Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics Faculty
Principal Faculty
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Regents Professor and Department Head Ischemic stroke, cognitive impairment and dementia, novel therapies, gut brain axis |
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Instructional Associate Professor Medical Education; neurobiology of mammalian circadian rhythms |
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Dr. Ann Alex |
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Instructional Associate Professor Medical education; evolution and development of ruminant cranial appendages |
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Dr. Shameena Bake, PhD Research Assistant Professor Impact of prenatal insult on brain vasculature and development of adult neurological disorders |
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Instructional Professor Medical Education, curriculum design, assessment |
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Dr. Robert Carpenter, MD, MPH, FACS Clinical Professor Director of MD Plus Program
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Presidential Professor and Associate Dean for Student Affairs Effects of substance abuse (alcohol, cocaine, nicotine etc.) on the developing brain |
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Instructional Professor and Department Head (Medical Education) Medical education; development of educational materials for anatomical sciences, professional development for teaching and medical education research |
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Instructional Assistant Professor and Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, Regular Track Medical education- anatomical sciences and pharmacology |
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Professor Implications for circadian rhythm dysregulation in gut dysbiosis, stroke and dementia |
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Dr. Jonathan A. Friedman, MD Regional Associate Chair of Surgery Neurosurgery specializing in complex intracranial surgery; research interest in neural regeneration following spinal cord injury |
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Associate Professor Spinal cord injury, drug discovery, aging, axon regeneration, glial cell functions, novel therapies, brain-gut axis, cognitive and locomotor functions |
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Associate Professor Spinal cord injury, opioids, pain, bone health, depression, cognitive impairment, gut brain axis |
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Instructional Professor Medical education – anatomical sciences |
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Assistant Professor Effects of prenatal environment on neurodevelopment and health across the lifespan |
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Clinical Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions Medical education- anatomical sciences |
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Shelton Professor Fetal Brain development, stem cells, microRNAs, teratology |
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Traumatic brain injury, spreading depolarization, epilepsy, neuronal and astrocytic functions |
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Regents Professor and Director of the Institute of Pharmacology and Neurotherapeutics Epilepsy, neurosteroids, epigenetics and new drug development for brain disorders |
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Associate Professor Mechanisms underlying the formation, maintenance and pathology of synapses |
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Associate Professor Immune/neuroimmune/neuroanatomical interface of traumatic brain injury, epilepsy and other neuropathological disorders |
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Assistant Professor Drug addiction and the development of non-addictive analgesic drugs |
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Research Assistant Professor and Director of Neurobehavioral Core Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias; age-related cognitive-behavioral impairment; gut-brain axis |
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Associate Professor and Chair of Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience (TAMIN) Neurodegeneration, Parkinson's disease, astrocytes and nicotine neuroprotection |
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Dr. Krupa Sailaja Tadepalli Instructional Associate Professor Medical education; gross anatomy, neuroscience and graduate course anatomy |
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Dr. Gerard Toussaint Associate Professor Neurosurgery; glioblastoma biology |
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Associate Professor Neural circuit mechanisms of substance (alcohol, cocaine, and fentanyl) use disorder and Alzheimer’s disease. |
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Dr. Ursula H. Winzer-Serhan, PhD Associate Professor Effects of nicotine on brain development |
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Research Assistant Professor Epilepsy, electrophysiology and mechanotransduction in Cardiovascular and Nerve Systems |
Emeritus Faculty
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Professor Emeritus
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Professor Emeritus Neuropharmacologic, cellular and molecular mechanisms of drug intoxication |
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Regents Professor Emeritus Neuropharmacology of aging
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus Neuroteratology of drugs of abuse
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Adjunct Appointment Faculty
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Melinda Jezierski, MD, PhD |
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Gladys Ko, PhD |
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Bo Xuan, MD |
Staff
Mary Beck
Administrative Coordinator II
Office: 1005 Medical Research and Education Building
Phone: 979.436.0316
Fax: 979.436.0086
mary.beck@tamu.edu
Kat Bevil
Business Coordinator I
Office: 1005 Medical Research and Education Building
Phone: 979.436.0416
Fax: 979.436.0086
kbevil@tamu.edu
Jeremy Delgado
Anatomical Laboratory Manager
Office: Room 2209 Medical Research and Education Building Annex
Phone: 979.436.0792
Fax: 979.436.0086
jdelgado86@tamu.edu
Roberto “Nic” Rodriguez
Administrative Associate IV
Office: 1005 Medical Research and Education Building
Phone: 979.436.0320
Fax: 979.436.0086
roberto.rodriguez@exchange.tamu.edu
Aubrey Sanchez
Business Administrator I
Office: 1005 Medical Research and Education Building
Phone: 979.436.0319
Fax: 979.436.0086
aubreysanchez@tamu.edu
Jennifer Vivero
Business Coordinator II
Office: 1005 Medical Research and Education Building
Phone: 979.436.0317
Fax: 979.436.0086
vivero@tamu.edu