Dr. David A. Baker
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences (August 2009)

Research Interest:
Neurobiology of addiction and schizophrenia

Dr. Edward Blumenthal

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Research Interest:

Epithelial Physiology and Control of Feeding/Digestive Behavior

Dr. James T. Buchanan

Professor of Biological Sciences

Research Interest:
Neurobiology of locomotion

Dr. Sujean Choi

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Research Interest:

Central mechanisms of energy regulation through serotonin and/or neuropeptide interactions and feeding behavior

Dr. William Cullinan

Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Research Interest:

Stress neurobiology, neuroanatomy, and neuroendocrinology

Dr. Paul Gasser

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Research Interest:

Neurobiology of stress; Cellular mechanisms underlying stress hormone action

Dr. M. Behnam Ghasemzadeh

Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences (August 2009)

Research Interest:

Synaptic transmission and plasticity in drug abuse

Dr. Doug Lobner

Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Research Interest:

Mechanisms of cell death in neurodegenerative diseases, neurotrophic factors, stroke

Dr. John Mantsch

Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Research Interest:

Cocaine addiction and its treatment

Dr. Michelle Mynlieff

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Research Interest:

Ion channels and neuronal function

Dr. Robert Peoples

Associate Professor in Biomedical Sciences

Research Interest:

Molecular mechanisms underlying alcohol-induced regulation of the NMDA receptor

Dr. Aaron Roseberry

Assistant Professor in Biomedical Sciences

Research Interest:

Neurobiology of Feeding and Food Reward; Biology of Taste Perception

Dr. Linda Vaughn

Professor and Chair of Biomedical Sciences

Research Interest:

Mechanisms of action of nitrous oxide in brain, GABA and nitrous oxide interactions in the nervous system

Dr. David Wagner

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Research Interest:

Structure, function, and modulation of GABAA receptors