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Neuroscience Research Center

Member Areas of Research

Areas of neuroscience research strength at MCW.

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Auditory System

Jeffrey Binder
Professor, Neurology
jbinder@mcw.edu

David Friedland
Professor, Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
dfriedland@mcw.edu

Christina Runge
Professor, Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
chrunge@mcw.edu

Autonomic Nervous System

Brad Hiner
Professor, Neurology
bhiner@mcw.edu

Matthew Hodges
Professor, Physiology
mhodges@mcw.edu

Quinn Hogan
Professor, Anesthesiology
qhogan@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Ivan Lang
Professor, Medicine
imlang@mcw.edu

B Li
Professor, Pediatrics
bli@mcw.edu

Curt D. Sigmund
Professor, Physiology
csigmund@mcw.edu

Manu Sood
Professor, Pediatrics
msood@mcw.edu

Cancers of the Nervous System

Amy Heffelfinger
Professor, Neurology
aheffelfinger@mcw.edu

Kathy Lauer
Professor, Anesthesiology
klauer@mcw.edu

Wade Mueller
Professor, Neurosurgery
wmueller@mcw.edu

Christopher J. Schultz
Professor, Radiation Oncology
cschultz@mcw.edu

Cheryl Stucky
Professor, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
cstucky@mcw.edu

Circadian Rhythms

Joseph C. Besharse
Marjorie & Joseph Heil Professor in Ophthalmology
jbeshars@mcw.edu

Carol A. Everson
Professor, Medicine
ceverson@mcw.edu

Matthew Hodges
Professor, Physiology
mhodges@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

B Li
Professor, Pediatrics
bli@mcw.edu

Pippa Simpson
Professor, Pediatrics
psimpson@mcw.edu

Cognition

Piero Antuono
Professor, Neurology
pantuono@mcw.edu

Jennifer Apps
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
japps@mcw.edu

Jeffrey Binder
Professor, Neurology
jbinder@mcw.edu

Alan Bloom
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
abloom@mcw.edu

Diane Book
Associate Professor, Neurology
dbook@mcw.edu

Michelle Broaddus
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
mbroaddus@mcw.edu

Edith Burns
Professor, Medicine
eaburns@mcw.edu

Edmund Duthie
Professor, Internal Medicine
eduthie@mcw.edu

David Friedland
Professor, Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
dfriedland@mcw.edu

Joseph Goveas
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
jgoveas@mcw.edu

Gregory J. Harrington
Associate Professor, Neurology
gharring@mcw.edu

Harold Harsch
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
hharsch@mcw.edu

Amy Heffelfinger
Professor, Neurology
aheffelfinger@mcw.edu

Robert S. Hellman
Professor, Radiology
rhellman@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Shi-Jiang Li
Professor, Biophysics
sjli@mcw.edu

Wade Mueller
Professor, Neurosurgery
wmueller@mcw.edu

Kathleen Patterson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
kpatterson@mcw.edu

Manoj Raghavan
Professor, Neurology
mraghavan@mcw.edu

Pippa Simpson
Professor, Pediatrics
psimpson@mcw.edu

Brian Stemper
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
stemps@mcw.edu

Consciousness

Tom P. Aufderheide
Professor, Emergency Medicine
taufderh@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Joe Layde
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
jlayde@mcw.edu

Jon Lehrmann
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
jlehrman@mcw.edu

Shi-Jiang Li
Professor, Biophysics
sjli@mcw.edu

Wade Mueller
Professor, Neurosurgery
wmueller@mcw.edu

Kathleen Patterson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
kpatterson@mcw.edu

Christopher Pawela
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
cpawela@mcw.edu

Frank A. Pintar
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
fpintar@mcw.edu

Manoj Raghavan
Professor, Neurology
mraghavan@mcw.edu

Steven J. Weisman
Professor, Anesthesiology
sweisman@mcw.edu

Endocrinology

Edith Burns
Professor, Medicine
eaburns@mcw.edu

William B. Campbell
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
wbcamp@mcw.edu

Carol A. Everson
Professor, Medicine
ceverson@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Pippa Simpson
Professor, Pediatrics
psimpson@mcw.edu

Enteric Nervous System

Brad Hiner
Professor, Neurology
bhiner@mcw.edu

Ivan Lang
Professor, Medicine
imlang@mcw.edu

B Li
Professor, Pediatrics
bli@mcw.edu

Jyoti N. Sengupta
Professor, Medicine
sengupta@mcw.edu

Manu Sood
Professor, Pediatrics
msood@mcw.edu

Learning and Memory

Piero Antuono
Professor, Neurology
pantuono@mcw.edu

Jennifer Apps
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
japps@mcw.edu

Jeffrey Binder
Professor, Neurology
jbinder@mcw.edu

Michelle Broaddus
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
mbroaddus@mcw.edu

Edmund Duthie
Professor, Internal Medicine
eduthie@mcw.edu

Harold Harsch
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
hharsch@mcw.edu

Amy Heffelfinger
Professor, Neurology
aheffelfinger@mcw.edu

Bradley Hiner
Professor, Neurology
bhiner@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Kathy Lauer
Professor, Anesthesiology
klauer@mcw.edu

Sang Lee
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
shlee@mcw.edu

Qing-song Liu
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
qsliu@mcw.edu

Wade Mueller
Professor, Neurosurgery
wmueller@mcw.edu

Kathleen Patterson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
kpatterson@mcw.edu

Manoj Raghavan
Professor, Neurology
mraghavan@mcw.edu

Pippa Simpson
Professor, Pediatrics
psimpson@mcw.edu

Brian Stemper
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
stemps@mcw.edu

Cheryl L. Stucky
Professor, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
cstucky@mcw.edu

Limbic System

Piero Antuono
Professor, Neurology
pantuono@mcw.edu

Alan Bloom
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
abloom@mcw.edu

Joseph Goveas
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
jgoveas@mcw.edu

Harold Harsch
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
hharsch@mcw.edu

Thomas Heinrich
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
theinric@mcw.edu

Bradley Hiner
Professor, Neurology
bhiner@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

B Li
Professor, Pediatrics
bli@mcw.edu

Shi-Jiang Li
Professor, Biophysics
sjli@mcw.edu

Qing-song Liu
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
qsliu@mcw.edu

Wade Mueller
Professor, Neurosurgery
wmueller@mcw.edu

Christopher M. Olsen
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
colsen@mcw.edu

Kathleen Patterson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
kpatterson@mcw.edu

Christopher Pawela
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
cpawela@mcw.edu

Manoj Raghavan
Professor, Neurology
mraghavan@mcw.edu

Mark Wright
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
mwright@mcw.edu

Movement

Karen Blindauer
Professor, Neurology
kblindauer@mcw.edu

Robert S. Hellman
Professor, Radiology
rhellman@mcw.edu

Bradley Hiner
Professor, Neurology
bhiner@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Christopher Pawela
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
cpawela@mcw.edu

Neurodevelopment

Jennifer Apps
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
japps@mcw.edu

Amy Heffelfinger
Professor, Neurology
aheffelfinger@mcw.edu

Matt Hodges
Professor, Physiology
mhodges@mcw.edu

Shekar Kurpad
Professor, Neurosurgery
skurpad@mcw.edu

Brian Link
Associate Professor, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
blink@mcw.edu

Christopher Pawela
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
cpawela@mcw.edu

Christina Runge
Professor, Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
chrunge@mcw.edu

Pippa Simpson
Professor, Pediatrics
psimpson@mcw.edu

Neuroimmune Interactions

Bonnie Dittel
Microbiology & Immunology
bonnie.dittel@bcw.edu

Carol A. Everson
Professor, Medicine
ceverson@mcw.edu

Shekar Kurpad
Professor, Neurosurgery
skurpad@mcw.edu

Christopher M. Olsen
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
colsen@mcw.edu

Neurovascular Interactions

Tom P. Aufderheide
Professor, Emergency Medicine
taufderh@mcw.edu

Alan Bloom
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
abloom@mcw.edu

Diane Book
Associate Professor, Neurology
dbook@mcw.edu

Bradley Hiner
Professor, Neurology
bhiner@mcw.edu

Kathy Lauer
Professor, Anesthesiology
klauer@mcw.edu

Shi-Jiang Li
Professor, Biophysics
sjli@mcw.edu

John Lynch
Associate Professor, Neurology
jlynch@mcw.edu

Christopher Pawela
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
cpawela@mcw.edu

Curt D. Sigmund
Professor, Physiology
csigmund@mcw.edu

Pippa Simpson
Professor, Pediatrics
psimpson@mcw.edu

Ru-Jeng Teng
Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Neonatology
rteng@mcw.edu

Pain and Touch

J.F. Cusick
Professor, Neurology
jcusick@mcw.edu

Quinn Hogan
Professor, Anesthesiology
qhogan@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Shekar Kurpad
Professor, Neurosurgery
skurpad@mcw.edu

B Li
Professor, Pediatrics
bli@mcw.edu

Christopher Pawela
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
cpawela@mcw.edu

Jyoti N. Sengupta
Associate Professor, Medicine
sengupta@mcw.edu

Pippa Simpson
Professor, Pediatrics
psimpson@mcw.edu

Cheryl L. Stucky
Professor, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
cstucky@mcw.edu

Steven J. Weisman
Professor, Anesthesiology
sweisman@mcw.edu

Regulation of Blood Pressure

William B. Campbell
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
wbcamp@mcw.edu

Brad Hiner
Professor, Neurology
bhiner@mcw.edu

Quinn Hogan
Professor, Anesthesiology
qhogan@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

John Lynch
Associate Professor, Neurology
jlynch@mcw.edu

Curt D. Sigmund
Professor, Physiology
csigmund@mcw.edu

Pippa Simpson
Professor, Pediatrics
psimpson@mcw.edu

Regulation of Breathing

Matthew Hodges
Professor, Physiology
mhodges@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Pippa Simpson
Professor, Pediatrics
psimpson@mcw.edu

Regulation of Emotional Responses

Michelle Broaddus
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
mbroaddus@mcw.edu

Joseph Goveas
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
jgoveas@mcw.edu

Harold Harsch
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
hharsch@mcw.edu

Amy Heffelfinger
Professor, Neurology
aheffelfinger@mcw.edu

Thomas W. Heinrich
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
theinric@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Joe Layde
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
jlayde@mcw.edu

Jon Lehrmann
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
jlehrman@mcw.edu

Reward

Alan Bloom
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
abloom@mcw.edu

Matt Hodges
Professor, Physiology
mhodges@mcw.edu

Shi-Jiang Li
Professor, Biophysics
sjli@mcw.edu

Qing-song Liu
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
qsliu@mcw.edu

Christopher M. Olsen
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
colsen@mcw.edu

Sex Differences

Diane Braza
Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
dbraza@mcw.edu

Matthew Hodges
Professor, Physiology
mhodges@mcw.edu

Christopher M. Olsen
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
colsen@mcw.edu

Jyoti N. Sengupta
Professor, Medicine
sengupta@mcw.edu

Brian Stemper
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
stemps@mcw.edu

Spinal Cord

Diane Braza
Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
dbraza@mcw.edu

J.F. Cusick
Professor, Neurosurgery
jcusick@mcw.edu

Matthew Hodges
Professor, Physiology
mhodges@mcw.edu

Shekar Kurpad
Professor, Neurosurgery
skurpad@mcw.edu

Dennis Maiman
Professor, Neurosurgery
dmaiman@mcw.edu

Christopher Pawela
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
cpawela@mcw.edu

Frank A. Pintar
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
fpintar@mcw.edu

Jyoti N. Sengupta
Professor, Medicine
sengupta@mcw.edu

Cheryl L. Stucky
Professor, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
cstucky@mcw.edu

Christopher Wolfla
Professor, Neurosurgery
cwolfla@mcw.edu

Synaptic Plasticity

Brad Hiner
Professor, Neurology
bhiner@mcw.edu

Matthew Hodges
Professor, Physiology
mhodges@mcw.edu

Shekar Kurpad
Professor, Neurosurgery
skurpad@mcw.edu

Sang Lee
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
shlee@mcw.edu

Qing-song Liu
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
qsliu@mcw.edu

Christopher Pawela
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
cpawela@mcw.edu

Manoj Raghavan
Professor, Neurology
mraghavan@mcw.edu

Christina Runge
Professor, Otolaryngology
chrunge@mcw.edu

Cheryl L. Stucky
Professor, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
cstucky@mcw.edu

Vestibular System

David Friedland
Professor, Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
dfriedland@mcw.edu

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Visual System

Joseph C. Besharse
Marjorie & Joseph Heil Professor in Ophthalmology
jbeshars@mcw.edu

Joseph Carroll
Professor, Ophthalmology
jcarroll@mcw.edu 

George R. Jacobson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
gjacobso@mcw.edu

Brian Link
Associate Professor, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
blink@mcw.edu

Christopher Pawela
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
cpawela@mcw.edu

Manoj Raghavan
Professor, Neurology
mraghavan@mcw.edu

Ru-Jeng Teng
Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Neonatology
rteng@mcw.edu