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Deanna Barch
 Associate Professor of Psychology in Arts & Sciences

Barch studies cognitive and language deficits in disorders such as schizophrenia, and the neurobiological mechanisms that contribute to such deficits. Her research includes behavioral, pharmacological, and neuroimaging studies with normal and clinical populations. One line of research examines discourse-level ...

Expertise: cognitive and language deficits, language production, dopamine, neurobiological mechanisms, neuroimaging, prefrontal cortex and modulatory neurotransmitters, schizophrenia, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-8729

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James Cheverud
 Professor of Physical Anthropology in Arts and Sciences


Expertise: quantitative genetics, evolutionary theory, human genetics, human and nonhuman primate biology, genetics, obesity, evolution, …

Direct contact: (314) 362-4188
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cheverud@wustl.edu

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John W. Clark
 Chair and Wayman Crow Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences

John Clark's career is distinguished by a wide-ranging involvement in both traditional and non-traditional branches of theoretical physics. For three decades he has played a leading role in the development and application of flexible and robust methods for quantitative prediction of the properties ...

Expertise: quantum control, neural networks, computational neuroscience, dense-matter astrophysics, quantum many-particle theory, theoretical physics, quantum mechanics of many-particle systems, …

Direct contact: (314) 935-6208
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jwc@wuphys.wustl.edu

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David Clifford
 Melba and Forest Seay Professor of Clinical Neuropharmacology in Neurology

Clifford, who is director of the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, is a leading expert on the neurological complications of AIDS and their treatment and management. He has also participated in studies of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Clifford is involved ...

Expertise: Neuropharmacology, HIV, AIDS, AIDS-related dementia, peripheral neuropathy, leukoencephalopathy, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, …

Media assistance: (314) 286-0126 / pattoner@wustl.edu

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John Constantino
 Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry)

Constantino is an expert on genetic and environmental factors that influence early social development. In particular, he studies the genetic influences that contribute to autism. In other research he also is working with very young children and their parents, hoping to better understand the earliest ...

Expertise: autism, early social development, genetic influences on autistic social impairment, psychiatric disorders in children

Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu

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John Csernansky
 Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry

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John G. Csernansky, M.D. uses sophisticed imaging techniques to study changes in the brains of patients with schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses.

Expertise: Brain imaging studies of mental illness

Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu

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Michael DeBaun
 Professor of Pediatrics, Biostatistics and Neurology

Dr. DeBaun is a professor of pediatrics, biostatistics and neurology and directs the Sickle Cell Medical Treatment and Education Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology. He received a MPH in epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University ...

Expertise: overgrowth cancer predisposition syndromes, public health issues, sickle cell disease

Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu

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Alison M. Goate
 Professor of Genetics and Psychiatry

A professor of genetics in psychiatry, Alison Goate is a molecular geneticist who discovered the first genetic mutation that causes a form of Alzheimer's disease.

Expertise: Alzheimer's disease, amyloid, genetics, psychiatry, genetic mutation, amyloid-beta, disease-causing mutations

Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu

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David Gray
 Associate professor in the Program in Occupational Therapy

Gray studies how environmental enhancers and barriers affect people with disabling conditions. He also is examining how surgery influences the mobility of children and adults with cerebral palsy. Additionally, he is looking at how disabling conditions affect the spouses of people with multiple sclerosis ...

Expertise: environmental enhancers and barriers, disabling conditions, mobility of children with cerebal palsy, disabling conditions and spouses

Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu

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David Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D.
 Donald O. Schnuck Family Professor of Neurology

Gutmann is the founder and director of the Neurofibromatosis Clinical Program, which is dedicated to treating the common inherited tumor predisposition syndrome, neurofibromatosis (NF). Individuals with NF have an increased risk of developing brain tumors and other cancers. As national leader in the ...

Expertise: Brain tumors, cancer genetics, neurofibromatosis, molecular genetics, neurosciences, neurology

Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu

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Erik Herzog
 Assistant Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences

The circadian system of unicellular and multicellular organisms is a biological timekeeper that coordinates most physiological and hebavioral events on a daily schedule. The primary interest in Herzog's laboratory is the cellular and molecular basis for circadian rhythms, or our bilogical clocks. ...

Expertise: biological clocks, biology, ciradian rhythms, electrophysiology, in vivo real-time imaging, pacemaker cells

Direct contact: (314) 935-8635
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herzog@biology.wustl.edu

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David M. Holtzman
 Head of the Department of Neurology

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Holtzman is known as one of the leading experts in researching the underlying mechanisms that lead to Alzheimer's disease in an effort to improve diagnosis and treatment. In addition to seeing patients at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Memory Diagnostic Center, Holtzman leads a research ...

Expertise: Alzheimer's disease, dementia, neurology, molecular biology, monoclonal antibodies, amyloid plaques, perinatal stroke

Media assistance: (314) 286-0109 / reckessg@wustl.edu

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Kathleen McDermott
 Associate Professor of Psychology and Radiology

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McDermott is the director of the Memory and Cognition Laboratory. She investigates the mechanisms underlying memory formation and memory retrieval. Her research uses both behavioral (traditional psychological) and functional neuroimaging (specifically, fMRI) techniques. Ongoing projects include explorations ...

Expertise: memory, memory retrieval, memory formation, fMRI, false memories, neuroimaging

Direct contact: (314) 935-8743
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Kathleen_McDermott@wustl.edu

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Daniel Moran
 Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Daniel W. Moran, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, focuses his research on the areas of voluntary motor control. He also has a research interest in the areas of motor learning and neural plasticity. He is currently affiliated with the Society for Neuroscience, the Society for the Neural ...

Expertise: biomedical engineering, voluntary motor control, motor cortical activity, motor learning, neural plasticity

Direct contact: (314) 935-8836
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dmoran@biomed.wustl.edu

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John Morris
 Director and Principal Investigator, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology

John C. Morris, M.D., is the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Professor of Pathology and Immunology and of Physical Therapy, and the Director of the Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Center for Aging, the Memory and Aging Project, and the Memory Diagnostic ...

Expertise: Alzheimer's disease, dementia, memory, aging, mild cognitive impairment

Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu

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Steven Petersen
 James S. McDonnell Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in Neurology

Petersen is chief of the Neuropsychology Division and a pioneer in using brain imaging to identify brain regions that contribute to attention, learning, memory and language. He also investigates the effects of disease and brain damage on these cognitive processes, bridging a range of psychological ...

Expertise: Neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, neuropyschology, brain imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), attention, …

Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu

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Shirley Sahrmann
 Professor of cell biology and physiology

Clinically, Sahrmann specializes in musculoskeletal pain syndromes and neuromuscular dysfunction syndromes. Her research interests include motor control and the classification of musculoskeletal pain syndromes.

Expertise: musculoskeletal pain syndromes, neuromuscular dysfunction syndromes, motor control

Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu

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Martha Storandt
 Professor of Psychology

Storandt's research deals with aging. A major goal is understanding the distinction between normal aging and Alzheimer's disease, especially the very early stages of the disease, and how each affects cognitive function. Most of her research involves administering standard and experimental psychometric ...

Expertise: aging, Alzheimer's disease

Direct contact: (314) 935-6508
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mstorand@artsci.wustl.edu

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