Dr. Kate Yurgil
Loyola University
We use EEG to study individual differences in cognition (working memory, attention) and trauma response (PTSD, resilience, posttraumatic growth).
Contact: kyurgil@loyno.edu
Dr. Jonathan Fadok
Tulane University
Our lab utilizes a comprehensive systems approach to understand the neural circuits of emotional memory and adaptive behavior.
Lab Website: fadoklab.org
Contact: jfadok@tulane.edu
Dr. Debra Karhson
University of New Orleans
I study the neurobiology and neural mechanisms of social learning using EEG and molecular biology techniques such as mass spectrometry.
Contact: dkarhson@uno.edu
Dr. Chunlai Wu
LSU HSC New Orleans
My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic structural plasticity, in the context of neural development, activity-driven synaptic remodeling, as well as learning and memory.
Lab Website: https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/neuroscience/faculty_detail.aspx?name=wu_chunlai
Contact: cwu@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Elliott Beaton
University of New Orleans
We use a multimodal research approach (eg. MRI, physiology, hormones, immunology) to understand how stress contributes to the etiopathology of mental illness in high-risk populations of children and adults.
Lab Website: https://unoscanlab.com/
Contact: ebeaton@uno.edu
Dr. Laurie Earls
Loyola University
We study miRNAs and microPeptides in normative cognitive aging and cognitive disease
Dr. Paul Colombo
Tulane University
We study experience-dependent behavioral and neural plasticity in people across the lifespan.
Lab Website: https://sse.tulane.edu/psyc/faculty/colombo
Contact: pcolomb@tulane.edu
Dr. Scott Edwards
LSU HSC New Orleans
We investigate the neurobiology of alcohol use disorder and related co-morbidities taking a translational approach across rodents, non-human primates, and humans.
Lab Website: https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/physiology/faculty_detail.aspx?name=Edwards_Scott
Contact: sedwa5@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Jeff Tasker
Tulane University
We use patch clamp electrophysiology, circuit analysis, molecular biology and behavioral approaches to study neuromodulation and neuroplasticity of synaptic circuits in the hypothalamus and amygdala that control physiological, behavioral and pathological responses to stress and trauma.
Lab Website: https://taskerlab.tulane.edu/
Contact: tasker@tulane.edu
Dr. Xiaolin Tian
LSU HSC
Using fly and mouse model to understand dopaminergic regulation of aging and how the gene Mask/ANKHD1 altered cellular properties of dopaminergic neurons that leads to behavioral changes in animals.
Lab Website: https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/neuroscience/xiaolian_tian.aspx
Contact: xtian@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Sonia Gasparini
LSU HSC
We use electrophysiology and imaging to study information and memory processing in vitro.
Contact: sgaspa1@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Julie Markant
Tulane University
Our research examines the idea that attention and memory are functionally integrated early in life and that the development of selective attention contributes to improvements in learning and memory.
Lab Website: https://lbdlab.tulane.edu/
Contact: lbdlab@tulane.edu
Dr. Laura A Schrader
Tulane University
We use a combination of electrophysiology, behavior and molecular techniques to understand changes in neural circuitry that may underlie behavioral effect.
Contact: schrader@tulane.edu
Dr. Jill Daniel
Tulane University
The broad goal of our research is to understand mechanisms by which estrogens and androgens impact areas of the brain important for cognition.
Lab Website: https://www.daniellabtulane.com/
Contact: jmdaniel@tulane.edu