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

Richard Vaglienti, MD, MBA

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

Sonikpreet Aulakh, MBBS, MD

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

Melissa Blank, PhD

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

Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, PhD

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

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

Kevin Daly, PhD

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

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

Martin Hruska, PhD

James W. Lewis, PhD

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

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

Gary Marsat, PhD

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

Kathleen Morrison, PhD

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

David Scarisbrick, PhD

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

Sergiy Yakovenko, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-7316