Steering Committee
Jessica Cardin, PhD
Associate Professor Term
Research Interests
Autistic Disorder; Cerebral Cortex; Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Interneurons; Neurobiology; Neurosciences; Schizophrenia
John Carlson, PhD
Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Research Interests
Arthropod Vectors; Drosophila; Smell; Taste
Sreeganga Chandra, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Associate Professor of MCDB
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Deputy Chair of Neuroscience
Research Interests
Neurology; Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses; Parkinson Disease; Synapses; Receptors, Presynaptic; Neurodegenerative Diseases
Steve Chang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology and of Neuroscience
Research Interests
Amygdala; Neuropharmacology; Neurophysiology; Social Behavior; Prefrontal Cortex; Psychiatry and Psychology
Michael Crair, PhD
William Ziegler III Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Deputy Dean for Scientific Affairs (Basic Science Departments)
Research Interests
Brain; Cerebral Cortex; Child Development; Nervous System; Synaptic Transmission; Neuronal Plasticity; Neurosciences; Visual Cortex
Ellen J. Hoffman, MD, PhD
Business Title Assistant Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience
Research Interests
Autistic Disorder; Child Psychiatry; Genetics; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology; Neurosciences; Pharmacology; Zebrafish; Translational Medical Research
Arthur Horwich, MD
Sterling Professor of Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics
Investigator HHMI
Research Interests
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Genetics; Motor Neurons; Neurosciences; Pediatrics; Superoxide Dismutase; Protein Folding; Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nenad Sestan, MD, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, of Comparative Medicine, of Genetics and of Psychiatry
Executive Director, Genome Editing Center
Stephen Strittmatter, MD, PhD
Vincent Coates Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair
Director, Memory Disorders Clinic
Director, Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Research Interests
Alzheimer Disease; Axons; Dementia; Spinal Cord Injuries; Motor Neuron Disease; Regenerative Medicine
Susumu Tomita, PhD
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Neuroscience
Research Interests
Biochemistry; Brain; Electrophysiology; Molecular Biology; Synaptic Transmission; Physiology
Flora Vaccarino, MD
Harris Professor in the Child Study Center
Professor in the Department of Neuroscience
Research Interests
Central Nervous System Diseases; Mice, Inbred Strains; Mice, Transgenic; Neuroanatomy; Neurosciences; Patients; Regeneration; Developmental Biology; Living Donors; Psychiatry and Psychology
Patricia Pedersen
Associate Vice President/Corporate & Foundation Relations Science & Engineering Development
Tammy Wu
Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Yale School of Medicine
