| Researcher/Clinician Name | Title | Department | Specialties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jaffee, MD, FAAN, FANA | Chair of Neurology, Professor, and BRAIN Center Director | Department of Neurology | Traumatic brain injury, concussion, sleep disorders |
| Jose Abisambra, PhD | Associate Professor Of Neuroscience And CTRND, Deputy Director of the BRAIN Center, Assistant Dean For Health Care Excellence, Community And Belonging | Department of Neuroscience | Molecular mechanisms linking tau and ER dysfunction with neurodegeneration |
| Pouya A Ameli, MD | Assistant Professor Of Neurology And Neurosurgery, Division Of Neurocritical Care; Faculty Director, Medi-Futures/Medi-Gators Shadowing & Mentorship Programs; Asst Director Neurology Clerkship | Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery | Neurocritical care, genetics of stroke outcome |
| Abbas Babajani-Feremi, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Neuroscience | Acute Injury, neurotechnology, neuroimaging/electrophysiological biomarkers, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia |
| Russell Bauer, PhD, ABPP | Professor Emeritus | Department of Clinical & Health Psychology | Clinical neuropsychology, traumatic brain injury |
| Jennifer Bizon, PhD | Professor & Chair, Neuroscience; Director, Evelyn F. And William F. McKnight Brain Institute | Department of Neuroscience | Brain aging, impairments in cognitive flexibility, working memory and decision making |
| Gabriel Bonnell, MD | Assistant Professor | Department of Neurology | Acute management of ischemic stroke |
| Prodip Bose, MD, PhD | Professor, Director of the MRI and Translational Neurotrauma Rehabilitation Laboratory at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, and Associate Director of the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center | Department of Neurology | Spasticity after TBI/SCI |
| Sarah Burke, PhD | Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Cognitive Aging and Memory Center | Department of Neuroscience | Mechanisms of cognition, effects of diet and metabolic function on resilience to memory loss in aging and disease |
| Katharina Busl, MD | James E. Rooks, Jr., Professor In Neurology, Professor Of Neurosurgery, Associate Chair of Clinical Operations in Neurology, Chief of the Division Of Neurocritical Care | Department of Neurology | Acute ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury, characterization of systemic complications in neurocritical illness |
| Eduardo Candelario-Jalil, PhD | Associate Professor and Co-Coordinator Neuroscience Graduate Program | Department of Neuroscience | Advanced MRI and stroke, neuroinflammation, protective and preventive measures of cerebrovascular disorders |
| Tracy Centanni | Associate Professor | Department of HP-SLP LANG & HEARING SCI | Neurotechnology, rehabilitation, risk factors & resilience, non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation |
| Paramita Chakrabarty, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Neuroscience | immunobiotherapies for Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies / synucleinopathies |
| Vijayendran Chandran, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Pediatrics | Peripheral and central nervous system regeneration |
| David Clark, ScD | Professor | Department of Aging & Geriatric Research | Enhancing walking function in people with neurological impairments, Impact of age on functional outcomes post-injury |
| James R Clugston, MD, MS, FAMSSM, CAQSM | Clinical Professor and Sports Medicine Fellowship Director | Department of Community Health and Family Medicine | Sport-related concussion, sports medicine |
| Ronald A Cohen, PhD, ABPP | Professor and Director of Clinical Translational Research in Cognitive Aging and Memory | Department of Clinical and Health Psychology | Clinical and experimental neuropsychology, cognitive and clinical neuroscience, neuropsychology of attention |
| Erica Dale, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics | Spinal stimulation-induced phrenic motor plasticity; neurostimulation and functional recovery of breathing capacity after spinal injury |
| Steven DeKosky, MD | Professor & Deputy Director of the McKnight Brain Institute | Department of Neurology | Alzheimer’s disease and dementia associated with traumatic brain injury |
| Mathew Farrer, PhD | Lauren And Lee Fixel Chair, Professor Of Neurology, Director Of Clinical Genomics Program At UF Clinical And Translational Science Institute | Department of Neurology-Movement Disorder | Parkinson’s disease, neuroscience and molecular pathogenesis, and neurotechnology |
| Emily Fox, PT, PhD | Associate Professor & Director of Neuromuscular Research, Brooks Rehabilitation | Department of Physical Therapy | Control and recovery following neurologic injury and disease |
| Janak Gaire, PhD | Research Assistant Scientist | Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Mammalian regeneration and fibrosis; Biological response to biomedical implants, including neural implants |
| Carolyn Geis, MD | Associate Professor | Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, post-stroke and brain injury spasticity |
| Diego L. Guarin | Assistant Professor | Department of Applied Physiology and kinesiology | Parkinson's Disease, movement Disorders, neurorehabilitation, and restoration |
| Erwin Gudenschwager | Assistant Professor | Department of Physiology and Aging | Innate immunity after TBI, Microglia, Sleep dysregulation following TBI |
| Koji Hosaka | Associate Scientist | Department of Neurological Surgery | Acute Injury, cerebrovascular diseases: cerebral aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage |
| Shelley C Heaton, PhD | Clinical Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Pediatric Brain Injury Program | Department of Clinical and Health Psychology | Cognitive and behavioral outcomes after pediatric traumatic brain injury |
| Brian Hoh, MD, MBA | Chair, Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery James and Brigitte Marino Family Professor | Department of Neurosurgery | Neurosurgery, acute ischemic stroke, aneurysm clipping |
| Adam Khalifa | Assistant Professor | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Neurotechnology, wireless powering, electrode design/microfabrication, packaging of implantable devices , solenoid design/fabrication for magnetic stimulation, neural stimulation and recording in animal models |
| Chalermchai Khemtong, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Medicine | Acute injury, neurotechnology, rehabilitation, risk factors & resilience |
| Jack Judy, PhD | Professor and Director of the Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technology | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Neurology | Advanced neural-interface technology and systems, autonomic neuroengineering; neuroprosthetics |
| Anna Yuzefovich Khanna, MD | Associate Chair Of Regional Systems Integration, Assistant Professor, and Stroke Medical Director | Department of Neurology | Vascular neurology, acute ischemic stroke, aneurysm, stroke risk factors and prevention |
| Alison R. Kraus, PT | Physical Therapist | UF Health Rehab Center at Fixel Center for Neurological Diseases | Traumatic brain injury, ataxia, and other movement disorders including Parkinson’s, Parkinsonisms, dystonia, and essential tremor |
| Gregory J A Murad, MD | Clinical Associate Professor and Residency Program Director | Department of Neurosurgery | Neurosurgery, metastatic brain tumor |
| Jada Lewis, PhD | Professor and Co-Deputy Director of the McKnight Brain Institute | Department of Neuroscience | Pathology of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, frontotemporal dementia and ALS |
| Andrew C Liu, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics | Circadian rhythms in mammals |
| Carolina Maciel, MD, MSCR | Associate Professor Of Neurology And Neurosurgery | Department of Neurology | Cognitive function after cardiac arrest/recovery, neurocritical care, traumatic brain injury |
| Rob Maclennan, PhD | Postdoctoral Associate | PhD- Behavioral Nuerology | Neuromotor control, Kinesiology, Public Health |
| Marangelie Criado-Marrero RES AST PROF | Assistant Professor | Department of Neuroscience | Acute injury, neuropsychology, risk factors & resilience |
| Gordon Mitchell, PhD | Preeminence Professor and Director of the UF BREATHE Center | Department of Physical Therapy | Intermittent hypoxia induced respiratory plasticity, therapeutic intermittent hypoxia in spinal injury and ALS |
| Stephen E Nadeau, MD | Professor | Department of Neurology | Application of parallel distributed processing theory to understand the neural basis of cognitive function and its breakdown with brain injury, rehabilitation strategies |
| Tyler S Nelson | Research Assistant Scientist | Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Acute Injury, rehabilitation, neuropathic and neuromuscular pain |
| Kevin Otto, PhD | Professor & Senior Associate Chair | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Neural interfaces, multi-channel implantable micro devices for neural stimulation, autonomic neuroengineering; neuroprosthetics; spinal/epidural stimulation |
| Karim Oweiss, PhD | Professor | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Neuroengineering, cortical compensation for SCI; neural interface design to restore, augment or repair lost sensorimotor function |
| Teng Peng, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor | Department of Vascular Neurology | Blood pressure management after ICH, stroke outcomes, visual neurorehabilitation, pharmacotherapy for acute stroke |
| Michael A Pizzi, DO, PhD | Associate Professor | Department of Neurology | Mechanisms of blood brain barrier breakdown after acute neurologic injuries |
| Aprinda I Queen, Ph.D. | Resident | Department of Clinical Health and Psychology | Cognitive intervention, aging/ADRD, neuromodulation, neuroimaging, computational neuroscience, artificial intelligence |
| José Principe, PhD | Distinguished Professor | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Neural networks, digital signal processing, brain machine interfaces |
| Torge Rempe, MD | Assistant Professor | Department of Neuro-Multiple Sclerosis | Acute injury, neurotechnology, rehabilitation |
| Brent A Reynolds, PhD | Professor | Department of Neurosurgery | Neural stem cells, development of stem cell-specific assays |
| Christopher Robinson, DO, MS | Associate Professor | Department of Neurology | Increased intracranial pressure, stroke, traumatic brain injury |
| Dorian K Rose, PhD | Professor | Department of Physical Therapy | Neuroplasticity and motor learning intervention strategies for rehabilitation of post-stroke motor control deficits |
| Sumire Sato, PhD | Postdoctoral Associate | Department of Applied Kinesiology and Physiology | Rehabilitation, investigating neural mechanisms, underlying mobility and cognition, aging and disease |
| James Salerno, MD | Assistant Professor | Department of Neurology - Jacksonville | Neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation |
| Christine Schmidt, PhD | Distinguished Professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Endowed Chair | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Neuroregeneration after peripheral or spinal cord injury |
| Alexis Simpkins, MD, PhD, MSCR, FAHA | Assistant Professor | Department of Neurology | Advanced MRI and stroke, blood biomarkers and stroke, protective and preventive measures of cerebrovascular disorders, stroke recovery |
| Glenn E Smith PhD, ABPP-CN | Professor and Chair | Department of Clinical and Health Psychology | Detection of neurodegenerative diseases, behavioral interventions to prevent or delay dementia |
| Aliyah Snyder, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Clinical & Health Psychology | Sports concussion, CTE |
| Larissa J Strath | Assistant Professor | Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics | Chronic pain, neurodegeneration, nutritional neuroscience, epigenetics, metabolomics |
| Clayton Swanson, MD | Research Assistant Professor | Department of Behavioral Neurology | Rehabilitation |
| Shahab Vahdat, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology | Imaging SCI and stroke in human and rodent models |
| David Vaillancourt, PhD | Professor & Chair | Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology | Brain regulation of movement with focus on voluntary and involuntary motor disorders |
| Vinata Vedam-Mai, PhD | Assistant Professor | Department of Neurosurgery | Parkinson’s disease, immunotherapy, gut-brain axis, deep brain stimulation |
| Eric Wang, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology | Repeat expansion diseases, RNA localization in neurons, circadian and sleep biology and, therapeutic approaches including gene therapy |
| Lisa Warren, MHS, OTR/L | Site Manager | UF Health Rehab at Fixel Center for Neurological Diseases | Upper extremity cooling in Parkinson’s disease patients; therapy for Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, dystonia, essential tremor and other neurological disorders |
| Abigail Waters | Postdoctoral Fellow | Department of Clinical and Health Psychology | Neural compensatory mechanisms, traumatic brain injury, autonomic functioning |
| Lakeisha Williams, PhD | Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Traumatic brain injury, soft tissue mechanics, bio-inspired design & materials characterization |
| John B Williamson, PhD | Associate Professor, Movement disorder T32 BMS, G&G graduate programs | Department of Clinical and Health Psychology | Interacting effects of neurological injury and chronic stress on the brain |
| Christina A Wilson, MD, PhD | Interim Chief, Vascular Neurology Division; Associate Chair Of Education; Neurology Residency Program Director | Department of Neurology | Vascular neurology, acute ischemic stroke, aneurysm, stroke risk factors and prevention |
| Adam Woods, PhD | Associate Dean for Research; Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory (CAM), and Professor | Department of Clinical and Health Psychology | Cognitive function in aging humans, noninvasive brain stimulation and imaging |
| Zhihui Yang, PhD | Research Assistant Professor and Associate Director of NNBR | Department of Emergency Medicine | Tauopathies, traumatic brain injury |
| Jason Zaremski, MD | Chief Of Sports Medicine Division, Clinical Associate Professor and Co-Medical Director of the High School Outreach Program | Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation | Sports-related concussions, regenerative therapeutics, throwing-related injuries |