MINDS TEAM
MINDS MENTORS
Meet our MINDS Mentors
The MINDS program wouldn't have been possible without the effort, dedication, and commitment from the following individuals:
Jose Abisambra, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida College of Medicine. j.abisambra@ufl.edu
Bruno Averbeck, PhD
Chief, Section of Learning and Decision Making, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH. averbeckbb@mail.nih.gov
Elias Aizenman, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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Susan Amara, PhD
Scientific Director, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH. susan.amara@nih.gov
Anne Anderson, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine.
Aaron Batista, PhD
Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering. aaron.batista@pitt.edu
Barbara B. Bendlin, PhD
Professor, Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. bbb@medicine.wisc.edu
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Puneet Bhargava, M.D
F.S.A.R. Professor, Director, Gastrointestinal Radiology. Department of Radiology, University of Washington. bhargp@uw.edu
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Amanda Brown, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, John Hopkins University School of Medicine. abrown76@jhmi.edu
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Pablo Castillo, MD., PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience. Albert Einstein College of Medicine. pablo.castillo@einsteinmed.edu
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Charleen T. Chu, MD., PhD
Professor, Chair in Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. ctc4@pitt.edu
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Lynae Darbes, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Biological Services, School of Nursing,
University of Michigan. lynaed@med.umich.edu
Mark Dell’Acqua, PhD
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine. mark.dellacqua@cuanschutz.edu
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Eric Donny, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine. edonny@wakehealth.edu
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Marcelo Febo, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine
Thomas C. Foster, PhD
Professor, Evelyn F. McKnight Chair For Research On Cognitive Aging And Memory. Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida College of Medicine. foster1@ufl.edu
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Paul Albert Fuchs, PhD
David M. Rubenstein Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, John Hopkins University
School of Medicine. paulalbertfuchs@gmail.com
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Aurelio Galli, PhD
Professor, Director for Gastrointestinal Biology Research, Department of Surgery, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. agalli@uabmc.edu
Howard Gendelman, MD
Margaret R. Larson Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience. University of Nebraska College of Medicine. hegendel@unmc.edu
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Marco Gonzalez Contreras, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology. UC Davis School of Medicine.
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Rayna J. Gonzalez, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona Health Sciences. rjgonzal@email.arizona.edu
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Leslie Griffith, PhD
Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems. Department of Biology, Brandeis University. griffith@brandeis.edu
Richard Harris, Ph.D
Professor of Anesthesiology, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center. Professor of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology. University of Michigan School of Medicine. reharris@umich.edu
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Denise Hien, PhD
Professor, Vice Provost for Research, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. denise.hien@smithers.rutgers.edu
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John Horn, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. jph@pitt.edu
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Jon Johnson, PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. jjohnson@pitt.edu
LaTonia Jointer
Manager, Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Wayne State University. ljointer@med.wayne.edu
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Martin J. Kelly, PhD
Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine. OHSU.
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Alex Kolodkin, PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, John Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Habibeh Khosbouei, PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida College of Medicine.
Anthony E. Kline, PhD
Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Critical Care Medicine, Psychology, and Center for Neuroscience. University of Pittsburgh.
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David Krantz, MD., PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA. dkrantz@ucla.edu
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Maria Lehtinen, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School.
maria.lehtinen@childrens.harvard.edu
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David Leopold, PhD
Chief, Section on Neurophysiology and Imaging, Director, Neurophysiology Imaging facility. National Institute of Mental Health, NIH. leopoldd@mail.nih.gov
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Carlos Lois, PhD
Research Professor of Biology. Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech.
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Farah Lubin, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, NINDS Neuroscience Roadmap Scholar Program, Department of
Neurobiology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. flubin@uab.edu
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Wendy Macklin, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine. wendy.macklin@cuanschutz.edu
Verónica Martínez Cerdeño, Ph.D
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine. UC Davis School of Medicine. vmartinezcerdeno@ucdavis.edu
Paula Monaghan-Nichols, PhD
Professor, Associate Dean of Research Administration, Chair Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine. nicholsap@umkc.edu
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Michelle Monje, MD., PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology, Investigator, HHMI. Stanford University School of Medicine. mmonje@stanford.edu
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David Morgan, PhD
Professor, Translational Neuroscience, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. morga294@msu.edu
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Martin Myers, Jr., MD., PhD
Marilyn H. Vincent Professor of Diabetes Research Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular & Integrative Physiology. University of Michigan Medical School.
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Norbert Myslinski, PhD
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry. nmyslinski@umaryland.edu
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Terunaga Nakagawa, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. terunaga.nakagawa@vanderbilt.edu
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Janet Neisewander, PhD
Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University.
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Vishwajit L Nimgaonkar, MD., PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Genetics. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. nimga+@pitt.edu
Lucia Notterpek, PhD
Professor of Physiology and Cell Biology; Associate Dean for Biomedical Research, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine. lnotterpek@unr.edu
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Toni R. Pak, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago. tonipak1@gmail.com
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Joanna Peris, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacodynamics, University of Florida College of Pharmacy. peris@ufl.edu
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Gina Poe, PhD
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, Eleanor Leslie
Chair in Innovative Brain Research, UCLA College of Life Sciences. ginapoe@ucla.edu
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Andrea Raymond, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of medicine, Florida International University. adraymon@fiu.edu
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Ruth Perez, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Center of Emphasis in Neurosciences. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
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Gail Robertson, PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and public Health. University of Wisconsin-Madison. garobert@wisc.edu
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Michael Robinson, PhD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. robinson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Leslie S. Satin, Ph.D
Joanne I. Moore Research Professor of Pharmacology, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School. lsatin@umich.edu
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Barry Setlow, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine.
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Nancy Sherwood, PhD
Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health. sherw005@umn.edu
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Debra L. Silver, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University. debra.silver@duke.edu
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Dwayne Simmons, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, Baylor University.
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Kenton Swartz, PhD
Senior Investigator, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH. swartzk@ninds.nih.gov
Irving Vega, PhD
Associate Professor, Translational Neuroscience, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University. irving.vega@hc.msu.edu
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Ruben Vidal, PhD
Luella McWhirter Martin Professor of Clinical Alzheimer's Research. Indiana University School of Medicine. rvidal@iupui.edu
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Hariom Yadav, Ph.D
Director of USF Center for Microbiome Research, Microbiomes Institute; Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine. hyadav@usf.edu
