Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Students interested in both volunteering and those interested in taking independent research credits are welcome.

Participating Faculty:

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

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

Paul Lockman, PhD, BSN

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

Joshua Hagen, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Director, Human Performance Innovation Center, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)

Richard Vaglienti, MD, MBA

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

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

Mariya Cherkasova, PhD

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

Andrew M. Dacks, PhD

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

Omid Dehzangi, PhD

Victor Finomore, PhD

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

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

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

James W. Lewis, PhD

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

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

David Scarisbrick, PhD

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

Eric Tucker

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

Cole Vonder Haar, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor,Department of Psychology; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant professor, behavioral neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-1787