Neurobiology - Secondary Faculty

• Ames, Heather M., MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 328-5555
  HAmes@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Neuroscience, medical history, psychiatry.
• Bernstein, Steven L., MD, PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-3712
  sbernstein@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Optic nerve, stroke stem cells
• Conroy, Vincent M., PT, DScPT, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-4312
  vconroy@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Efficacy of orthopedic physical therapy evaluation and interventions on patient outcomes with focus on supporting anatomical rationale; Functional Electrical Stimulation; and Student-provided service to under-served populations.
• Crino, Peter B., MD, PhD, Professor
  410-328-6266
  Keywords: Epilepsy, Autism, Intellectual Disability, Brain Development, Translational Neuroscience, mTOR, focal cortical dysplasia, tuberous sclerosis complex
• Faden, Alan I., MD, Professor
  (410) 706-4205
  afaden@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Neuroinflammation, Central Nervous System Injury, Neuroprotection, Cell Death and Recovery, Spinal Cord Injury, Neuroimmunology, Transcriptions, Epigenetics.
• Gould, Todd D., MD, Professor
  (410) 706-5585
  gouldlab@me.com
  Keywords: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Antidepressant Pharmacology, Ketamine, Hydroxynorketamine, Lithium
• Heinbockel, Thomas , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  202-806-0058
  theinbockel@howard.edu
  Keywords: Neuroscience, cellular and network mechanisms of brain function studied with electrophysiological, optical, anatomical, and pharmacological methods; neural signaling and synaptic transmission; drug discovery & development
• Hoffman, Kathleen A., PhD, Professor
• Iffland, Philip H., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-6015
  piffland@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Cortical malformations, epilepsy, GATORopathies, mTORopathies, hemimegalencephaly, focal cortical dysplasia, PMSE, KPTN
• Jia, Xiaofeng , BM, PhD, Professor
  410-706-5025
  xjia@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Stem cell therapy; Peripheral nerve injury and regeneration; Brain recovery after cardiac arrest; Metabolic glycoengineering; Brain monitoring and therapeutic hypothermia; Spinal cord injury; Bone regeneration
• Ksendzovsky, Alexander , MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Lipinski, Marta M., PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-5187
  mlipinski@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Autophagy, Lysosomes, Neuroinflammation, Lipid Metabolism, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Neurodegenerative Disease, Brain Aging
• Masri, Radi , PhD, Professor
• Mekonen, Hayelom K., PhD, Assistant Professor
• Merchenthaler, Istvan J., MD, PhD, DSc, Professor
  (410) 706-1350
  imerchen@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Estrogen therapy, menopause, hot flushes, neuroprotection, neurodegeneration, PACAP38, infertility, animal models
• Rogers, Mark W., PhD, PT, Adjunct Professor
  mwrogers@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Motor Control and Biomechanics, Balance, Mobility, and Falls, Rehabilitation Assessments and Interventions, Aging Clinical Populations
• Royal, Walter , MD, Adjunct Professor
  410-328-5605
  wroyal@som.umaryland.edu
• Stoica, Bogdan A., MD, Professor
  (410) 706-5186
  bstoica@som.umaryland.edu
• Thompson, Summer L., PhD, MS, Assistant Professor
  summer.thompson@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Alcohol, decision making, glutamate, gut-brain axis, reward
• Traub, Richard J., PhD, Professor
• Woodworth, Graeme F., MD, Professor
  410-328-6148
  gwoodworth@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Brain tumors, Pituitary tumors, Vestibular Schwannoma/Acoustic Neuroma, Spinal tumors, Chiari malformation, Adult hydrocephalus, MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound, Awake brain surgery, Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
• Wu, Junfang , BM, PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-5189
  junfang.wu@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, aging, dementia, neuropathic pain, inflammation, neuroprotection, autophagy-lysosomal, extracellular vesicles, Hv1/NOX2/ROS, TrkB.T1, motor function, cognition, depression, olfaction, microglia, neurons, astrocytes