Faculty & Staff
Faculty
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
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
Julie Brefczynski-Lewis,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Research Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-4820
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
Omid Dehzangi,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Victor Finomore,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Phone
- 304-293-5378
Scott Galster,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Director of Human Performance, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Joshua Hagen,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Director, Human Performance Innovation Center, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
James W. Lewis,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-1517
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
Xuefang "Sophie" Ren,
MD/PhD
West Virginia University
- 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
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
- Assistant Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology
- PI/Director - Laboratory of Neuroscience and Genetics of Substance Abuse, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Phone
- 304-293-1512
James W Simpkins,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology
- Phone
- 304-293-7430
Eric Tucker
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-0590
James Walton
West Virginia University
- Position
- Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-3490
Kate Karelina Weil,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-1485
Zachary Weil,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-7674
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
Joint Faculty
Karen Anderson,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-2001
Michael Ang-Rabanes,
MD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Department of Neuroscience
Sonikpreet Aulakh,
MBBS
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-598-6984
Sadie Bergeron,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-5223
James H. Berry,
DO
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor/Chair, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-5323
Melissa Blank,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Faculty Researcher, WV Prevention Research Center
SoHyun Boo,
MD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Neuroradiology
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Residency Program Director, and Vice Chair of Education, Radiology, Radiology
- Phone
- 304-293-5574
Nicholas Brandmeir,
MD, MS
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-598-6127
Jeffrey S. Carpenter,
MD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Neuroradiology
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, Radiology
- Phone
- 304-293-6898
Rudolph Castellani,
MD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Pathology, Anatomy and Laboratory Medicine
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-1625
Paul D Chantler,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-0646
Mariya Cherkasova,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-4223
Christopher P. Cifarelli,
MD, PhD, MMM, FAANS, FACS
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Director Gamma Knife; Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- 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
Kevin Daly,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-5201
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
Werner Geldenhuys,
PhD, MS
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-581-1683
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
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
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
Jeffery P. Hogg,
MD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Neuroradiology
- Emeritus Professor, Neuroradiology, Radiology
- Phone
- 304-293-3091
Eric Horstick,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-6670
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)
Lothar Krinke,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Laura R. Lander,
MSW, LICSW
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Addiction Therapist, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-5323
Joonhee Lee,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-4920
Mark R Lee,
MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS, FACS
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor and Chairman, Neurosurgery
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-598-6127
Justin Legleiter,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-0175
Paul Lockman,
PhD, BSN
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Vice President of Experimental Therapeutics, Research & Graduate Education
- Professor, Benedum Fellow and the Mylan Endowed Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Senior Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives, School of Pharmacy, Office of the Dean
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Phone
- 304-293-0944
James J. Mahoney,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor/Clinical Neuropsychologist, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-598-4740
Gary Marsat,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-2126
Patrick J. Marshalek,
MD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Pain Management, Clinical Faculty, Anesthesiology
- Phone
- 304-293-5323
Kris Martens,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Peter Mathers,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-0271
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
Rashi Mehta,
MD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Neuroradiology
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Radiology
- Phone
- 304-293-3091
Liv E Miller,
PsyD, ABPP-CN
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-5323
Mark Miller,
MD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Dana Farnsworth Chair of Education in Psychiatry, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-5323
Kathleen Morrison,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-1685
J. Vernon Odom,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-598-6959
Ansaar T. Rai,
MD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Chairman, Neuroradiology
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, Radiology
- Phone
- 304-293-3091
Ali Rezai,
MD, FAANS
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Executive Chair, Vice President of Neuroscience, Associate Dean, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Director, Neurosurgery
- John D. Rockefeller IV tenured professor in neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-3368
David Scarisbrick,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
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
Maxim Sokolov,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Faculty, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-598-6958
Richard Vaglienti,
MD, MBA
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Pain Management, Clinical Faculty, Anesthesiology
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-598-6216
Cole Vonder Haar,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Assistant Professor,Department of Psychology; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant professor, behavioral neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Phone
- 304-293-1787
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)
David Watson,
MD, FAAN
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Chairman and Professor, Neurology
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Erin Winstanley,
PhD
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
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
Wanhong Zheng,
MD, MSc, MA
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-5323
Staff
Cassandra D George
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Business Operations Specialist, Department of Neuroscience
- Business Operations Specialist, Physiology and Pharmacology
- Phone
- 304-293-4771
Morgan Prunty,
MA
West Virginia University
- Position
- Program Specialist, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-3515
Matthew Scott
West Virginia University
- Positions
- Financial Operations Specialist, Department of Neuroscience
- Financial Operations Specialist, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Financial Operations Spec., Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
- Phone
- 304-293-2930
Erica Stewart,
MBA
West Virginia University
- Position
- Senior Business Operations Specialist, Department of Neuroscience
- Phone
- 304-293-6289