOTHAR H. JENNES, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Paris Lodron University, Salzburg, Austria (1978)
Postdoctoral Training at the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale U 156, Lille France and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Neuroendocrine Regulation of Reproduction

JANE JOSEPH, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Virginia (1996)
Postdoctoral training at Georgetown University Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Director of Graduate Studies
Brain Cognition & Development Lab
Cognitive Neuroscience and Functional NeuroImaging

JONATHAN LIFSHITZ, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2002)
Postdoctoral Training at University of Pennsylvania and Virginia Commonwealth University
Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC)
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Somatosensory Circuit Disruption and Rehabilitation after Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury

BRIAN R. MacPHERSON, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Memorial University of Newfoundland (1978)
Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Development of Innovative Teaching Technology

BRUCE E. MALEY, Ph.D.
Ph.D., The Ohio State University (1979)
Postdoctoral Training at University of Minnesota
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
Central Autonomic Regulation of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems

STEPHEN W. SCHEFF, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (1974)
Postdoctoral Training at University of California at Irvine
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Synaptic Changes in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease; Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

DIANE M. SNOW, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (1990)
Postdoctoral training at The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Neuronal Growth Cone Guidance by Extracellular Matrix Molecules: Inhibition by Sulfated Proteoglycans

JOE E. SPRINGER, Ph.D.
Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton (1984)
Postdoctoral training at University of Rochester Medical School
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Cellular and Molecular Events Contributing to Central Nervous System Regeneration and Plasticity

PAMELA A. STEIN, D.M.D
D.M.D., University of Kentucky (1990)
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Relationship between Alzheimer's Disease and Oral Disease States; Effects of Periodontal Treatment on Preterm Birth

PAT SULLIVAN, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Kentucky (2000)
Postdoctoral training at Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California at Irvine
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Endowed Chair and Associate Director of The Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC)
The Role of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSORS

ZHIMING ZHANG, M.D.
M.D., Beijing, (1983)
Functional Neurology

ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSORS

STEPHEN M. ONIFER, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Indiana University, School of Medicine (1991)
Postdoctoral training at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, School of Medicine
Assistant Research Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Pharmacological Approaches to Neuroprotection and Plasticity after Spinal Cord Injury

INDRAPAL N. SINGH, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Central University of Hyderabad, India (1985)
Post-doctoral training at Shriver Center, Harvard Medical School;University of Manitoba, Canada
Roles of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Lipid Mediators in Post-traumatic Neurodegeneration

JOINTLY APPOINTED FACULTY

THOMAS E. CURRY, JR., Ph.D.
Ph.D., East Carolina University (1983)
Postdoctoral Training at the University of Miami; Associate Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Mechanisms of Ovulation

PAUL GLASER, M.D.
M.D., Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis (1996)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Neuropsychopharmacology of Stimulant Medications

PETER A. HARDY, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Toronto (1991)
Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Musculoskeletal Diseases

WILLIAM F. MARAGOS, Ph.D., M.D.
Ph.D., University of Michigan (1987)
M.D., Northwestern University (1988)
Postdoctoral Training, University of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Anatomy and Cell Biology
Excitotoxic Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration

BETTY F. SISKEN, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Kentucky (1973)
Research Professor, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Nerve Regeneration in vitro and in vivo

Charles D. Smith, M.D.
M.D., Tulane Medical School (1979), Professor of Neurology
Neuroimaging and Dementia

DAVID M. YUREK, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of Southern California (1987)
Postdoctoral Training at the University of Rochester
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Division of Neurosurgery), Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Neural Transplantation and Regeneration in the Dopamine System