Program Co-Directors

A photo of Albert Berrebi.
Albert S Berrebi, PhD
West Virginia University
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
A photo of Courtney DeVries.
Courtney DeVries, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor, Medicine
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Deputy Director, WVU Cancer Institute Administration
Phone
304-293-5843

Preceptors

A photo of Courtney DeVries.
Courtney DeVries, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor, Medicine
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Deputy Director, WVU Cancer Institute Administration
Phone
304-293-5843
A photo of Judith Feinberg.
Judith Feinberg, MD
West Virginia University
Positions
Vice Chair, Research & Professor, Infectious Diseases, Medicine
Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone
304-293-5255
A photo of Kevin Larkin.
Kevin T. Larkin, PhD, ABPP
West Virginia University
Position
Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Phone
304-293-5323
A photo of Randy Nelson.
Randy Nelson, PhD
West Virginia University
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
A photo of Visvanathan Ramamurthy.
Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor & Chairman, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Phone
304-293-8411
A photo of Karen Anderson.
Karen Anderson, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-2001
A photo of Werner Geldenhuys.
Werner Geldenhuys, PhD, MS
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone
304-581-1683
A photo of Victor Finomore.
Victor Finomore, PhD
West Virginia University
Position
Executive Director of Research Operations, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-5378
A photo of Bernard Schreurs.
Bernard G Schreurs, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor; Director, West Virginia Alzheimer's Disease Registry, Department of Neuroscience
Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Director, West Virginia Alzheimer's Disease Registry, Physiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Phone
304-293-0497
A photo of Vincent Setola.
Vincent S. Setola, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
PI/Director - Laboratory of Neuroscience and Genetics of Substance Abuse, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-1512
A photo of Ariel Agmon.
Ariel Agmon, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-0602
A photo of Charles Anderson.
Charles Anderson, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-6290
A photo of Nicholas Brandmeir.
Nicholas Brandmeir, MD, MS
West Virginia University
Positions
Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone
304-598-6127
A photo of Candice Brown.
Candice M. Brown, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-0589
A photo of Andrew Dacks.
Andrew M. Dacks, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Department of Neuroscience
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-3205
A photo of Robert Goodman.
Robert L Goodman, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor, Physiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-1496
A photo of Valeriya Gritsenko.
Valeriya Gritsenko, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Associate Professor, Human Performance - Physical Therapy
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-7719
A photo of Stanley Hileman.
Stanley M Hileman, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor, Physiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-1502
A photo of Jason Huber.
Jason D. Huber, PhD
West Virginia University
Position
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone
304-293-1474
A photo of Kimberly Kelly.
Kimberly M. Kelly, PhD, MS
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor, Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy
Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone
304-293-1453
A photo of Saravanan Kolandaivelu.
Saravanan Kolandaivelu, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Phone
304-598-5484
A photo of Gregory Konat.
Gregory W. Konat, PhD, MS, LM
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Professor Emeritus, Department of Neuroscience
Professor Emeritus, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
A photo of James Mahoney.
James J. Mahoney, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Associate Professor/Clinical Neuropsychologist, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone
304-598-4740
A photo of Gordon Meares.
Gordon P. Meares, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-6260
A photo of Usha Sambamoorthi.
Usha Sambamoorthi, PhD
West Virginia University
Position
Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone
304-293-1451
A photo of David Smith.
David M Smith, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-9521
A photo of Peter Stoilov.
Peter Stoilov, PhD
West Virginia University
Position
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Phone
304-293-6334
A photo of Edwin Wan.
Edwin Wan, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone
304-293-6293
A photo of Sergiy Yakovenko.
Sergiy Yakovenko, PhD
West Virginia University
Positions
Associate Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-7316
A photo of HanTing Zhang.
HanTing "Hunter" Zhang, MD, PhD
West Virginia University
Position
Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
A photo of Wanhong Zheng.
Wanhong Zheng, MD, MSc, MA, MS
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone
304-293-5323

Clinical Immersion

A photo of Kevin Larkin.
Kevin T. Larkin, PhD, ABPP
West Virginia University
Position
Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Phone
304-293-5323
A photo of Marc Haut.
Marc W. Haut, PhD, ABPP-CN
West Virginia University
Positions
Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Director, Memory Health Clinic, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone
304-293-6276

Special Topic Mentors

A photo of Mark Paternostro.
Mark Paternostro, PhD
West Virginia University
Position
Professor, Associate Chair of Education, Physiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology
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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