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

Lab Website: https://medicine.tulane.edu/departments/clinical-neuroscience-research-tulane-center-aging-tips-mentor-neurosurgery-neurology

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.

Lab Website: www.lizslab.com; https://medicine.tulane.edu/departments/clinical-neuroscience-research-center-clinical-neuroscience-research-neurosurgery-tulane

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. June Liu

LSU HSC

Lab Website: http://www.gilpin-lab.com/

Contact: sliu@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. 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