Neuroscience Research Division

Mission

The Neuroscience Research Division is an integral part of the Department of Neurology and effectively promotes interaction between clinicians and basic scientists towards achieving goals of the Department. Our mission is to develop resources to support research and training programs and apply knowledge gained through fundamental research on neuronal/glial structure and function to develop novel drug and peptide delivery strategies and therapies for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.

Faculty

• Parminder J.S. Vig, PhD
  Chief, Neuroscience Division
  Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry
  Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences
  Research; Neurology
• Gene L. Bidwell, III, PhD
  Associate Professor (Nonclinical)
  Research; Biochemistry
• Juebin Huang, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  Research; Neurology
• Hyun Joon Lee, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  Research; Neurology
• Junie Warrington Tate
  Assistant Professor
  Research; Neurology

Staff

• Mary A. Thweatt
  RN - Clinical Research
• Andrew Majeste
  RN - Clinical Research, 1/2 Neurology and 1/2 Mind Center
• Qingmei Shao
  Researcher IV
• Rowshan Begum
  Researcher III
• Mariper Lopez
  Researcher II
• Fakhri Mahdi
  Scientist I
• Jeremy W. McGowan
  Graduate Assistant