Major strengths include respiratory function in neuromuscular disorders (Spinal Cord Injury, Pompe Disease, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and ALS), neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease), and other clinical disorders (cancer cachexia, heart failure, sleep apnea).
Researcher/Clinician Name | Title | Department | Cores | Specialties | |
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![]() | Russell Bauer, PhD, ABPP | Professor | Department of Clinical & Health Psychology | Neurological Disorders Core | Traumatic brain injury |
![]() | David Borchelt, PhD | Professor & Director | Department of Neuroscience | Neurological Disorders Core | Prior transmission of ALS |
![]() | Prodip Bose, MD, PhD | Professor & Director | Department of Neurology | Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Spasticity after TBI/SCI |
![]() | Vijayendran Chandran, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Pediatrics | Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Peripheral and central nervous system regeneration |
![]() | Evangelos Christou, PhD | Professor | Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology | Neurological Disorders Core | Aging and neuromuscular control |
![]() | David Clark, ScD | Associate Professor | Department of Aging & Geriatric Research | Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Rehabilitation from stroke and SCI (human movement) |
![]() | Erica Dale, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics | Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotechnology Core | Spinal stimulation induced phrenic motor plasticity; neurostimulation and functional recovery of breathing capacity after spinal injury |
![]() | Steven DeKosky, MD | Professor & Deputy Director | Department of Neurology | Neurological Disorders Core | Traumatic brain injury |
![]() | Emily Fox, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS | Research Associate Professor | Department of Physical Therapy | Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Phrenic/diaphragm pacing as rehabilitative tool; therapeutic intermittent hypoxia and spinal injury |
![]() | David Fuller, PhD | Professor & Program Director | Department of Physical Therapy | Basic Breathing Research Core, Airway Defense Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Neurotechnology Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Spinal stimulation and recovery of breathing activity with opiate-induced respiratory depression and spinal injury; Regulation of airway muscles; hyperbaric oxygenation, intermittent hypoxia and respiratory plasticity, Pompe disease |
![]() | Carolyn Geis, MD | Associate Professor | Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation | Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Clinical SCI |
![]() | Todd Golde, MD, PhD | Professor & Director | Department of Neuroscience | Neurological Disorders Core | Neurodegenerative disease |
![]() | Elisa Gonzalez-Rothi, DPT, PhD | Research Assistant Professor | Department of Physical Therapy | Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Respiratory plasticity induced by neurostimulation and intermittent hypoxia; spinal cord injury; sleep apnea & pathogenic intermittent hypoxia after SCI |
![]() | Daniel Hoh, MD | Associate Professor | Department of Neurosurgery | Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Minimally invasive and complex spine surgery; spinal cord regeneration; neurologic rehabilitation; treatment of spinal degenerative, trauma, deformity, tumor, rheumatologic, and infectious disorders |
![]() | Michael Jaffee, MD, FAAN, FANA | Professor & Vice Chair | Department of Neurology | Neurological Disorders Core | Traumatic brain injury |
![]() | Jack Judy, PhD | Professor & Program Director | Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technology | Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotechnology Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Advanced neural-interface technology and systems, autonomic neuroengineering; neuroprosthetics |
![]() | Jada Lewis, PhD | Professor | Department of Neuroscience | Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core | Pathogenic and therapeutic IH in neurodegenerative disease |
![]() | Carolina Maciel, MD, MSCR | Clinical Assistant Professor | Department of Neurology | Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core | Cognitive function after cardiac arrest/recovery; neurocritical care, TBI |
![]() | Gordon Mitchell, PhD | Preeminence Professor & Director | Department of Physical Therapy | Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Intermittent hypoxia induced respiratory plasticity, therapeutic intermittent hypoxia in spinal injury and ALS |
![]() | Maria Nikodemova, MS, PhD | Research Associate Scientist | Department of Physical Therapy | Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotherapeutic Oxygen Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | microglial plasticity in healthy CNS and during neurodegeneration; APOE4 phenotype, sleep apnea; the role of microglia and neuroinflammation in regulating respiratory motor plasticity during hypoxia and after spinal cord injury |
![]() | Michael Okun, MD | Professor & Chair | Department of Neurology | Neurological Disorders Core | Clinical movement disorders |
![]() | Kevin Otto, PhD | Professor & Senior Associate Chair | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotechnology Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Neural interfaces, multi-channel implantable micro devices for neural stimulation, autonomic neuroengineering; neuroprosthetics; spinal/epidural stimulation |
![]() | Dana Otzel, PhD, ATC, LAT | Health Science Specialist | Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center | Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Human and rodent studies of muscle/bone rehabilitation after SCI |
![]() | Karim Oweiss, PhD | Professor | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotechnology Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Neuroengineering, cortical compensation for SCI; Neural interface design to restore, augment or repair lost sensorimotor function |
![]() | Laura Ranum, PhD | Professor & Director | Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology | Neurological Disorders Core | Genetics of neurodegenerative neuromuscular disease: myotonic dystrophy and ALS |
![]() | Christine Schmidt, PhD | Professor & Chair | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Neurological Disorders Core, Neurotechnology Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Neuroregeneration after peripheral or spinal cord injury |
![]() | Yasin B. Seven, MS, PhD | Research Assistant Scientist | Department of Physical Therapy | Basic Breathing Research Core, Neurotechnology Core, Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Neuroprotection in spinal cord injury and neurodegenerative diseases, nanoparticle-based targeted drug delivery |
![]() | Floyd Thompson, PhD | Professor Emeritus | Department of Neuroscience | Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Spasticity after TBI/SCI |
![]() | Shahab Vahdat, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology | Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Imaging SCI and stroke in human and rodent models |
![]() | Heather Vincent, PhD, FACSM | Associate Professor | Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation | Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Rehabilitation from SCI |
![]() | Mary Wagner, MD | Clinical Professor | Department of Pediatrics | Neurological Disorders Core | Sleep disordered breathing |
![]() | James Wymer, MD, FAAN | Professor | Department of Neurology | Neurological Disorders Core | Diagnosis and management of neuromuscular diseases, including ALS, muscle diseases and peripheral neuropathies |
![]() | Joshua Yarrow, PhD | Health Scientist | Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center | Neurological Disorders Core, Spinal Cord Injury Core | Sex hormones and bone density after SCI |