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Program Co-Directors

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Albert S Berrebi, PhD

Positions: Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Vice President for Research, Research & Graduate Education; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-2357

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James W Simpkins, PhD

Positions: Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology
Phone: 304-293-7430

BBS Trainee Advisor

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Candice M. Brown, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-0589

Preceptors

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A. Courtney DeVries-Nelson, PhD

Positions: Professor, Medicine; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Vice President for Faculty Mentoring, Research & Graduate Education
Phone: 304-293-5843

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Kevin T. Larkin, PhD, ABPP

Position: Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Phone: 304-293-5323

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Randy Nelson, PhD

Positions: Professor & Chair, Department of Neuroscience; Hazel Ruby McQuain Chair for Neurological Research; Director, Basic Science Research, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-1723

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Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD

Positions: Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Professor & Chairman, Biochemistry; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-8411

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Karen Anderson, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-2001

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Werner Geldenhuys, PhD, MS

Positions: Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-581-1683

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Vincent S. Setola, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology; PI/Director - Laboratory of Neuroscience and Genetics of Substance Abuse, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Phone: 304-293-1512

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Ariel Agmon, PhD

Position: Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-0602

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Charles Anderson, PhD

Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-6290

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Nicholas Brandmeir, MD, MS

Positions: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-598-6127

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Andrew M. Dacks, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-3205

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Nilanjana Dwibedi, PhD

Position: Associate Professor with Tenure, Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy
Phone: 304-293-0228

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Judith Feinberg, MD

Positions: Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Vice Chair, Research, Medicine
Phone: 304-293-5255

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Victor Finomore, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Physiology and Pharmacology
Phone: 304-293-5378

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Scott Galster, PhD

Positions: Director of Human Performance, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Physiology and Pharmacology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs

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Robert L Goodman, PhD

Positions: Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-1496

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Valeriya Gritsenko, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Human Performance - Physical Therapy; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-7719

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Stanley M Hileman, PhD

Positions: Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-1502

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Jason D. Huber, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-1474

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Kimberly M. Kelly, PhD, MS

Positions: Associate Professor, HSOR PhD Program, Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-1453

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Saravanan Kolandaivelu, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Phone: 304-598-6925

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Gregory W. Konat, PhD, MS, LM

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry; Professor Emeritus, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)

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James J. Mahoney, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor/Clinical Neuropsychologist, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-598-4740

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Gordon P. Meares, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-6260

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Xuefang "Sophie" Ren, MD/PhD

Positions: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Research Assistant Professor; Director, Experimental Stroke Core, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-581-1892

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Usha Sambamoorthi, PhD

Position: Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-1451

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Bernard G Schreurs, PhD

Positions: Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Director, West Virginia Alzheimer's Disease Registry, Physiology and Pharmacology
Phone: 304-293-0497

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David P Siderovski, PhD

Positions: Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-4991

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David M Smith, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Biochemistry; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-9521

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Peter Stoilov, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Biochemistry; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-6334

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Eric Tucker

Positions: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-0590

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Edwin Wan

Positions: Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-6293

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Shuo Wang, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)

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Sergiy Yakovenko, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-7316

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HanTing "Hunter" Zhang, MD, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry; Associate Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-1488

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Wanhong Zheng, MD, MSc, MA

Positions: Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-5323

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Daniel McNeil

Position: Dental Practice & Rural Health

Clinical Immersion

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Marc W. Haut, PhD, ABPP-CN

Positions: Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, WVU Cancer Institute Clinics
Phone: 304-293-6276

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Kevin T. Larkin, PhD, ABPP

Position: Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Phone: 304-293-5323

Special Topic Mentors

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Ann L. Chester, PhD

Position: Asst VP for Education Partnerships, Director of HSTA, Director of HCOP, Deputy Director of the Center of Excellence in Women's Health., Health Sciences & Technology Academy
Phone: 304-293-1651

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Mark Paternostro, PhD

Position: Professor, Associate Chair of Education, Physiology and Pharmacology
Phone: 304-293-1513

The BBS Training Program is supported by a National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) sponsored predoctoral training grant (T32 GM132494).

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