Steering Committee
Jessica A Cardin, PhD
Associate Professor Term
Research Interests
Autistic Disorder; Cerebral Cortex; Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Interneurons; Neurobiology; Neurosciences; Schizophrenia
John R Carlson, PhD
Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Research Interests
Arthropod Vectors; Drosophila; Smell; Taste
Sreeganga S 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 C 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
Assistant Professor in the Child Study Center
Research Interests
Autistic Disorder; Child Psychiatry; Genetics; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology; Neurosciences; Pharmacology; Zebrafish; Translational Medical Research
Arthur L 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
Daeyeol Lee, PhD
Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry
Research Interests
Appetitive Behavior; Basal Ganglia; Behavior, Animal; Impulsive Behavior; Neurophysiology; Neurosciences; Parietal Lobe; Risk-Taking; Prefrontal Cortex
Nenad Sestan, MD, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, of Comparative Medicine, of Genetics and of Psychiatry
Executive Director, Genome Editing Center
Stephen M 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
Patricia E Pedersen
Associate Vice President/Corporate & Foundation Relations Science & Engineering Development
