Our department makes significant contributions to research in many areas of neurology, exploring novel treatments, disease processes and genetic factors of neurological conditions.
Our faculty members and fellows engage in innovative translational, basic and clinical research in areas including remyelination, neuropsychology and stroke prevention. A major focus of faculty research involves neuroimaging analysis and quantitative imaging to better understand neurodegenerative disorders.
Our clinical research seeks improved treatments and quality of life for patients with Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, autism, multiple sclerosis, neuropathies and myasthenia gravis, among other conditions.
Ralph Benedict, PhD
- Alzheimer’s disease and memory disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neuropsychological Testing
Allison Brashear, MD, MBA
- ATP1A3 gene variation movement disorders
- Botulinum toxin
- Dystonia
- Rapid-onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism (RDP)
- Spasticity after stroke
Marilou Ching, MD, MPH, FACP
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Stroke
Thomas Covey, PhD
- Cognitive impairment
- Cognitive processes
- Cognitive training
- Electroencephalography (EEG) and Event-Related Potential (ERP) methods
Michael Dwyer, III, PhD
Osman Farooq, MD
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Electromyography (EMG)
- Epilepsy
- Neurologic complications of H1N1 in pediatric patients
- Pediatric Concussion
- Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Demyelinating Disorders
- Stroke
Edward Fine, MD
Sarah Finnegan, MD, PhD
Robert Glover, MD
Thomas Guttuso, Jr., MD
David Hojnacki, MD FAAN
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neuroimaging
- Neuromyelitis optica (Devic's Disease)
khalid kakish, MD
- Metabolic disorders of childhood
Amit Kandel, MD, MBA
- Neurology
- Vascular Neurology
Thomas Langan, MD
- Hereditary neuropathy
- Leukodystrophy
Ping Li, MD, MSc
David Lichter, MBChB, FRACP
Norah Lincoff, MD
Joy Parrish, PhD, ABBP-CN
- Concussion
- Epilepsy
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neuropsychology
- Pediatric neurology
Svetlana Primma Eckert, MD
- Autoimmune encephalitis
- Multiple Sclerosis and other neurologic autoimmune diseases
Melissa Rayhill, MD, FAHS, FAAN
Ferdinand Schweser, PhD
- Computational Imaging
- Inverse Problems
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Neuroimaging
David Shucard, PhD, FAASM, FAPA
- Cognitive and behavioral neurosciences
- Cognitive disturbances in Multiple Sclerosis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and PTSD
- Cognitive processes
- EEG
- Electrophysiological, behavioral, neuropsychological, immunological, biochemical, and neuroimaging
- Nervous system of both animals and humans
- Neuropsychology
- Polysomnography (Sleep Medicine)
Nicholas Silvestri, MD, FAAN
- Electromyography
- Neuromuscular disease
Kinga Szigeti, MD, PhD
- Alzheimer’s disease and memory disorders
- Cholinergic anti-inflammatory system
Aaron Taylor
Arie Weinstock, MD
Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Gil Wolfe, MD, FAAN
- Neuromuscular disease
- Neuromuscular outcome measures
Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD