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Aston-Jones, Gary (Neurosciences)

Web page: http://neurosciences.musc.edu/faculty/full_time/aston.html

Lab Web page: http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/neuromodulation/index.htm

Phone:(843) 792-6092
Fax: (843) 792-4423
Email: astong@musc.edu

Positions:
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Murray Chair of Excellence in Neuroscience
Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Co-Director, Neuroscience Institute

Awgulewitsch, Alexander (Medicine)

Web page: http://clinicaldepartments.musc.edu/medicine/divisions/rheumatology/faculty/awgulewitsch.htm

Phone:(843) 792-8946
Fax: (843) 792-7121
Email: awgulewa@musc.edu

Positions:
Assocate Professor, Department of Medicine
Direcotr, MUSC Transgenic Mouse Core

Major Research Areas:
Hox Genes in Development and Disease

Bachman, David (Neurosciences)

Web page: http://neurosciences.musc.edu/faculty/full_time/bachman.html

Phone:(843) 792-3224
Fax: (843) 792-1763
Email: bachmadl@musc.edu

Positions:
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Director, Division of Adult Neurology

Bhat, Narayan (Neurosciences)

Web page: http://neurosciences.musc.edu/faculty/full_time/bhat.html

Phone:(843) 792-7593
Fax: (843) 792-7593
Email: bhatnr@musc.edu

Positions:
Professor, Department of Neurosciences

Major Research Areas:
Neurodegeneration
Glia-mediated neuroinflammation
Oligodendrocytes

Crouch, Rosalie (Ophthalmology)

Phone:(843) 792-2814
Fax: (843) 792-1723
Email: crouchrk@musc.edu

Positions:
Distinguished University Professor

Major Research Areas:
Visual Transduction
Retinoid Cycling in the Eye
Structure/Function of Integral Membrane Proteins

Cunningham, Lisa (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

Web page: http://www.musc.edu/pathology/cvs/cunningham.htm

Phone:(843) 792-8324
Email: cunninll@musc.edu

Major Research Areas:
Auditory Neuroscience

Das, Arabinda (Neurosciences)

Web page: http://neurosciences.musc.edu/faculty/full_time/das.html

Phone:(843) 792-8570
Fax: (843) 792-8626
Email: dasa@musc.edu

Positions:
Research Assistant Professor

Major Research Areas:
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) a model of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Glioblastoma Multiforme (most common and devastating of the human brain tumors)
Neuroblastoma

Dubno, Judy (Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery)

Phone:(843) 792-7978
Fax: (843) 792-7736
Email: dubnojr@musc.edu

Positions:
Professor

Major Research Areas:
Auditory Neurosciences
Hearing Loss

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Helke, Kristi (Comparative Medicine)

Phone:(843) 876-5212
Fax: (843) 876-5210
Email: helke@musc.edu

Positions:
Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Major Research Areas:
Protein Interactions in Neurodegeneration and Apoptosis

Holden, Kenton (Neurosciences)

Web page: http://neuroscience.musc.edu/faculty/full_time/holden.html

Phone:(843) 792-3222
Fax: (843) 792-8626
Email: holdenk@musc.edu

Positions:
Professor
Director, Clinical Neuro Med Student Edu Core

Major Research Areas:
Clinical Neurogenetics
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Kara, Prakash (Neurosciences)

Web page: http://neurosciences.musc.edu/faculty/full_time/kara.html

Email: kara@musc(.)edu

Positions:
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences (MUSC)
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology (MUSC)
Assistant PRofessor Bioengineering (Clemson)

Major Research Areas:
Brain Plasticity
Visual Neuroscience
Binocular Disparity
Photon Microscopy
Multi-site and multi-electrode Electrophysiology

Kono, Masahiro (Ophthalmology)

Phone:(843) 792-6676
Fax: (843) 792-1723
Email: konom@musc.edu

Positions:
Assistant Professor

Major Research Areas:
Vision
Protein Biochemistry
GPCR

Koutalos, Yiannis (Ophthalmology)

Web page: http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/stormeye_research/koutalos/index.htm

Phone:(843) 792-9180
Fax: (843) 792-1723
Email: koutalo@musc.edu

Positions:
Associate Professor

Major Research Areas:
Photoreceptor Cell Physiology
Visual Cycle
Phototransduction

Kuppuswamy, Dhan (Medicine/Cardiology)

Web page: http://www.musc.edu/gazes

Phone:(843) 792-5069
Fax: (843) 792-5068
Email: duppusd@musc.edu

Positions:
Associate Professor

Major Research Areas:
Signal transduction
Cardiac hypertrophy

Lang, Hainan (Pathology)

Web page: http://www.musc.edu/pathology/cvs/lang.htm

Phone:(843) 792-8483
Fax: (843) 792-0368
Email: langh@musc.edu

Positions:
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Major Research Areas:
Hearing Loss
Neurodegeneration

McGinty, Jacqueline (Neurosciences)

Web page: http://neurosciences.musc.edu/faculty/full_time/mcginty.html

Phone:(843) 792-9036
Fax: (843) 792-4423
Email: mcginty@musc.edu

Positions:
Professor, Department ofNeurosciences and Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Associate Dean, College of Graduate Studies

Major Research Areas:
Drugs of abuse
Gene expression
Striatal Signalling
BDNF effects on cocaine seeking
Dopamine neurotoxins in GDNF- depleted mice

Morgan, Paul (Radiological Sciences)

Web page: http://clinicaldepartments.musc.edu/radiology/faculty/morgan.htm

Secondary Web page: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/radiology/paul/

Phone:(843) 792-0545
Fax: (843) 792-2642
Email: morganp@musc.edu

Positions:
South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence Endowed Chair in Imaging Science
Director, Center for Advanced Imaging Research (CAIR)
Associate Professor in Radiology

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Olive, Foster (Psychiatry)

Web page: http://www.musc.edu/psychiatry/faculty/olivemf.htm

Phone:(843) 792-1229
Fax: (843) 792-7353
Email: olive@musc.edu

Positions:
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs

Major Research Areas:
Drug addiction
Alcoholism
Neuropsychopharmacology
Rodent models

Ramamoorthy, Sammanda (Neurosciences)

Web page: http://neuroscience.musc.edu/faculty/full_time/ramamoorthy.html

Web page: http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/facultydirectory/FacultyDetails.aspx?facultyId=1307

Phone:(843) 792-3689
Fax: (843) 792-4423
Email: duppusrama@musc.edu

Positions:
Associate Professor

Major Research Areas:
Molecular Neurosciences
Depression
Autism
OCD
Addiction
Degeneration
Disorders

Samanta Ray, Supriti (Neurosciences)

Phone:(843) 792-8570
Fax: (843) 792-8626
Email: samanta@musc.edu

Positions:
Research Assistant Professor of Neurosciences

Major Research Areas:
Neurodegeneration: Parkinson's Disease, MPTP
Neurotrauma: Spinal cord injury

See, Ronald (Neurosciences)

Web page: http://neuroscience.musc.edu/faculty/full_time/see.html

Lab Web page: http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/see_lab

Phone:(843) 792-2487
Fax: (843) 792-4423
Email: seere@musc.edu

Positions:
Professor of Neurosciences
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Translational Research in Addiction Center
Co-Director, Specialized Center of Research on Sex and Gender Factors Affeecting Women's Health

Major Research Areas:
Neuropsychopharmacology
Addiction
Antipsychotic drugs

Swaja, Richard (CU/MUSC BIOE)

Web page: http://cba.musc.edu/faculty/SwajaR.htm

Second Web page: http://www.eng.clemson.edu/bio/people/swaja.html

Phone:(843) 792-0430
Fax: (843) 792-0664
Email: swajar@musc.edu

Positions:
Director-SC BME Alliance
Director-CU/MUSC BIOE
CoEE Endowed Chair-MUSC
Professor - MUSC CBA
Professor - Clemson BIOE

Major Research Areas:
Bioengineering
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Computational Biology

Uhde, Thomas (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)

Web page: http://www.musc.edu/psychiatry/index.htm

Phone:(843) 792-7267
Fax: (843) 792-3187
Email: uhde@musc.edu

Positions:
Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Psychiatry
Co-Director, Neuroscience Institute

Wen, Xuejun (Bioengineering, Cell Biology)

Web page: http://www.musc.edu/bioengineering/regenerative.html

Phone:(843) 792-5875
Fax: (843) 792-0664
Email: xuejun@musc.edu

Positions:
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Orhopaedic Surgery
Dental Medicine
Cell Biology and Anatomy
Hollings Cancer Center

Major Research Areas:
Spinal Cord Injury
Stroke
Traumatic Brain Injury
Parkinson'd Disease
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Stem Cell

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