Faculty Directory
Assistant Professor
Rachel Vanderlaan MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Alexander Velumian PhD, DSc
Research Interests
Organization of the living myelin sheath, myelin-axon interactions and functional properties of myelinated axons in the CNS; functional assessment of engineered stem cells for spinal cord injury research
Professor
Lu-Yang Wang PhD
Research Interests
Presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms underlying excitatory synaptic transmission in the mammalian central nervous system.
Associate Professor
Anne Wheeler PhD
Research Interests
Circuits that support cognition in the healthy and injured brain; Neuroimaging based on biomarkers in paediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI); Vulnerable periods of neurodevelopment
Professor
Mike Wheeler PhD
Research Interests
We aim to develop novel therapeutic strategies to treat and even cure Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D)
Professor
Carin Wittnich DVM, MSc (Exper Surg)
Research Interests
Heart/ Development/ Gender/ Sex Hormones/ Metabolism/ Oxygen Stress/ Hypertrophy/ Hypertension/ Mercury/ Heavy Metals/ Marine Mammals/ Contaminants
Professor
Martin Wojtowicz PhD
Research Interests
Mechanisms and Functions of adult neurogenesis in the mammalian brain.
Professor
Haibo Zhang PhD
Research Interests
Infection, immunity, lung injury, defensin biology, phagocytosis, sepsis, cytokine, toll-like receptors.
Professor
Mei Zhen PhD
Research Interests
Optogenetics, genetics, molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate the assembly and operation of motor circuit development and locomotion.
Professor