Membership
| James W. Simpkins, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Executive Director |
| Academic Rank | Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Mechanism of brain aging; role of ovarian steroid deprivation in brain aging, mechanism of neuroprotection by estrogens |
| Neeraj Agarwal, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Associate Professor, Division of Cell Biology and Genetics,Department of Pathology |
| Research Area | Mechanism of apoptosis in retinal cells |
| Alakananda Basu, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology/Immunology |
| Research Area | Signal transduction mediated apoptotic cell death |
| Hriday Das, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Purification and characterization of transcriptional factors for apoB and presenilin-1 genes |
| Christopher M. de Fiebre, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Mechanism of the neuroprotective effects of nicotinic agonists in aging and ethanol toxicity |
| Glenn Dillon, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Structure-function analysis and regulation of ion channels |
| Michael Forster, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member and Director |
| Academic Rank | Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Role of oxidative stress in brain aging using life-span assessment of coloric restriction |
| Michael Gatch, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Behavior effects of addictive drugs |
| James Hall, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology |
| Research Area | Clinical Psychology of dementing diseases |
| Ren-Qi Huang, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Structure-function analysis and regulation of ion channels |
| Marianna Jung, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Ethanol withdrawal toxicity and neuroprotectant drug and mechanisms |
| Peter Koulen, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Intracellular calcium in signal transduction and neurodegeneration |
| Janice Knebl, D.O., MBA, FACOI, FACP | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief, Division of Geriatrics |
| Research Area | Geriatric Assessment and Alzheimer’s Disease research |
| Raghu Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Characterization of the actions of endothelins on aqueous inflow and outflow and the role of endothelins in retinal damage during glaucoma |
| Robert Luedtke, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Dopamine receptor subtypes pharmacology |
| Tina Machu, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Molecular Pharmacology of serotonin receptors |
| Laszlo Prokai, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biology/Immunology |
| Research Area | Protein oxidation and neurodegeneration. |
| Katalin Prokai-Tatrai, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Research Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Medicinal Chemistry of Steroids |
| Volodymyr Rybalchenko, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Intracellular calcium in signal transduction and neurodegeneration |
| John Schetz, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Receptor pharmacology of psychoactive drugs |
| Xiangrong Shi, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology |
| Research Area | Aging of the autonomic nervous system regulation of blood pressure |
| Meharvan (Sonny) Singh, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member and Director |
| Academic Rank | Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Signal transduction of neuroprotection actions of ovarian steroids. |
| Michael Smith, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology |
| Research Area | Sleep therapy and aging |
| Jim P. Stimpson, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| Research Area | Alzheimer’s Disease Research | Rosalie M. Uht, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Role | Member and Neuropathologist |
| Academic Rank | Associate Professor, IAADR, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Research Area | The Role of Epigenetics in Estrogen and Glucocorticoid Receptor Regulation of the Stress Response |
| Website | Uht Laboratory Website |
| Liang-Jun Yan, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Oxidation and aging |
| ShauHua Yang, M.D., Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Mechanism of cerebral damage in stroke and neuroprotective drug assessment |
| Thomas Yorio, Ph.D. | |
| Role | Member |
| Academic Rank | Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience |
| Research Area | Characterization of the actions of endothelins on aqueous inflow and outflow and the role of endothelins in retinal damage during glaucoma |
