Faculty of the Neuroscience Program at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass Medical School

Mark Alkema, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Christelle Anaclet, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Raffi Aroian, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Neil Aronin, MD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Translational Science

Higgins Family Professor of Neuroscience

Ingolf Bach , PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience, Translational Science

Claire Benard, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience

Sheldon Benjamin, MD

Academic Role: Chair and Professor

Programs: Neuroscience

Milena Bogunovic, MD, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Immunology & Microbiology, Neuroscience

Daryl Bosco , PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program, Translational Science

Robert Brown, MD, DPhil

Academic Role: Chair and Professor

Programs: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Clinical & Population Health Research, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, MS in Clinical Investigation, Neuroscience, Translational Science

Leo P. and Theresa M. LaChance Chair in Medical Research

Vivian Budnik, PhD

Academic Role: Chair and Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience

Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research (WFBR) Chair

Alexandra Byrne, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Cancer Biology, Immunology & Microbiology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Millennium PhD, Neuroscience, Translational Science

David Cochran, MD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor (Contributing Faculty)

Programs: Neuroscience

Silvia Corvera, MD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program, Translational Science

Labs: Metabolic Network

Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research

Michael Czech, PhD

Academic Role: Chair and Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Millennium PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program, Translational Science

Labs: Metabolic Network

Isadore and Fannie Foxman Chair in Medical Research

Roger Davis, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Cancer Biology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Translational Science

Labs: Metabolic Network

H. Arthur Smith Chair in Cancer Research

Janice Dominov, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor (Contributing Faculty)

Programs: Neuroscience

William Dube, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Charles Emerson, Jr, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Neuroscience

Patrick Emery, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience

Michael Francis, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Jean Frazier, MD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Neuroscience, Translational Science

Robert M. and Shirley S. Siff Chair in Autism

Kensuke Futai, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience

Susan Gagliardi, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Neuroscience

Fen-Biao Gao, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program, Translational Science

The Governor Paul Cellucci Chair in Neuroscience Research

Guangping Gao, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Immunology & Microbiology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Millennium PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program, Translational Science

The Penelope Booth Rockwell Chair in Biomedical Research

Paul Gardner, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Heinrich Gompf, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor (Contributing Faculty)

Programs: Neuroscience

Matthew Gounis, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Neuroscience

Heather Gray-Edwards, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Neuroscience

Paul Greer, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience

Nikolaus Grigorieff, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Cancer Biology, Immunology & Microbiology, Neuroscience

Lisa Hall-Anderson, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Cell Biology, Neuroscience

Lawrence Hayward, MD, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience

Nils Henninger, MD, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: MD/PhD, Millennium PhD, Neuroscience, Translational Science

Javier Irazoqui, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Immunology & Microbiology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Mark Johnson, MD, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Cancer Biology, MD/PhD, Millennium PhD, Neuroscience, Translational Science

Elinor Karlsson, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience

Labs: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

David Kennedy, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: MD/PhD, Neuroscience

Hemant Khanna, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience, Translational Science

Anastasia Khvorova, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program, Translational Science

Labs: Chemical Biology

Dohoon Kim, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Cancer Biology, Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Labs: Metabolic Network

Oliver King, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Neuroscience

William Kobertz, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Labs: Chemical Biology, Molecular Biophysics

John Landers, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience

Jeanne Lawrence, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience

Hong-Sheng Li, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience

Teng-Ting (Elaine) Lim, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Cancer Biology, Immunology & Microbiology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Millennium PhD, Neuroscience, Translational Science

Michael Lodato, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience

Gilles Martin, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Neuroscience

Haley Melikian, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program, Translational Science

Stephen Miller, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program, Translational Science

Labs: Chemical Biology

Mo Modarres, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor (Contributing)

Programs: Neuroscience, Translational Science

Constance Moore, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Clinical & Population Health Research, MD/PhD, MS in Clinical Investigation, Neuroscience

Melissa Moore, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience, Translational Science

Eleanor Eustis Farrington Chair in Cancer Research

Mary Munson, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Labs: Molecular Biophysics

Sonia Ortiz-Miranda, PhD

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience

Claudio Punzo, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, Millennium PhD, Neuroscience

Labs: Metabolic Network

Joel Richter, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience

Ann Rittenhouse, PhD

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Programs: Interdisciplinary, Neuroscience

Evgeny Rogaev, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Neuroscience

Anthony Rothschild, MD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Clinical & Population Health Research, MS in Clinical Investigation, Neuroscience

The Irving S. and Betty Brudnick Chair in Psychiatry

Sean Ryder, PhD

Academic Role: Professor

Programs: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Computational Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Interdisciplinary, MD/PhD, Neuroscience, Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Labs: Molecular Biophysics

Labs: Chemical Biology

Labs: Molecular Biophysics