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. 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. 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
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. Rajani Maiya
LSU HSC New Orleans
We study molecular mechanisms that underlie Alcohol Use Disorders
Lab Website: www.maiyalab.org
Contact: rmaiya@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Tiffany Wills
LSU HSC New Orleans
Wills lab studies sex differences in neuroadaptations (primarily within the extended amygdala) and resulting behavioral changes from adolescent alcohol exposure using electrophysiological, behavioral, and molecular techniques.
Lab Website: http://willslab.org/
Contact: twills@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Avegno
LSU HSC New Orleans
My research is focused on characterizing midbrain-extended amygdala circuitry, as well as alterations in these regions as a consequence of alcohol exposure across the lifespan, at the anatomical, physiological, and behavioral level.
Contact: eavegn@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Matthew Whim
LSU HSC New Orleans
We study autonomic plasticity and the regulation of blood glucose levels
Lab Website: https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/cell_biology/faculty_detail.aspx?name=whim_matthew
Contact: mwhim@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Fern Tsien
LSU HSC New Orleans
We are studying the effect of chemotherapy on neuroinflammation gene expression in pediatric cancer patients and the genetics of sensironeural hearing loss.
Contact: fmille@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Kevin Zwezdaryk
Tulane University
Role of pathogens and aging on cognitive function
Contact: kzwezdar@tulane.edu
Dr. Xiaoying Wang
Tulane University SOM
Neuro-protection and neuro-repair mechanisms and therapeutic strategy development for stroke and traumatic brain injury
Contact: xwang51@tulane.edu
Dr. Amanda Pahng
LSU HSC New Orleans/ VA
My primary research interest is investigating the neurobiology and interactive nature of chronic pain and opioid misuse.
Contact: apahng@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Hai Huang
Tulane University
We aim to understand the synaptic mechanisms that support reliable and precise synaptic transmission in the auditory system under physiological and pathological conditions.
Contact: hhuang5@tulane.edu
Dr. Ricardo Mostany
Tulane University
Our lab studies how aging and neurodegenerative disorders affect synaptic plasticity of cortical neurons using imaging, electrophysiology, behavior, and molecular techniques.
Lab Website: https://mostanylab.tulane.edu/
Contact: rmostany@tulane.edu
Dr. Tracy Fischer
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Our lab investigates neuropathogenesis of viral infections and neurodegenerative disease associated with chronic inflammation.
Contact: tfischer1@tulane.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. 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. Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi
Tulane University
A primary goal of Dr. Engler-Chiurazzi’s laboratory is to explore how the nervous and immune systems converge to impact brain function, mental health, cognitive aging, and neurological disease.
Contact: eenglerchiurazzi@tulane.edu
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. 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. 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. Diedre Devier
LSU HSC
We focus on the cognitive effects of neurodegenerative diseases
Contact: ddevie@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Nicholas Gilpin
LSU HSC
We examine the neurobiological interface between addiction, traumatic stress, and pain, utilizing a variety of behavioral, pharmacological, circuit-based, molecular, and cellular techniques.
Lab Website: http://www.gilpin-lab.com/
Contact: ngilpi@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Sunil Sirohi
Xavier University
The mission of the Laboratory of Endocrine and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (LEND) is to discover and develop improved pharmacotherapeutic agents to treat addictive and related neuropsychiatric disorders. We utilize an integrative behavioral, pharmacological, biochemical, and molecular approach to understand how certain food and drug rewards impact brain and behavior, which has potential therapeutic implications and is at the heart of our research endeavor.
Lab Website: https://sites.google.com/view/ssirohilab/home
Contact: SSIROHI@XULA.EDU
Dr. James Zadina
Lab Website: https://medicine.tulane.edu/departments/tulane-center-aging-pharmacology-adjunct/faculty/james-e-zadina-phd
Contact: jzadina@tulane.edu
Dr. Michael Salling
Lab Website: https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/cell_biology/faculty_detail.aspx?name=Salling_Michael
Contact: msalli@lsuhsc.edu