Program Mentors
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Amelia Eisch, PhD
Program Director
Professor Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Research Interests: Developmental and adult neurogenesis and dentate gyrus plasticity’s contribution to abnormal functioning
eischa@chop.edu
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Eric Marsh, MD, PhD
Program Director
Associate Professor of Neurology
Research Interests: Interneuron development, epilepsy models, intracranial EEG recordings, electrophysiology
marshe@chop.edu
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Stewart Anderson, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Research Interests: Molecular and cellular development of the mammalian forebrain
sande@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Naiara Aquizu Lopez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms by which neurogenetic disorders alter neurogenesis and development, including mutations in AMPD2 and SNX14
aquizun@chop.edu
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Greg Bashaw, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance in invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems
gbashaw@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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(Frederick) Chris Bennett, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Research Interests: Origin and development of microglia and the contributions of microglia to NDDs including Globoid cell leukodystrophy and Krabbe Disease
Frederick.Bennett@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Seema Bhatagnar, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Research Interests: Neural mechanisms related to chronic stress exposure
bhatagnar@chop.edu
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Akiva Cohen, PhD
Research Professor Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Research Interests: Cellular and circuit mechanisms of traumatic brain injury
cohena@chop.edu
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Douglas A. Coulter, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying epilepsy
coulterd@chop.edu
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Beverly Davidson, PhD
Arthur V. Meigs Chair in Pediatrics
Research Interests: Inherited genetic diseases that cause central nervous system dysfunction
davidsonbl@chop.edu
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Marni Falk, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests: Genetic etiologies to primary mitochondrial disease across the age spectrum, and wide range of disorders that involve secondary mitochondrial dysfunction
falkm@chop.edu
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Marc Fuccillo, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests: Circuit control of behaviors related to NDDs, including autism, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder
fuccillo@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Ethan Goldberg, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Research Interests: Studying the structure and function of cerebral cortical circuits and circuit dysfunction in epilepsy
goldberge@chop.edu<
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Judith B. Grinspan, PhD
Research Professor of Neurology
Research Interests: Oligodendrocyte development and myelination in the CNS
grinspan@chop.edu
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Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests: Genetic factors that underlie complex medical disorders
hakonarson@chop.edu
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Frances Jensen, MD, FACP
Chair of Neurology
Research Interests: pathophysiological mechanisms of epilepsy and stroke and secondary effects on synaptic plasticity
Frances.Jensen@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Matthew Kayser, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Research Interests: Understanding how sleep contributes to sculpting brain circuits during development and in other times of life
kayser@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Erica Korb, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests: Epigenetic contributions to development, memory, and stress and mechanistic understanding of the effects of histone variants that cause intellectual disability
ekorb@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Daniel Licht, MD
Professor of Neurology
Research Interests: Influence of congenital heart defects on fetal brain development
licht@chop.edu
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David R. Lynch, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Research Interests: NMDA receptors and excitotoxicity
lynchd@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Guo-Li Ming, PhD
Perelman Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests: Understanding molecular mechanisms underlying neurodevelopment and how its dysregulation may contribute to developmental neurological disorders.
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Timothy P. Roberts, PhD
Vice Chair of Research in Radiology and Professor of Radiology
Research Interests: Functional neuroimaging
robertstim@chop.edu
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Robert T. Schultz, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology in Pediatrics
Research Interests: Cognitive neuroscience and autism research
schultzrt@chop.edu
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Amita Sehgal, PhD
John Herr Musser Professor
Research Interests: Mechanisms that control the circadian cycle and sleep and the interactions of circadian cycle with pathogenesis of NDD, including epilepsy
amita@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Hongjun Song, PhD
Perelman Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests: Research Interests: Neural stem cell regulation & neurogenesis; epigenetic and epitranscriptomic mechanisms
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Yuanquan Song, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Research Interests: Mechanisms of axon regeneration
songy2@chop.edu
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Douglas Wallace, PhD
Michael and Charles Barnett Chair of Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Disease
Research Interests: Mitochondrial inborn errors in metabolism
wallaced1@chop.edu
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John H. Wolfe, VMD, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Medical Genetics in Pediatrics
Research Interests: Lysosomal genetic disorders that affect the brain
jhwolfe@vet.upenn.edu
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Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou, PhD
Professor of Genetics
Research Interests: Understanding how epigenetic principles integrate environmental factors with genetic code to govern brain development and function, and how defects in this process may lead to neurological diseases
zhaolan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu