Department of
Neuroscience

Faculty & Staff

Faculty

A photo of Ariel Agmon.

Ariel Agmon, PhD

Positions: Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-0602

A photo of Charles Anderson.

Charles Anderson, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-6290

A photo of Albert Berrebi.

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

A photo of Julie Brefczynski-Lewis.

Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, PhD

Positions: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Research Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-4820

A photo of Michelle Bridi.

Michelle CD Bridi, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)

A photo of Morgan Bridi.

Morgan Bridi, BS, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)

A photo of Candice Brown.

Candice M. Brown, PhD

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

A photo of Aminata Coulibaly.

Aminata Coulibaly, PhD

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

A photo of Victor Finomore.

Victor Finomore, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Executive Director of Research Operations, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-5378

A photo of Martin Hruska.

Martin Hruska, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-2457

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A photo of Moriah Katt.

Moriah Katt, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)

A photo of James Lewis.

James W. Lewis, PhD

Positions: Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-1517

A photo of Randy Nelson.

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

A photo of Bernard Schreurs.

Bernard G Schreurs, PhD

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 and Pharmacology
Phone: 304-293-0497

A photo of Vincent Setola.

Vincent S. Setola, PhD

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 James Simpkins.

James W. Simpkins, PhD

Positions: Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-7430

A photo of James Walton.

James Walton, PhD

Positions: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Research Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-3490

A photo of Kate Weil.

Kate Karelina Weil, PhD

Positions: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Research Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-1485

A photo of Zachary Weil.

Zachary Weil, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-7674

A photo of Gina Wilson.

Gina Wilson, PhD

Positions: Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Teaching Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)

Joint Faculty

A photo of Karen Anderson.

Karen Anderson, PhD

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

A photo of Michael Ang-Rabanes.

Michael Ang-Rabanes, MD

Positions: Department of Neuroscience; Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry; Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, Eastern Division
Phone: 304-596-5780

A photo of Sonikpreet Aulakh.

Sonikpreet Aulakh, MBBS, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Section of Hematology / Oncology
Phone: 304-598-6984

A photo of Sadie Bergeron.

Sadie Bergeron, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-5223

A photo of James Berry.

James H. Berry, DO

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

A photo of Melissa Blank.

Melissa Blank, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Faculty Researcher, WV Prevention Research Center

A photo of SoHyun Boo.

SoHyun Boo, MD

Positions: Associate Professor, Neuroradiology; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Residency Program Director, and Vice Chair of Education, Radiology, Radiology
Phone: 304-293-5574

A photo of Nicholas Brandmeir.

Nicholas Brandmeir, MD, MS

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

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A photo of Jeffrey Carpenter.

Jeffrey S. Carpenter, MD

Positions: Neuroradiology; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Radiology
Phone: 304-293-6898

A photo of Paul Chantler.

Paul D Chantler, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-0646

A photo of Mariya Cherkasova.

Mariya Cherkasova, PhD

Position: Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-4223

A photo of Christopher Cifarelli.

Christopher P. Cifarelli, MD, PhD, MMM, FAANS, FACS

Positions: Director Gamma Knife; Associate Professor, Neurosurgery; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Phone: 304-598-6127

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A photo of Andrew Dacks.

Andrew M. Dacks, PhD

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 Kevin Daly.

Kevin Daly, PhD

Positions: Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-5201

A photo of A. Courtney DeVries-Nelson.

A. Courtney DeVries-Nelson, PhD

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

A photo of Judith Feinberg.

Judith Feinberg, MD

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

A photo of Werner Geldenhuys.

Werner Geldenhuys, PhD, MS

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

A photo of Robert Goodman.

Robert L Goodman, PhD

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

A photo of Valeriya Gritsenko.

Valeriya Gritsenko, PhD

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 Marc Haut.

Marc W. Haut, PhD, ABPP-CN

Positions: Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry; Director, Memory Health Clinic, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-6276

A photo of Stanley Hileman.

Stanley M Hileman, PhD

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

A photo of Jeffery Hogg.

Jeffery P. Hogg, MD

Positions: Professor, Neuroradiology; Emeritus Professor, Neuroradiology, Radiology
Phone: 304-293-3091

A photo of Eric Horstick.

Eric Horstick, PhD

Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-6670

A photo of Cierra Keith.

Cierra Keith, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience

A photo of Gregory Konat.

Gregory W. Konat, PhD, MS, LM

Positions: Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Professor Emeritus, Department of Neuroscience; Professor Emeritus, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)

A photo of Lothar Krinke.

Lothar Krinke, PhD

Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience

A photo of Laura Lander.

Laura R. Lander, MSW, LICSW

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

A photo of Joonhee Lee.

Joonhee Lee, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-4920

A photo of Justin Legleiter.

Justin Legleiter, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-0175

A photo of Paul Lockman.

Paul Lockman, PhD, BSN

Positions: 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

A photo of James Mahoney.

James J. Mahoney, PhD

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

A photo of Gary Marsat.

Gary Marsat, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-2126

A photo of Patrick Marshalek.

Patrick J. Marshalek, MD

Position: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-5323

A photo of Peter Mathers.

Peter Mathers, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-0271

A photo of Gordon Meares.

Gordon P. Meares, PhD

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 Rashi Mehta.

Rashi Mehta, MD

Positions: Associate Professor, Neuroradiology; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-3091

A photo of Liv Miller.

Liv E Miller, PsyD, ABPP-CN

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

A photo of Mark Miller.

Mark Miller, MD

Positions: Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Dana Farnsworth Chair of Education in Psychiatry, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-5323

A photo of Kathleen Morrison.

Kathleen Morrison, PhD

Position: Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-1685

A photo of Edward Nemergut.

Edward Nemergut, MD

Positions: Professor, Chair of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology; Professor, Department of Neuroscience

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J. Vernon Odom, PhD

Positions: Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-598-6959

A photo of Kristina Penikis.

Kristina Penikis, PhD

Position: Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience

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A photo of Ansaar Rai.

Ansaar T. Rai, MD

Positions: Chairman, Neuroradiology; Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-3091

A photo of Ali Rezai.

Ali Rezai, MD, FAANS

Positions: Executive Chair, Vice President of Neuroscience, Associate Dean, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); John D. Rockefeller IV tenured professor in neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience; Executive Chair, Vice President of Neuroscience, Associate Dean, Neurosurgery
Phone: 304-293-3368

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A photo of David Scarisbrick.

David Scarisbrick, PhD, ABPP-CN

Positions: Assistant Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience

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A photo of David Smith.

David M Smith, PhD

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 Maxim Sokolov.

Maxim Sokolov, PhD

Positions: Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-1123

A photo of Richard Vaglienti.

Richard Vaglienti, MD, MBA

Positions: Pain Management, Clinical Faculty, Anesthesiology; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-598-6216

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A photo of Edwin Wan.

Edwin Wan, PhD

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

A photo of David Watson.

David Watson, MD, FAAN

Positions: Chairman and Professor, Neurology; Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-3527

A photo of Erin Winstanley.

Erin Winstanley, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience

A photo of Sergiy Yakovenko.

Sergiy Yakovenko, PhD

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 Wanhong Zheng.

Wanhong Zheng, MD, MSc, MA, MS

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

Staff

A photo of Cassandra George.

Cassandra D George

Position: Business Operations Specialist, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-4771

A photo of Rebecca Rohn.

Rebecca Rohn

Position: Program Assistant II, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-3515

A photo of Matthew Scott.

Matthew Scott

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

A photo of Erica Stewart.

Erica Stewart, MBA

Position: Senior Business Operations Specialist, Department of Neuroscience
Phone: 304-293-6289