Program Co-Directors
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
James W. Simpkins,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology
- Phone
- 304-293-7430
BBS Trainee Advisor
Candice M. Brown,
PhD
West Virginia University
- 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
A. Courtney DeVries-Nelson,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Medicine
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Vice President for Faculty Mentoring, Research & Graduate Education
- Phone
- 304-293-5843
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
Kevin T. Larkin,
PhD, ABPP
West Virginia University
- Position
- Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Phone
- 304-293-5323
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
Visvanathan Ramamurthy,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Professor & Chairman, Biochemistry
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-8411
Karen Anderson,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-2001
Werner Geldenhuys,
PhD, MS
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-581-1683
Bernard G Schreurs,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Director, West Virginia Alzheimer's Disease Registry, Physiology and Pharmacology
- Phone
- 304-293-0497
Vincent S. Setola,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- PI/Director - Laboratory of Neuroscience and Genetics of Substance Abuse, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Phone
- 304-293-1512
Ariel Agmon,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-0602
Charles Anderson,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-6290
Nicholas Brandmeir,
MD, MS
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-598-6127
Andrew M. Dacks,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-3205
Nilanjana Dwibedi,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Associate Professor with Tenure, Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy
- Phone
- 304-293-0228
Victor Finomore,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-5378
Scott Galster,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Director of Human Performance, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Robert L Goodman,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-1496
Valeriya Gritsenko,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Human Performance - Physical Therapy
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-7719
Stanley M Hileman,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-1502
Jason D. Huber,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-1474
Kimberly M. Kelly,
PhD, MS
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, HSOR PhD Program, Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-1453
Saravanan Kolandaivelu,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
- Phone
- 304-598-5484
Gregory W. Konat,
PhD, MS, LM
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Neuroscience
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
James J. Mahoney,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor/Clinical Neuropsychologist, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-598-4740
Gordon P. Meares,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-6260
Xuefang "Sophie" Ren,
MD/PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Research Assistant Professor; Director, Experimental Stroke Core, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-581-1892
Usha Sambamoorthi,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-1451
David P Siderovski,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-4991
David M Smith,
PhD
West Virginia University
- 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
Peter Stoilov,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-6334
Eric Tucker
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-0590
Edwin Wan
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-6293
Shuo Wang,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Sergiy Yakovenko,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-7316
HanTing "Hunter" Zhang,
MD, PhD
West Virginia University
- 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
Wanhong Zheng,
MD, MSc, MA
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-5323
Daniel McNeil
West Virginia University
- Position
- Dental Practice & Rural Health
Clinical Immersion
Marc W. Haut,
PhD, ABPP-CN
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, WVU Cancer Institute Clinics
- Phone
- 304-293-6276
Kevin T. Larkin,
PhD, ABPP
West Virginia University
- Position
- Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Phone
- 304-293-5323
Special Topic Mentors
Mark Paternostro,
PhD
West Virginia University
- 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).
